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Irishman

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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  • /ˈaɪɹɪʃmən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 R IH0 SH M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man from Ireland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Irish person, Irelander

Narrower terms: Paddy, Mick, Mickey

History

Etymology

From Middle English Irisshman, equivalent to Irish + -man.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Ier — man from Ireland
  • Albanian: irlandez — man from Ireland
  • Arabic: أَيِرْلَنْدِيّ (ʔayirlandiyy) — man from Ireland
  • Armenian: իռլանդացի (iṙlandacʻi) — man from Ireland
  • Asturian: irlandés — man from Ireland
  • Azerbaijani: irlandiyalı — man from Ireland
  • Belarusian: ірла́ндзец (irlándzjec) — man from Ireland
  • Belarusian: ірля́ндзец (irljándzjec) — man from Ireland
  • Bulgarian: ирла́ндец (irlándec) — man from Ireland
  • Catalan: irlandès — man from Ireland
  • Catalan: irlandés — man from Ireland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛爾蘭人 /爱尔兰人 (Ài'ěrlánrén) — man from Ireland
  • Cornish: Godhal — man from Ireland
  • Czech: Ir — man from Ireland
  • Danish: irer — man from Ireland
  • Danish: irlænder — man from Ireland
  • Dutch: Ier — man from Ireland
  • Estonian: iirlane — man from Ireland
  • Finnish: irlantilainen — man from Ireland
  • French: Irlandais — man from Ireland
  • Galician: irlandés — man from Ireland
  • Georgian: ირლანდიელი (irlandieli) — man from Ireland
  • German: Ire — man from Ireland
  • Greek: Ιρλανδός (Irlandós) — man from Ireland
  • Hebrew: אִירִי (iri) — man from Ireland
  • Hindi: आयलैंडवासी (āylaiṇḍvāsī) — man from Ireland
  • Hungarian: ír (férfi) — man from Ireland
  • Icelandic: Íri — man from Ireland
  • Irish: Éireannach — man from Ireland
  • Irish: Gael — man from Ireland
  • Italian: irlandese — man from Ireland
  • Japanese: アイルランド人 (Airurandojin) — man from Ireland
  • Kazakh: ирланд (irland) — man from Ireland
  • Kazakh: ирландиялық (irlandiälyq) — man from Ireland
  • Korean: 아일랜드인 (aillaendeu'in) — man from Ireland
  • Korean: 아일랜드 사람 (aillaendeu saram) — man from Ireland
  • Kyrgyz: ирланд (irland) — man from Ireland
  • Latvian: īrs — man from Ireland
  • Lithuanian: airis — man from Ireland
  • Macedonian: Ирец (Irec) — man from Ireland
  • Maltese: Irlandiż — man from Ireland
  • Manx: Yernagh — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian: ire — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian: irlending — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ire — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: irlender — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: irlending — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ire — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: irlendar — man from Ireland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: irlending — man from Ireland
  • Persian: ایرلندی (irlandi) — man from Ireland
  • Polish: Irlandczyk — man from Ireland
  • Portuguese: irlandês — man from Ireland
  • Romanian: irlandez — man from Ireland
  • Russian: ирла́ндец (irlándec) — man from Ireland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Èireannach — man from Ireland
  • Serbo-Croatian: И́рац — man from Ireland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Írac — man from Ireland
  • Slovak: Ír — man from Ireland
  • Slovene: Írec — man from Ireland
  • Spanish: irlandés — man from Ireland
  • Swahili: Mweire — man from Ireland
  • Swahili: Mwayalandi — man from Ireland
  • Swedish: irländare — man from Ireland
  • Tajik: ирландӣ (irlandi) — man from Ireland
  • Turkish: İrlandalı — man from Ireland
  • Turkmen: irland — man from Ireland
  • Turkmen: irlandiýaly — man from Ireland
  • Ukrainian: ірла́ндець (irlándecʹ) — man from Ireland
  • Uyghur: ئىرېلاند (irëland) — man from Ireland
  • Uyghur: ئىرېلاندىيىلىك (irëlandiyilik) — man from Ireland
  • Uzbek: irland — man from Ireland
  • Uzbek: irlandiyalik — man from Ireland
  • Welsh: Gwyddel — man from Ireland
  • Yiddish: אירלענדער (irlender) — man from Ireland
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