irritable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• hyperirritable
• inirritable
• irritability
• irritable bowel syndrome
• irritable heart
• irritable male syndrome
• irritableness
• irritably
• nonirritable
• superirritable
• unirritable

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 Macedonian: раздразлив (razdrazliv), надразлив (nadrazliv) Maori: āritarita, kiriweti, pukukino, ārita, amowheke, whanewhane, mānehenehe Norwegian: Bokmål: irritabel Nynorsk: irritabel Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz), خرچین (hırçın) Romanian: iritabil (ro) Russian: раздражи́тельный (ru) (razdražítelʹnyj) Scots: carnaptious Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach, dranndanach Slovak: prchký 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 (fi), kärttyinen (fi) French: irritable (fr) German: reizbar (de) Greek: Ancient: δύσκολος (dúskolos) Hebrew: רָגִיז (he) m (ragíz) Hungarian: ingerlékeny (hu) Irish: drisíneach, colgach Kabuverdianu: iradu Latin: ācriculus, stomachōsus Macedonian: раздразлив (razdrazliv), надразлив (nadrazliv) Maori: pukukino Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz), خرچین (hırçın) Plautdietsch: brumsch Russian: раздражительный (ru) (razdražitelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: crosta, gruamach Spanish: irritable (es) Turkish: hırçın (tr), huysuz (tr), aksi (tr) Ukrainian: дратівли́вий (drativlývyj) Zazaki: rıkın (diq) c

responsive to stimuli

Bulgarian: чувствителен (bg) (čuvstvitelen) Finnish: herkkä (fi), herkkänahkainen French: irritable (fr) German: reizbar (de) Macedonian: надразлив (nadrazliv) Tagalog: talusaling

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.riˈtab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.riˈta.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

1. irritable

Related terms

• irritabilitat
• irritant
• irritar

Further reading

• “irritable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Danish

Adjective

irritable

1. definite of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

French

Adjective

irritable (plural irritables)

1. irritable

Related terms

• irritabilité
• irritant
• irriter

Further reading

• “irritable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irrītābilis. Cognate with English irritable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iriˈtable/ [i.riˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧rri‧ta‧ble

Adjective

irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

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

Derived terms

• irritablemente
• síndrome del intestino irritable

Related terms

• irritabilidad
• irritante
• irritar

Further reading

• “irritable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024