Irish–English dictionary

Líoma

The capital city of Peru.

líomanáid

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

liomfóma

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

líomhadh

The act of destroying.

liomóg

A playful bite.

líomóid

A yellowish citrus fruit.

líonadh talún

(uncountable) Such material that is disposed.

líonmhaireacht

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

líonmhar

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

líonra

(computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.

lionsa

(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

lionsach

Of or pertaining to a lens.

líontán gruaige

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

liopa

Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

liopard

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

liopard fiaigh

(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

liopastacht

The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.

Liospóin

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

liosta

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

liosta táillí

A schedule of rates, fees or prices.

liostacht

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

liostáil

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

liotóid

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

Liotuáin

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.

Liotuáinis

(uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.

Liotuánach

Of or relating to Lithuania.

Lir

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

líreacán

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

liric

A lyric poem.

liricí

The words to a song (or other vocal music).

lispin

A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.

lit

Used to form the names of rocks and minerals.

liteagrafaí

A person who makes lithographs, who does lithography.

lítear

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

litearthacht

The ability to read and write.

litiam

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.

litir

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

Litir chuig na hEabhraigh

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

Litir Naomh Iúd

(biblical) The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible.

Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Rómhánaigh

(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.

Litir Naomh Pól chuig Títeas

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

liú

A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.

liúdramán

(Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster English, pejorative) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

liúit

A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

liúr

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

liús

Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

liúsphéirse

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

Liútar

Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.

Liútarach

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.

lobh

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

loc

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

loc-chomhla

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

loca

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

lócaiste

Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree. [from 17th c.]

loch

(now, chiefly, dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

Loch Shead

Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa).

lóchán

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Lochlannach

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Lochlannais

Synonym of Old Norse.

lóchrann

(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

locht

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

lochta

An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

lochtaíl

The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.

lochtán

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

lódáil anuas

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

lódáilte

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

lófaire

An idle person.

log

(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

log margaidh

An open area in a town housing a public market.

log staighre

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

logainmníocht

(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

loic

(firearm) To fail to discharge properly.

loiceadh

An act of misfiring.

loingeán

(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.

loingeas

A group of vessels or vehicles.

loingseoireacht

(nautical) Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea.

loinneog

The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

loinnir

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

lóis iarbhearrtha

a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving

loisc

To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.

lóistín

A place to live or lodge.

loit

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

loitiméir

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

loitiméireacht

The act of destroying.

lom

Cut very short.

lóma

(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

lomaire

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

lomaire faiche

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

lomaire léana

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

lománaí

A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees.

lomchaite

Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

lómhar

Of high value or worth.

lomra

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

lón

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

lón a ithe

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

lon dubh

A bird of the species Turdus merula

lón lámhaigh

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

lónadóireacht

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

Londain

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

long thréigthe

(uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.

longchlós

A place where ships are built and repaired.

lonnaíocht

The act, process or state of possessing a place.

lonrach

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

lonracht

The quality of being bright.

lorga

The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]

lorgaire

A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

lorgaireacht

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

Lorráin

A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.

losainn

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

loscadh daighe

(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.

loscán

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

loscann

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

loscánta

Capable of functioning on land or in water.

losna

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

Louvre

A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.

Lú

A county (County Louth) in the Republic of Ireland.

luach

The cost required to gain possession of something.

luach-chomaoin

Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

luacháil

(transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.

luachair

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

luachmhar

Of high cost; expensive.

luachmhéadaigh

(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.

luadar

(biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

luaidhe

(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.

luaigh

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

luaigh le

(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.

luaileach

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.

luain

Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

luaineach

Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

luaineacht

A wavering; unsteadiness.

luaite

past of betroth

luaith

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

luaithreach

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

luaithreadán

A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.

luaithreamhán

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

luamh

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]

luamhaire

A person who sails in yachts.

luamhaireacht

(often, attributive) A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.

luamhán

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

luamhánacht

A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

Luan

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.

luas

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

luasc

To swing from side to side, as an animal's tail, or someone's head to express disagreement or disbelief.

luasghéarú

(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).

luasmhéadar

An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.

luath

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

luathaigh

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

luathbhorradh

(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed

luathscríbhneoir

Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand.

luathscríbhneoireacht

The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand