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

• irritably
• irritability
• irritable bowel syndrome
• irritable heart

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
• 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]

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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], 2024 December 10