Irish vs Spanish - What's the difference?
irish | spanish |
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.
* 1889 , , (Three Men In A Boat) :
Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
Pertaining to the Irish language.
(derogatory) nonsensical, daft or complex.
Of or pertaining to Spain.
* 2005 , J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic , page 1
Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
* 1996 , Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works , page 42
* 2007 , Lynette Rohrer Shirk, The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook , chapter 1
Of or pertaining to the language.
* 1918 , Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation , page 12
A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
* 1873 , Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy , page 163'
* 1928 , (Otto Jespersen), An International Language , page 48
* 1995 , Hanna Pishwa & Karl Maroldt (editors), The Development of Morphological Systematicity , page 146
A town in Ontario, Canada
(collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
* 1976 , Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco , page 62
People of Hispanic origin.
* 1970 , Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American , page 87
As a proper noun irish
is the goidelic language indigenous to ireland, also known as irish gaelic.As a noun irish
is (as plural) the irish people.As an adjective irish
is pertaining to or originating from ireland or the irish people.As a verb spanish is
(printing) to subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material.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. *
Anagrams
* *spanish
Adjective
(-)- Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later
- Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
- Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Spanish")Derived terms
* spanish * Spanish Armada * Spanish chestnut * Spanish dancing * Spanish flu * Spanish fly * Spanish Guinea * Spanish influenza * Spanish Inquisition * Spanish Main * Spanish omelette * Spanish onion * Spanish Sahara * Spanish walk * Spanish Water DogProper noun
(en proper noun)- "If he speaks Spanish , my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
- Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa'' (E ''pass'', F ''passer''), ''efekte'', ''komun'' (F ''commun'', E ''common''), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish''', which writes ''pasar'', ''efecto'', ''común'', etc., and even extend it to cases in which '''Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ''ll'' and ''rr'': ''bel'' S ''bello'', F ''belle'', ''koresponda'', S ''corresponder , etc.
- In contrast with the creole languages discussed above, the article systems of Rumanian, French, Spanish , and Portuguese are more complex, since neutralization fails to occur to a large extent.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "Spanish")Synonyms
* (language) CastilianDerived terms
* Old SpanishSee also
* (es) * Language listNoun
(en-plural noun)- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
- Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).