irritant

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English

Etymology

From French irritant, equivalent to irritate +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪɹɪtənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

irritant (not comparable)

  1. Causing irritation or inflammation.
  2. (law, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
    • 1603, Hayward, An Answer to the first part of a certaine conference concerning succession:
      The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.

Translations

Noun

irritant (plural irritants)

  1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
  2. A source of irritation.

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

irritant m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritants)

  1. irritating, annoying

Verb

irritant

  1. gerund of irritar

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌi.riˈtɑnt/, /ˌɪ.riˈtɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

irritant (comparative irritanter, superlative irritantst)

  1. annoying, causing irritation or annoyance; vexatious
    Synonyms: vervelend, ergerlijk

Declension

Declension of irritant
uninflected irritant
inflected irritante
comparative irritanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial irritant irritanter het irritantst
het irritantste
indefinite m./f. sing. irritante irritantere irritantste
n. sing. irritant irritanter irritantste
plural irritante irritantere irritantste
definite irritante irritantere irritantste
partitive irritants irritanters —

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Participle

irritant

  1. present participle of irriter

Adjective

irritant (feminine irritante, masculine plural irritants, feminine plural irritantes)

  1. irritating; annoying

Noun

irritant m (plural irritants)

  1. (medicine) irritant

Further reading

Latin

Verb

irrītant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of irrītō
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