# translation

lexentry: eng/lord_protector__Noun__1
written_rep: lord protector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiarna cuinge
sense_list:
The regent for the kingdom of England and/or Scotland. | The head of state of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. | (rare) A vidame. | A temporary regent, acting for the absent monarchic head of state.


lexentry: eng/lordship__Noun__1
written_rep: lordship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: an Tiarna
sense_list:
(hence, with "his" or "your", often capitalised) Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.


lexentry: eng/lordship__Noun__1
written_rep: lordship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: tiarnas
sense_list:
Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. | Dominion; power; authority.


lexentry: eng/lore__Noun__1
written_rep: lore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cruinne
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, fandom) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.


lexentry: eng/lost_and_found__Noun__1
written_rep: lost and found
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifig na n-earraí caillte
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.


lexentry: eng/lotus__Noun__1
written_rep: lotus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loiteog
sense_list:
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.


lexentry: eng/loud__Adjective__1
written_rep: loud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: gáifeach | scéiniúil
sense_list:
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.


lexentry: eng/loudmouth__Noun__1
written_rep: loudmouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trumpadóir
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.


lexentry: eng/louis_d'or__Noun__1
written_rep: louis d'or
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laoiseach órga
sense_list:
(historical, _, numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.


lexentry: eng/louver__Noun__1
written_rep: louver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lata | lúvar
sense_list:
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.] | (chiefly, _, in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.] | Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.


lexentry: eng/lovage__Noun__1
written_rep: lovage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luáiste
sense_list:
A perennial Mediterranean herb, of species Levisticum officinale, with odor and flavor resembling celery.


lexentry: eng/love__Verb__1
written_rep: love
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gráigh
sense_list:
(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. | (usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). | (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).


lexentry: eng/love_child__Noun__1
written_rep: love child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páiste suirí
sense_list:
(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.


lexentry: eng/love_match__Noun__1
written_rep: love match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleamhnas cumainn
sense_list:
A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as opposed to a relationship based on other reasons or an arranged marriage brokered by parents or by third parties.


lexentry: eng/lovebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lovebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan suirí
sense_list:
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.


lexentry: eng/loved_one__Noun__1
written_rep: loved one
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ansacht
sense_list:
A very close friend or family member for whom a person has feelings of endearment, one of someone's close ones; sometimes: next of kin (for example on hospital admission form).


lexentry: eng/lover__Noun__1
written_rep: lover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leannán
sense_list:
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.


lexentry: eng/low__Adjective__1
written_rep: low
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: íseal
sense_list:
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc). | (especially in, _, biology) Simple in complexity or development. | (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.


lexentry: eng/lower__Verb__1
written_rep: lower
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ísligh
sense_list:
(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down | (transitive) To pull down | (transitive) To depress as to direction | (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of | (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. | (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. | (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease | (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.


lexentry: eng/lower_class__Noun__1
written_rep: lower class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íosaicme
sense_list:
A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.


lexentry: eng/lox__Noun__1
written_rep: lox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bradán
sense_list:
(US) Salmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.


lexentry: eng/lubrication_payment__Noun__1
written_rep: lubrication payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: breab
sense_list:
(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.


lexentry: eng/lug__Noun__1
written_rep: lug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: crotal
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.


lexentry: eng/lugworm__Noun__1
written_rep: lugworm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lugach
sense_list:
Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola | especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.


lexentry: eng/lumbago__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbago
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lumbágó
sense_list:
(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.


lexentry: eng/lumbar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lumbar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lumbach
sense_list:
Related to the lower back or loin, specifically the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/lumbar_puncture__Noun__1
written_rep: lumbar puncture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polladh lumbach
sense_list:
(medical) A diagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure performed to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analysis, or rarely to relieve increased intracranial pressure.


lexentry: eng/lumber__Noun__1
written_rep: lumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crainn leagtha
sense_list:
(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/luminescence__Noun__1
written_rep: luminescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lonracht
sense_list:
(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.


lexentry: eng/luminism__Noun__1
written_rep: luminism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúmanachas
sense_list:
(arts) An American artistic style of the 19th century, characterised by effects of light in landscapes.


lexentry: eng/lump__Noun__1
written_rep: lump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daba
sense_list:
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.


lexentry: eng/lump_sum__Noun__1
written_rep: lump sum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cúrsa tosaigh
sense_list:
A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.


lexentry: eng/lunar__Adjective__1
written_rep: lunar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: éascaí
sense_list:
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.


