What is the difference between Irish and hyphen?
Irish | hyphen |
The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
(surname)
(as plural) The Irish people.
(obsolete) A board game of the tables family.
(US) Temper; anger, passion.
* 1834 , (David Crockett), A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , Nebraska (1987), page 65:
* 1947 , Hy Heath, John Lange, (Clancy Lowered the Boom) :
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whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
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Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
Pertaining to the Irish language.
(derogatory) nonsensical, daft or complex.
Symbol "", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
(figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.
(Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").
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As proper nouns the difference between Irish and hyphen
is that Irish is the goidelic language indigenous to ireland, also known as irish gaelic while hyphen is {{context|colloquial|lang=en}} (used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name).As nouns the difference between Irish and hyphen
is that Irish is {{context|as plural|lang=en}} the irish people while hyphen is symbol "-", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.As a adjective Irish
is pertaining to or originating from ireland or the irish people.As a verb hyphen is
{{context|transitive|dated|lang=en}} to separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.As a conjunction hyphen is
(used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").Irish
English
(wikipedia Irish)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland
Derived terms
* Ulster Irish * Munster Irish * Connacht IrishNoun
(-)- But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.
- Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
- Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.
Usage notes
* Use Irishman or Irishwoman for one singular person.Adjective
(en adjective)- Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
- "A number of derogatory nicknames began to emerge, including "Irish confetti" for thrown bricks, and "Irish kiss" for a slap" (Wisegeek.com)
Derived terms
* Irish coffee * Irish cream * Irishly * Irish slam * Irish jokeSee also
* Erse * Gaelic * (ga) * Language listExternal links
*Irish–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary— the Rosetta Edition. *