irish

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people

Other forms of irish

plural

irishes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about irish

What does irish mean?

irish means "people of Ireland or of Irish extraction". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irish?

irish has 2 syllables: i-rish. The stress falls on "i". In IPA it is /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/.

What is another word for irish?

Close synonyms include Irish people, Irish whiskey, Irish whisky, Irish Gaelic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irish a common word?

irish is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.