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• ī'rĭsh
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From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh2wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh2- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”).

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Iers — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Albanian: irlandez — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Arabic: إِيرْلَنْدِيّ (ʔīrlandiyy) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Armenian: իռլանդական (iṙlandakan) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Asturian: irlandés — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Azerbaijani: irland — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Basque: irlandar — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Belarusian: ірла́ндскі (irlándski) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Belarusian: ірля́ндзкі (irljándzki) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Bengali: আইরিশ (airiś) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Bulgarian: ирла́ндски (irlándski) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Burmese: အိုင်ယာလန် (uing-yalan) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Catalan: irlandès — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Catalan: irlandés — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭的 /爱尔兰的 (Ài'ěrlán de) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Czech: irský — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Danish: irsk — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Dutch: Iers — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Esperanto: irlanda — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Estonian: iiri — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Faroese: írskur — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Finnish: irlantilainen — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Finnish: irkku- — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• French: irlandais — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Galician: irlandés — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Georgian: ირლანდიური (irlandiuri) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• German: irisch — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• German: irländisch — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Hawaiian: ʻIlelani — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Hebrew: אִירִי (iri) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Hindi: आयरिश (āyriś) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Hungarian: ír — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Icelandic: írskur — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Indonesian: Irlandia — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Irish: Éireannach — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Irish: Gaelach — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Italian: irlandese — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Japanese: アイルランドの (Airurando no) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Kazakh: ирланд (irland) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Khmer: អៀរឡង់ (ʼiəlɑng) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Korean: 아일랜드의 (Aillaendeu-ui) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Kyrgyz: ирланд (irland) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Lao: ອຽກລັງ (ʼīak lang) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Latvian: īru — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Latvian: īrisks — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Lithuanian: airiškas — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Lithuanian: airių — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Macedonian: ирски (irski) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Malay: Ireland — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Maltese: Irlandiż — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Marathi: आयरिश (āyriś) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Mongolian: ирланд (irland) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (irland) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Norwegian Bokmål: irsk — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: irsk — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Persian: ایرلندی (irlandi) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Polish: irlandzki — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Portuguese: irlandês — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Romanian: irlandez — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Russian: ирла́ндский (irlándskij) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Scots: Erse — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Scottish Gaelic: Èireannach — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Serbo-Croatian: и̑рскӣ — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Serbo-Croatian: ȋrskī — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Slovak: