Irish–English dictionary

teastaigh ó

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

teastas

A document containing a certified statement.

Téaváin

A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.]

Téavánach

Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.

teibigh

To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

teicnealathach

Of, or relating to a technocrat or technocracy.

teicneoir

A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.

teicneolaí

A scientist, engineer, or technician who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.

teicneolaíoch

Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.

teicni-

Relating to technology.

teicníc

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.]

teicníocht

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.]

teicniúil

(securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.

teicteonach

(geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.

teicteonaic

(geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.

teideal

A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

teidealacht

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

teidheach

Given to whimsy.

téigh

(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)

téigh ag spaisteoireacht

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

téigh amach

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

téigh ar do ghlúine

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

téigh ar gcúl

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

téigh ar scor

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

téigh i bhfeabhas

(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

téigh i bhfeidhm ar

(transitive) To influence or alter.

téigh i bhfolach

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

téigh suas

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

téigh trasna

(football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

teile

The soft wood of such trees.

teileafón

(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

teileagraf

(chiefly, _, historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.

Teileagúis

A Dravidian language of India.

teileascóp

A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.

teileog Mheiriceá

A type of linden, native to eastern North America, Tilia americana.

teilgean

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

teilgean plástair

(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.

teilgeoir

One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

teilgeoir lasrach

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

teilgeoir tuilsholais

A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

teilgeoireacht

A manufacturing process using a mold.

teilifís

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

teilifíseán

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

teiliméadracht

(spaceflight, telecommunications) The science, and associated technology, of the automatic recording and transmission of data from a remote source to a receiving station for analysis.

teimpléad

A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.

téip

Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

téip físe

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

teir

Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

teiripeoir

Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.

teirmeach

Pertaining to heat or temperature.

teirmeastat

A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

teirmidinimic

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

teirmiméadar

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

téisiúil

(informal) Attractive, sexy (of a woman).

teistiméireacht

A written recommendation of someone's worth or character

teiteanas

(pathology, usually, uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

teith

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

teithne

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

teochrios

(geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

Téodóir

A en given name; the name of a saint, pope, several emperors, etc.

teoiricí

Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.

teoiriciúil

Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

teorainn

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

teorannaigh

(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.

teorannú

The act of delimiting something.

teoranta

With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

thar bráid

In a direction that passes.

thar cionn

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

thar fóir

Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.

thar lear

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470]

thar sáile

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470]

thart

From place to place.

thart anseo

Near here.

theas

(US) The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy.

thiar sa deireadh

(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

thíos

In or to a lower place.

thíos an staighre

Down the stairs.

thoir thuaidh

Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.

thú

(now, chiefly, archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]

thuaidh

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

thuas

In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream. [first attested around 1150–1350]

thuas an staighre

Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

thusa

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

tiachóg

A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Tiarna

An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth

tiarna talaimh

(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.

tiarna talún

(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.

tiarnas

(historical) Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.

tiarnúil

Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Tibéadach

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

Tibéidis

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

Tiberius

(historical) A en given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..

ticéad

A citation for a traffic violation.

ticéad páirceála

A citation for a traffic violation.

tig le

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

tigh

At the home of.

tíl

A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.

tím

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

timpeall

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]

timpeallach

Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.

timpeallacht

(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

timpeallaigh

(transitive) to surround or besiege

timpeallán

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

timpeallghearr

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

timpeallghearradh

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

timpiste

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.

timthriallach

(botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.

tine

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

tine ealaíne

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

tinechuileog

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

tinn

Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.]

tinne

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

tinneas

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

tinneas bhéal an ghoile

(pathology) A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.

tinneas cinn

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

tinneas farraige

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

tinneas farraige a bheith ort

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

tinneas fiacaile

(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth.

tinneas goile

A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, in which the pain is usually lower than the stomach and related to the intestines.

tinneas Póil

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

tinniteas

(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.

tinte ealaíne

(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

tinteán

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

tintreach

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

tíofún

(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

tíogar

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

tíolacadh

(legal) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

tíolacas

(legal) An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

tíolaic

(legal) To transfer legal rights (to).

tiománaí

(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.

tiomna

The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.

tiomnaigh

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

tiomnú

An order to do something.

Tiomóid

A en given name of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.

Tíomór

An island in the Sundas.

tiompán

(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.

tiompán na cluaise

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

tiomsaigh

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

tiomsaitheoir

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

tiomsaitheoir airgid

A person who collects money from the public for some cause.

tiomsú

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

tionchar

(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.

tionlacan

(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.

tionlaic

(transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

tionól

A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.

tionól rúnda

(by extension) A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.

tionóntacht

Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.

tionontán

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

tionscadal

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

tionscal

(uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.