irritable

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/

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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.

• See also Thesaurus:irritable

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

irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

1. irritable

• irritabilitat
• irritant
• irritar

• “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

irritable

1. definite of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

irritable (plural irritables)

1. irritable

• irritabilité
• irritant
• irriter

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

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

Borrowed from Latin irrītābilis. Cognate with English irritable.

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

irritable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

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

• “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