annoyance

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• annoyaunce (obsolete)
• annoying (obsolete)
• annoyment (nonstandard)

EtymologyEdit

Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”). Compare Modern French ennui

PronunciationEdit

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• IPA^(key): /əˈnɔɪəns/

NounEdit

annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)

1. (countable) That which annoys.
2. (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
3. (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

SynonymsEdit

• nark

TranslationsEdit

that which annoys

• Arabic: إِزْعَاج‏‎ m (ʾizʿāj)
• Bengali: জ্বালাতন (jalatôn)
• Bulgarian: доса́да (bg) f (dosáda), раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煩惱 (zh), 烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo)

• Finnish: riesa (fi), kiusa
• French: ennui (fr) m, nuisance (fr) f
• German: Ärger (de) m, Ärgernis (de) n
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
• Hungarian: bosszúság (hu)

• Italian: seccatura (it) f, scocciatura f, fastidio (it) m
• Japanese: 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku)
• Lojban: fanza (jbo)
• Maori: kūrakuraku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: irritasjon m

  Nynorsk: irritasjon m

• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Russian: доса́да (ru) f (dosáda), неприя́тность (ru) f (neprijátnostʹ), ньюснс m (nʹjusns)
• Spanish: disgusto (es) m, irritación (es) f, lata (es) f

an act or instance of annoying

• Bulgarian: дразне́не (bg) n (draznéne), закачане (bg) n (zakačane)
• Finnish: ärsyttäminen (fi)
• German: Ärger (de) m
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)

• Hebrew: הצקה‏‎ f (hátsáká)
• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Russian: надоеда́ние (ru) n (nadojedánije)
• Spanish: fastidio (es) m

the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated

• Bulgarian: раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
• Czech: zlost f, zloba f, rozmrzelost f
• Finnish: harmitus, keljutus, kenkutus
• German: Verärgerung f, Verdruss (de) m
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
• Italian: irritazione (it) f, fastidio (it) m

• Maori: whanowhanoā
• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Romanian: enervare (ro) f
• Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n (razdražénije), раздражённость (ru) f (razdražónnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: razdraženost (sh)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} dzikudodo n

• French: ^{(please verify)} irritation (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} agacement (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} désagrément (fr) m