irritable
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)
- Capable of being irritated.
- Easily exasperated or excited.
- an irritable old man
- (medicine) Responsive to stimuli.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:irritable
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
capable of being irritated
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easily exasperated or excited
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responsive to stimuli
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “irritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish edit
Adjective edit
irritable
French edit
Adjective edit
irritable (plural irritables)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “irritable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
irritable
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
irritable
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin irrītābilis. Cognate with English irritable.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “irritable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014