Irish–English dictionary

seangchruthach

Thin; slim.

séanmhar

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

seanmháthair

A mother of someone's parent.

seanmóir

Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.

seanmóir a thabhairt

(intransitive) To give a sermon.

seanmóirí

Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.

seanórtha

old; having lived for relatively many years.

seanórthacht

The condition of being precocious

seánra

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

seans

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

seantuismitheoir

The parent of someone's parent.

Seapáin

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.

Seapáinis

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

seapán

(transitive) To varnish with japan.

Seapánach

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

séarach

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

searbh

Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.

searbhas

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

searbhshilín

A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin

seargán

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

seargánach

Like a spoilsport.

Séarlas

A en given name.

Séarlas Mór

One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.

searrach

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

Séas

(Greek god) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.

seasaman

The seed of this plant.

seasamh na dtréan

(evolutionary theory) Natural selection.

seasc

(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.

seasca

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

seascachán

(biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

seascair

(of a place or object) Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.

seascann

A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

seasmhacht

(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

seasta

Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

seastán

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

séasúr

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

seic

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Seiceach

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

seiceadóir

One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

seiceáil

To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

seicear

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

seicheamh

(mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.

seicin

(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.

Seicis

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

Seicslóvacach

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people.

seid

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

séideadh

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.

séideánach

Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.

séidire

Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.

séidlampa

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

SEIF

(disease) Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. [from 1982]

seift

(figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

seiftigh

To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

seiftiú

The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

seilbh

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

seilche

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

seile

(physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

seiléineagrafaíocht

(astronomy, geography, cartography) The scientific study of the Moon's geographic features; geography of the Moon.

seiléiniam

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

seiléinít

(inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO32− derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.

séiléir

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

seilf

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

seilg

(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.

seilide

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

seilide drúchta

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

seilmide

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

séimh

Of weather, mild and pleasant.

séimhigh

(phonetics, phonology, transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.

Seimíteach

Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

seineafóbach

One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.

seineafóibe

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

Seineagáil

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

seinnteoir

(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.

séipéal

(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

séipéilín

A private chapel or prayer room. [from 14th c.]

seirbhís

(with, the) The military.

seirbhís chustaiméirí

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

seirbhíseach

(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.

Seirbia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Seirbiach

A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

Seirbis

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.

Seirbise

Of or pertaining to Serbian language.

seirbit

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

séire

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

seirfeach

A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

seiric

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

Seiricíoch

An indigenous North American people.

Seiricis

Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

séis

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

Séiséil

An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

seisg

Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.

seisiún

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Seisnia

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

Seisniach

Of or relating to the Chechen people.

Seisnis

The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

séitéartha

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

séitéir

Someone who cheats.

seithe

(countable) The skin of an animal.

seitreach

The cry of a horse.

seó

(countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.

seo caite

(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.

seo chugainn

Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

seobhaineach

Pertaining to chauvinism.

seobhaineachas

(pejorative) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.

seodóir

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

seoid

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

seoid fine

A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

seoigh

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

Seoighe

An English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic.

Seoinín

(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).

Seoirse

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

Seoirseach

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.

seoirséad

A thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish.

Seoirsia

A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.

Seoirsis

The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

seol

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

seol cinn

(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.

seol jibe

(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.

seol mór

(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

seoladh

The transportation of goods.

seolaí

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

seoléadach

A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats.

seolta

In a graceful manner.

seoltóir

A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans.

seomra

A room or set of rooms, particularly:

seomra aclaíochta

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

seomra aerdhíonach

A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.

seomra codlata

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

seomra cótaí

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

seomra folctha

(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

seomra gléasta

A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.

seomra leapa

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

seomra oiliúna

(martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.

seomra staidéir

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

seomraí cónaithe

(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

seordán

A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.

Seosaimhín

A en given name.

Seosamh

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

Serbiach

(historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

séú

The ordinal form of the number six.

séú déag

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

Sevilla

The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.

sféarúil

(geometry) Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.

sgandidheacht

(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.

Shang-hai

A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.

sí

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

sí-abhabha

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

siabhránach

Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

siabhránacht

The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

siad

(the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned. [since 13th c.]