Irish–English dictionary

úrnuacht

The state of being new or novel; newness.

urphost

A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.

urra

(specifically) A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.

urraigh

(transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.

urraim

Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.

urraíocht

(uncountable) The state or practice of being a sponsor.

urraitheoir

A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.

urramach

Respectful and considerate; showing deference.

urramacht

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

urrann

One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.

urrú

(uncountable) The state or practice of being a sponsor.

urrúnta

Brawny, thewy, having strength.

urrúntacht

The quality of being robust.

urrúsach

Very sure of something; positive.

urrúsacht

The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.

ursaideach

(zoology) Any species of the family Ursidae; a bear, a giant panda, or any of certain extinct relatives.

ursain

Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.

urscaoil

(transitive, now, _, rare) To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

úrscéal

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

Ursula

A en given name.

urtheilgeach

Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

urtheilgean

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

urthimpeall

The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

urthosach

The leading position or edge.

urú

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

úruisce

(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.

ús

(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]

ús iolraithe

(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.

úsáid

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

úsáideach

Having a practical or beneficial use.

uspóg

A short, sudden intake of breath.

útamáil

An act of incompetence or ineptitude.

útamáilte

Wet and limp; unkempt.

útamálaí

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

úth

An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

útóipe

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

útóipeach

Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

vác

The sound made by a duck.

vácarnach

The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.

vacsaín

A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

vacsaínigh

(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

vacsaíniú

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

vaiféal

(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.

vaigín

(archaic, or, literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.

Vailintín

An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.

vaimpír

A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]

vaiseachtóime

(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.

valarú

Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.

valbaí

Any of several species of macropod; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.

válcaeir

One who strolls.

válcaeireacht

The taking of a stroll.

vallait

(US, UK) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

Vallúinis

A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).

Vallúinise

Of or relating to the Walloon language.

Vallúnach

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

Vallúnais

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

válsa

A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

válsáil

(intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).

vampam

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

Vancúbhar

A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.

Vandal

(historical) A member of an ancient east Germanic tribe famous for sacking Rome.

varbh

(geology) An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.

vardaíl

The taking of a stroll.

vardrús

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

Vársá

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

vása

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

vasáilleach

(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.

vasáilleacht

The state of being a vassal; fealty.

vásta

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

vástchóta

(chiefly, British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

vástúil

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

Vatacáin

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.

Vatacáine

Relating to the Vatican City state.

Vatacánach

Relating to the Vatican City state.

vé

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.

veain

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

vearanda

A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]

véarsa

(poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

veasailín

A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.

Veasúiv

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.

veidheal

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

veidhleadóir

A person who plays the violin.

veidhlín

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

veigeán

A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

veigeánach

Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]

veigeatóir

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

veilbhitiúil

(also, figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

veiliúr

A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.

véinéireach

Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.

Veinéiseach

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.

veinír

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

Veiniséala

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

Veiniséalach

Of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people.

veirmisilí

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

veirteabra

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

veirteabrach

(anatomy) Of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.

veist

(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

Veiste

(Roman god) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

velcro

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

Veracruz

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

vicí

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Vicífhoclóir

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Vicipéid

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Victeoiriach

A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.

Vín

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

vióla

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

víosa

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

vioscós

A fabric made from this material.

visír

(history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

visteáiria

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

vitimín

Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

Vítneam

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.

Vítneamais

Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

vodca

A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

vóitéir

Someone who votes.

vóitín

(religion) A believer in a particular religion or god.

vól

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

volta

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

vombat

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

vóta

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

vótaeir

Someone who votes.

vótáil

An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.

vótaíocht

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

vótálaí

Someone who votes.

vótóir

Someone who votes.

vuibhearn

(heraldiccharge, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

vuinsciú

(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

Wicca

A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.

Wikishinari

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

wok

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Wolfgang

A German en given name.

xeanón

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xí

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

xileafón

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

yé

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

yen

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

zae

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Zen

(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.

zó-eolaíocht

The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

zombaí

(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.

zú

(countable) A park where live animals are exhibited.