Phrase guide

Irish coffee

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Gaelic coffee

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coffee, java

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ирландско кафе (irlandsko kafe) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Catalan: cafè irlandès — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭咖啡 /爱尔兰咖啡 (ài'ěrlán kāfēi) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Dutch: Irish coffee — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Finnish: Irish coffee — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Finnish: irkkukahvi — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • French: Irish coffee — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Galician: café irlandés — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Galician: café con gotas — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Georgian: ირლანდიური ყავა (irlandiuri q̇ava) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Hungarian: ír kávé — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Irish: caife Gaelach — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Italian: Irish coffee — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Italian: caffè irlandese — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Latvian: īru kafija — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Macedonian: ирско кафе (irsko kafe) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Marathi: आयरिश कॉफी (āyriś kŏphī) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Russian: ко́фе по-ирла́ндски (kófe po-irlándski) — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Spanish: café irlandés — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Spanish: carajillo — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • Swedish: Irish coffee — coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream