Irish–English dictionary

freangadh

The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.

freastail

(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]

freastal

The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.

freastalaí

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

freisin

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

frídín

A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

frioch

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.

friochtóg

A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.

friotán

A protective coating or covering.

friothalaí

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

frisnéiseacht

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.

fritéis

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

fritéiseach

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

frith-laoch

(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

frith-Sheimíteachas

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.

frithábhar

(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

frithbhaictéarach

(pharmaceutical effect) Killing or inhibiting bacteria.

frithbheathach

(pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to antibiotics.

frithbhuaic

(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.

frithbhuail

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.

frithchaiteach

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

frithchaiteoir

Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.

frithchaitheamh

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

frithchoirpín

(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

frithdhamhna

(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.

frithdhígeann

(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.

frithdhúlagair

(pharmaceutical effect) Preventing or counteracting depression.

frithdhúlagrán

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

frithéileamh

(legal) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

frithghiúdachas

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.

frithghníomhaíocht

An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.

frithir

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

frithluaileach

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

frithmheáchan

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).

frithnimh

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

frithpháirteach

(Relating to a company, insurance or financial institution) Owned by the members.

frithpháirteachas

The property of being mutual.

frithphápa

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

frithreo

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.

frithsheipteach

Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.

frithsheipteán

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).

frithspré

The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.

frog

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

froga

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

fuacht

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

fuadach

(legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]

fuadaigh

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

fuadar

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

fuafar

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

fuaidire

(dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

fuáil

The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.

fuaim

Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

fuaimdhíonach

Not allowing sound through.

fuaime

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.

fuaimeolaíocht

(physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.

fuaimfhoclaíocht

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

fuaimíocht

(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

fuaimiúil

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.

fuaimneach

Resounding, echoing.

fuaimneacht

(astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.

fuaimnigh

(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.

fuaimniú

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

fuairnéalach

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

fuálaí

A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.

fualán

A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.

fuar

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

fuaraigh

(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.

fuaránta

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

fuarbhruite

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

fuarchráifeach

Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

fuarchroíoch

Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

fuarchúis

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

fuarchúiseach

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

fuarspreosach

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.

fuarthé

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

fuarú

(countable) A decrease in temperature.

fuascail

(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.

fuascailt

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

fuath

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

fuath a bheith agat

To regard with contempt or scorn.

fuath gorm

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

fuathaitheoir

One who hates.

fuathaitheoir ban

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

fuil

A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

fuil mhíosta

The mixture of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that constitutes the menses

fuil shróine

Haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity).

fuilbheartach

(of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.

fuilchíocrach

(of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.

fuilí

Covered in blood.

fuilibiliú

A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]

fuiligh

(transitive) To let or draw blood from.

fuililiú

A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]

fuílleach

(accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.

fuilleamh

(astrophysics) The formation of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; also, the growth of a celestial body through this process.

fuilleamhóir

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

fuilphlasma

(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended.

fuilsmeartha

Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.

fuilteach

Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

fuinneamh cinéiteach

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

fuinneamh poitéinsiúil

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

fuinneog dhín

(architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

fuinneog fhardorais

(architectural element) A semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.

fuinneogach

Wide open.

fuinniúil

Powerful; energetic.

fuinseach

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

fuip

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

fuip mharcaíochta

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.

fuipín

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.]

fuiplasc

(countable) The lash of a whip.

fuireachair

Attentive; awake; on guard.

fuirigh

(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

fuirseoir

One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.

fuisce

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

fuisce baile

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.

fuisce na hAlban

(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.

fuiseog

Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

fuist

Demanding silence.

fulaing

(intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

fulaingt

An ability to endure hardship.

fulangach

Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.

func

(uncountable, music genre) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.

fungas

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

fungasach

Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

furasta

Requiring little skill or effort.

furca

A fold or wrinkle.

fústa

A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.

ga

A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.

gabh

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

gabh buíochas (le)

To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).

gabh de

(transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

gabh do

(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.

gabh mo leithscéal

Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

gabh seilbh ar

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

gabh suas

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

gabha

A person who forges iron.

gabha dubh

A person who forges iron.

gabháil

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration

gabhair

A strong desire; yearning.

gabhálach

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

gabhálacht

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

gabhalscartha

With one’s legs on either side.

gabháltas

That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

gabháltóir

A container.

gabhann

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

Gabhar

(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.

gabhar angóra

A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.

gabhdán

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

gabhlán

Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

gabhlán gaoithe

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

gabhlóg

Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.