irský — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Slovene: írski — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Spanish: irlandés — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Swedish: irländsk — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Tagalog: Irlandes — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Tajik: ирландӣ (irlandi) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Tajik: ирландиягӣ (irlandiyagi) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Tatar: ирланд (irland) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Thai: ไอริช — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Thai: ไอร์แลนด์ (ai-lɛɛn) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Turkish: İrlanda — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Turkmen: irland — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Ukrainian: ірла́ндський (irlándsʹkyj) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Urdu: آئرستانی (āiristānī) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Urdu: آئرش (āiriś) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Uyghur: ئرېلاندىيە (rëlandiye) — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Uzbek: irland — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Uzbek: irlandiyalik — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Vietnamese: Ái Nhĩ Lan — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Welsh: Gwyddelig — pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people
• Afrikaans: Iers — pertaining to the language
• Asturian: irlandés — pertaining to the language
• Breton: iwerzhonek — pertaining to the language
• Catalan: irlandès — pertaining to the language
• Catalan: irlandés — pertaining to the language
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭語的 /爱尔兰语的 (ài'ěrlányǔ de) — pertaining to the language
• Danish: irsk — pertaining to the language
• Dutch: Iers — pertaining to the language
• Esperanto: irlandlingva — pertaining to the language
• Faroese: írskur — pertaining to the language
• Finnish: iirinkielinen — pertaining to the language
• Finnish: iirin — pertaining to the language
• Finnish: irlanninkielinen — pertaining to the language
• Finnish: irlannin — pertaining to the language
• French: irlandais — pertaining to the language
• French: gaélique — pertaining to the language
• Galician: irlandés — pertaining to the language
• Georgian: ირლანდიური (irlandiuri) — pertaining to the language
• German: Irisch — pertaining to the language
• Hawaiian: ʻIlelani — pertaining to the language
• Irish: Gaelach — pertaining to the language
• Italian: irlandese — pertaining to the language
• Japanese: アイルランド語の (Airurandogo no) — pertaining to the language
• Korean: 아일랜드어의 (aillaendeueo-ui) — pertaining to the language
• Latvian: īru — pertaining to the language
• Latvian: īrisks — pertaining to the language
• Macedonian: ирски (irski) — pertaining to the language
• Marathi: आयरिश (āyriś) — pertaining to the language
• Norwegian Bokmål: irsk — pertaining to the language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: irsk — pertaining to the language
• Persian: ایرلندی (irlandi) — pertaining to the language
• Polish: irlandzki — pertaining to the language
• Portuguese: irlandês — pertaining to the language
• Romanian: irlandez — pertaining to the language
• Russian: ирла́ндский (irlándskij) — pertaining to the language
• Scots: Erse — pertaining to the language
• Serbo-Croatian: и̑рскӣ — pertaining to the language
• Serbo-Croatian: ȋrskī — pertaining to the language
• Slovene: írski — pertaining to the language
• Spanish: irlandés — pertaining to the language
• Swedish: irisk — pertaining to the language
• Tagalog: Irlandes — pertaining to the language
• Thai: ไอริช — pertaining to the language
• Urdu: آئرستانی (āiristānī) — pertaining to the language
• Urdu: آئرش (āiriś) — pertaining to the language
• Welsh: Gwyddeleg — pertaining to the language
• Afrikaans: Iers — the language
• Arabic: أَيِرْلَنْدِيّ (ʔayirlandiyy) — the language
• Arabic: ايرلندي (ērlandi) — the language
• Armenian: իռլանդերեն (iṙlanderen) — the language
• Asturian: irlandés — the language
• Basque: gaelera — the language
• Basque: irlandera — the language
• Belarusian: ірла́ндская мо́ва (irlándskaja móva) — the language
• Belarusian: ірла́ндская (irlándskaja) — the language
• Belarusian: ірля́ндзкая мо́ва (irljándzkaja móva) — the language
• Belarusian: ірля́ндзкая (irljándzkaja) — the language
• Breton: iwerzhoneg — the language
• Catalan: irlandès — the language
• Catalan: gaèlic irlandès — the language
• Catalan: irlandés — the language
• Catalan: gaèlic irlandés — the language
• Cherokee: ᎢᎤᎳᏂ (iulani) — the language
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭語 /爱尔兰语 (ài'ěrlányǔ) — the language
• Cornish: Godhalek — the language
• Czech: irština — the language
• Danish: irsk — the language
• Dutch: Iers — the language
• Esperanto: irlanda lingvo — the language
• Estonian: iiri keel — the language
• Faroese: írskt — the language
• Finnish: iiri — the language
• French: irlandais — the language
