irritable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪtəbl/

Adjective

irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)

1. Capable of being irritated.
2. Easily exasperated or excited.

   an irritable old man

3. (medicine) Responsive to stimuli.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:irritable

Derived terms

• irritably
• irritability
• irritable bowel syndrome

Translations

capable of being irritated

• Bulgarian: раздразнителен (bg) (razdraznitelen)
• Catalan: irritable (ca)
• Esperanto: incitebla, incitiĝema
• Finnish: ärtyvä (fi)
• French: irritable (fr)
• German: reizbar (de)
• Irish: greannaitheach
• Kabuverdianu: iradu
• Maori: āritarita, kiriweti, pukukino, ārita, amowheke, whanewhane, mānehenehe

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: irritabel

  Nynorsk: irritabel

• Romanian: iritabil (ro)
• Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj)
• Scots: carnaptious
• Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, dranndanach
• Spanish: irritable (es)
• Turkish: hırçın (tr), huysuz (tr), aksi (tr)

easily exasperated or excited

• Bulgarian: сприхав (bg) (sprihav)
• Catalan: irritable (ca)
• Finnish: ärtyisä (fi), kärttyisä, kärttyinen
• French: irritable (fr)
• German: reizbar (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δύσκολος (dúskolos)

• Hebrew: רָגִיז‎ (he) m (ragíz)

• Hungarian: ingerlékeny (hu)
• Irish: drisíneach
• Kabuverdianu: iradu
• Latin: ācriculus, stomachōsus
• Maori: pukukino
• Plautdietsch: brumsch
• Russian: раздражительный (ru) (razdražitelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach
• Spanish: irritable (es)
• Turkish: hırçın (tr), huysuz (tr), aksi (tr)

responsive to stimuli

• Bulgarian: чувствителен (bg) (čuvstvitelen)
• Finnish: herkkä (fi), herkkänahkainen
• French: irritable (fr)

• German: reizbar (de)
• Tagalog: talusaling

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.riˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.riˈta.ble/

Adjective

irritable (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

1. irritable

Related terms

• irritabilitat
• irritant
• irritar

Further reading

• “irritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Adjective

irritable

1. definite of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

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French

Adjective

irritable (plural irritables)

1. irritable

Related terms

• irritabilité
• irritant
• irriter

Further reading

• “irritable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin irrītābilis. Cognate with English irritable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iriˈtable/, [i.riˈt̪a.β̞le]

Adjective

irritable (plural irritables)

1. irritable, cranky, testy, tetchy, prickly, snappy, snarky, irritated

Derived terms

• síndrome del intestino irritable

Related terms

• irritabilidad
• irritante
• irritar

Further reading

• “irritable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.