irascible

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• /ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/
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• /ɪˈɹæs.ə.bəl/
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From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis. See also -ible.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) — prone to anger
• Bulgarian: избухлив (izbuhliv) — prone to anger
• Catalan: irascible — prone to anger
• Catalan: rabiüt — prone to anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴躁 (bàozào) — prone to anger
• Chinese Mandarin: 急躁 (jízào) — prone to anger
• Crimean Tatar: eserli — prone to anger
• Danish: opfarende — prone to anger
• Dutch: opvliegend — prone to anger
• Dutch: humeurig — prone to anger
• Dutch: prikkelbaar — prone to anger
• Esperanto: incitiĝema — prone to anger
• Esperanto: kolerema — prone to anger
• Estonian: ärrituv — prone to anger
• Finnish: äkeä — prone to anger
• Finnish: äreä — prone to anger
• Finnish: ärhäkkä — prone to anger
• French: irascible — prone to anger
• Georgian: ბრაზიანი (braziani) — prone to anger
• Georgian: გაღიზიანებადი (gaɣizianebadi) — prone to anger
• German: aufbrausend — prone to anger
• German: jähzornig — prone to anger
• Greek: ευέξαπτος (evéxaptos) — prone to anger
• Greek: ευερέθιστος (everéthistos) — prone to anger
• Ancient Greek: ὀργίλος (orgílos) — prone to anger
• Ancient Greek: ἀκράχολος (akrákholos) — prone to anger
• Ancient Greek: ὀξύθυμος (oxúthumos) — prone to anger
• Irish: colgach — prone to anger
• Irish: tobann — prone to anger
• Italian: irascibile — prone to anger
• Latin: īrāscibilis — prone to anger
• Latin: īrācundus — prone to anger
• Māori: whanewhane — prone to anger
• Māori: āritarita — prone to anger
• Māori: kiriwetiweti — prone to anger
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppfarende — prone to anger
• Norwegian Bokmål: bråsint — prone to anger
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oppfarande — prone to anger
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bråsinna — prone to anger
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bråsint — prone to anger
• Occitan: irós — prone to anger
• Occitan: irascible — prone to anger
• Occitan: tissós — prone to anger
• Old Church Slavonic: ꙗръ (jarŭ) — prone to anger
• Polish: drażliwy — prone to anger
• Polish: wybuchowy — prone to anger
• Polish: gniewny — prone to anger
• Portuguese: irascível — prone to anger
• Portuguese: irritável — prone to anger
• Romanian: irascibil — prone to anger
• Russian: вспыльчивый (vspylʹčivyj) — prone to anger
• Slovak: prchký — prone to anger
• Lower Sorbian: sćakły — prone to anger
• Spanish: irascible — prone to anger
• Spanish: colérico — prone to anger
• Spanish: mañoso — prone to anger
• Spanish: iracundo — prone to anger
• Swedish: lättretlig — prone to anger
• Swedish: hetlevrad — prone to anger
• Swedish: hetsig — prone to anger
• Turkish: asabi — prone to anger
• Turkish: sinirli — prone to anger
• Turkish: atarlı — prone to anger
• Turkish: aksi — prone to anger
• Turkish: ters — prone to anger
• Turkish: huysuz — prone to anger
• Turkish: hırçın — prone to anger
• Turkish: şirret — prone to anger
• Ukrainian: дратівливий (drativlyvyj) — prone to anger
• Ukrainian: запальний (zapalʹnyj) — prone to anger
• Welsh: piwis — prone to anger
• Welsh: gwyllt — prone to anger
• Welsh: blin — prone to anger
• Welsh: pigog — prone to anger