irritant

English

Etymology

From French irritant, equivalent to irritate +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪtənt/

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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

causing irritation

Bulgarian: дразнещ (bg) (draznešt), възбудителен (bg) (vǎzbuditelen) German: irritierend (de), aufreizend (de), verwirrend (de) Russian: раздража́ющий (ru) (razdražájuščij) Ukrainian: дратівни́й (drativnýj)

Noun

irritant (plural irritants)

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

Translations

any medication designed to cause irritation

Russian: раздражи́тель (ru) m (razdražítelʹ)

a source of irritation

Bulgarian: дразнител f (draznitel) Esperanto: agacaĵo, malagrablaĵo German: Ärgernis (de) n, Reiz (de) m, Nervensäge (de) f Maori: namunamu (affecting the skin) Russian: раздражи́тель (ru) m (razdražítelʹ) Ukrainian: подра́зник m (podráznyk)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.riˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [i.riˈtant]

Adjective

irritant m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritants)

1. irritating, annoying

Verb

irritant

1. gerund of irritar

Further reading

• “irritant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “irritant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “irritant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “irritant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.riˈtɑnt/, /ˌɪ.riˈtɑnt/

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• 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

• bloedirritant
• irritantje
• strontirritant

Related terms

• irritatie
• irriteren

French

Pronunciation

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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

• “irritant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

irrītant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of irrītō