• French: gaélique irlandais — the language
• West-Frisian: Iersk — the language
• Galician: irlandés — the language
• Georgian: ირლანდიური (irlandiuri) — the language
• Georgian: ირლანდიური ენა (irlandiuri ena) — the language
• German: Irisch — the language
• German: Irisch-Gälisch — the language
• German: Gälisch — the language
• Greek: ιρλανδικά (irlandiká) — the language
• Hebrew: אִירִית (irit) — the language
• Hungarian: ír — the language
• Icelandic: írska — the language
• Indonesian: Irlandia — the language
• Irish: Gaeilge — the language
• Irish: Gaelainn — the language
• Irish: Gaedhilg — the language
• Irish: Gaeilge na hÉireann — the language
• Classical Gaelic: Gaoidhealg — the language
• Italian: irlandese — the language
• Italian: gaelico — the language
• Japanese: アイルランド語 (Airurandogo) — the language
• Khmer: អៀរ (ʼiə) — the language
• Korean: 아일랜드어 (aillaendeueo) — the language
• Latvian: īru valoda — the language
• Latvian: īru — the language
• Lithuanian: airių — the language
• Lithuanian: airių kalba — the language
• Macedonian: ирски (irski) — the language
• Maltese: l-Irlandiż — the language
• Manx: Yernish — the language
• Marathi: आयरिश (āyriś) — the language
• Navajo: Aárish bizaad — the language
• Norwegian Bokmål: irsk — the language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: irsk — the language
• Persian: ایرلندی (irlandi) — the language
• Polish: język irlandzki — the language
• Polish: iryjski — the language
• Portuguese: irlandês — the language
• Portuguese: gaélico — the language
• Romanian: irlandeză — the language
• Russian: и́рландский (írlandskij) — the language
• Scots: Erse — the language
• Scottish Gaelic: Gaeilge — the language
• Serbo-Croatian: и̑рскӣ — the language
• Serbo-Croatian: ȋrskī — the language
• Slovene: írščina — the language
• Spanish: irlandés — the language
• Swedish: iriska — the language
• Tagalog: Irlandes — the language
• Tigrinya: አይሪሽ (ʾäyriš) — the language
• Turkish: İrlandaca — the language
• Ukrainian: ірла́ндська мо́ва (irlándsʹka móva) — the language
• Ukrainian: ірла́ндська (irlándsʹka) — the language
• Urdu: آئرستانی (āiristānī) — the language
• Urdu: آئرش (āiriś) — the language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Ai-len — the language
• Volapük: Lireyänapük — the language
• Welsh: Gwyddeleg — the language
• Afrikaans: Iere — the people
• Arabic: إِيرْلَنْدِيّ (ʔirlandiyy) — the people
• Arabic: إِيرْلَنْدِيَّة (ʔīrlandiyya) — the people
• Belarusian: ірла́ндзец (irlándzjec) — the people
• Belarusian: ірла́ндка (irlándka) — the people
• Belarusian: ірля́ндзец (irljándzjec) — the people
• Belarusian: ірля́ндка (irljándka) — the people
• Bulgarian: ирла́ндец (irlándec) — the people
• Bulgarian: ирла́ндка (irlándka) — the people
• Catalan: irlandesos — the people
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭人 /爱尔兰人 (Ài'ěrlánrén) — the people
• Chinook Jargon: ayrish — the people
• Czech: Ir — the people
• Czech: Irka — the people
• Faroese: íri — the people
• Finnish: irlantilaiset — the people
• French: Irlandais — the people
• French: Irlandaise — the people
• Middle French: Irlandois — the people
• Middle French: Yrlandois — the people
• Middle French: Irlandoise — the people
• Middle French: Yrlandoise — the people
• Galician: irlandeses — the people
• Georgian: ირლანდიელები (irlandielebi) — the people
• Georgian: ირლანდიელი (irlandieli) — the people
• German: Ire — the people
• German: Irin — the people
• Hawaiian: ʻIlelani — the people
• Hebrew: אירים (Írim) — the people
• Icelandic: Írlendingar — the people
• Irish: Éireannach — the people
• Irish: Gael — the people
• Italian: irlandese — the people
• Japanese: アイルランド人 (Airurandojin) — the people
• Korean: 아일랜드인 (aillaendeu'in) — the people
• Korean: 아일랜드 사람 (aillaendeu saram) — the people
• Latvian: īrs — the people
• Latvian: īriete — the people
• Macedonian: Ирци (Irci) — the people
• Macedonian: Ирец (Irec) — the people
• Macedonian: Ирка (Irka) — the people
• Marathi: आयरिश (āyriś) — the people
• Navajo: Dághaałchííʼ dineʼé — the people
• Old Norse: írar — the people
• Persian: ایرلندی (irlandi) — the people
• Polish: Irlandczyk — the people
• Polish: Irlandka — the people
• Portuguese: irlandeses — the people
• Romanian: irlandez — the people
• Russian: ирла́ндцы (irlándcy) — the people
• Russian: ирла́ндец (irlándec) — the people
• Russian: ирла́ндка (irlándka) — the people
• Scots: Erse — the people
• Scottish Gaelic: na h-Èireannaich — the people
• Serbo-Croatian: И́рац — the people
• Serbo-Croatian: И̏ркиња — the people
• Serbo-Croatian: Írac — the people
• Serbo-Croatian: Ȉrkinja — the people
• Slovak: Ír — the people
• Slovak: Írka — the people
• Slovene: Irec — the people
• Spanish: irlandeses — the people
• Tagalog: Irlandes — the people
• Ukrainian: ірла́ндець (irlándecʹ) — the people
• Ukrainian: ірла́ндка (irlándka) — the people
• Urdu: آئرستانی (āiristānī) — the people
• Urdu: آئرش (āiriś) — the people
• Vietnamese: người Ai-len — the people
• Welsh: Gwyddelod — the people
• Welsh: Gwyddyl — the people
• Polish: tryktrak irlandzki — board game