lexentry: eng/lunar_calendar__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar calendar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: féilire na gealaí
sense_list:
A calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon, as opposed to the revolution of the earth around the sun; a calendar of the lunar year.


lexentry: eng/lune__Noun__2
written_rep: lune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corrán
sense_list:
(geometry) A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.


lexentry: eng/lunge_line__Noun__1
written_rep: lunge line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhastar traenála
sense_list:
(British) A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 feet or longer in length, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control while lungeing.


lexentry: eng/lungeing_rein__Noun__1
written_rep: lungeing rein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhastar traenála
sense_list:
A piece of cotton or nylon webbing, usually around 25mm wide by about 20 metres (or longer) in length, attached with a swivel to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or headcollar of a horse to provide control while exercising or training it.


lexentry: eng/lure__Verb__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aimsiú
sense_list:
(transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile. | (transitive) To attract fish with a lure. | (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.


lexentry: eng/lute__Noun__1
written_rep: lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liúit
sense_list:
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.


lexentry: eng/lutetium__Noun__1
written_rep: lutetium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúitéitiam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.


lexentry: eng/lux__Noun__1
written_rep: lux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lucsa
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


lexentry: eng/lych-gate__Noun__1
written_rep: lych-gate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urtheach reilige
sense_list:
A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.


lexentry: eng/lye__Noun__1
written_rep: lye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buac
sense_list:
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).


lexentry: eng/lymph__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: limfe
sense_list:
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.


lexentry: eng/lymph_node__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faireog limfe | nód limfe
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/lymphocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: limficít
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


lexentry: eng/lynch__Verb__1
written_rep: lynch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linseáil
sense_list:
(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.


lexentry: eng/lyophobic__Adjective__1
written_rep: lyophobic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liófóbach
sense_list:
(chemistry, of a colloid) Having no affinity for the dispersion medium and thus easily precipitated.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
written_rep: lyre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lir
sense_list:
(string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.


lexentry: eng/lyrebird__Noun__1
written_rep: lyrebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: liréan
sense_list:
Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.


lexentry: eng/machicolation__Noun__1
written_rep: machicolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poll lámhaigh | uchtbhalla pollta
sense_list:
(architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meaisín
sense_list:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. | (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


lexentry: eng/machine__Verb__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meaisínigh
sense_list:
To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: machine gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meaisínghunna
sense_list:
A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.


lexentry: eng/machine_language__Noun__1
written_rep: machine language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meaisínteanga | teanga mheaisín
sense_list:
(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.


lexentry: eng/mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maicréal | ronnach | murlas
sense_list:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: craosaire
sense_list:
Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane | Any shark of the family Lamnidae.


lexentry: eng/mackerel_sky__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel sky
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spéir dhroim an ronnaigh | spéir ronnach
sense_list:
A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: macroeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maicreacnamaíocht
sense_list:
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.


lexentry: eng/macron__Noun__1
written_rep: macron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macran | macrón
sense_list:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/madder__Noun__1
written_rep: madder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: madar
sense_list:
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. | A dye made from the plant. | A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iris
sense_list:
A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: siopa
sense_list:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


lexentry: eng/magenta__Noun__1
written_rep: magenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maigeanta
sense_list:
A color which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and blue light.


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruimh
sense_list:
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: draíocht
sense_list:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.] | (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.] | (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.


lexentry: eng/magic_lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: magic lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laindéar draíochta
sense_list:
(historical) An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnésít
sense_list:
(mineral) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.


lexentry: eng/magnesium__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maignéisiam
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/magnetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magnetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhmainteach | maighnéadach
sense_list:
Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism. | Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull. | Determined by earth's magnetic fields.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_compass__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic compass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compás
sense_list:
(military, nautical) An instrument containing a freely suspended magnetic element which displays the direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field at the point of observation.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réimse maighnéadach
sense_list:
(physics) A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méid
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something. | (astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100. | (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude


lexentry: eng/magnolia__Noun__1
written_rep: magnolia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: magnóilia
sense_list:
(countable) The flower of a magnolia tree. | (countable, uncountable) A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.


lexentry: eng/magnum_opus__Noun__1
written_rep: magnum opus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ardsaothar
sense_list:
A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece. | The best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort.


lexentry: eng/maguey__Noun__1
written_rep: maguey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agáibhe
sense_list:
Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mahagaine
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.] | (countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes. [from 18th c.] | (countable) (by extension) Any of various trees which resemble those of the genus Swietenia. | A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. [from 19th c.] | (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/maid__Noun__1
written_rep: maid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainnir | cailín | maighdean
sense_list:
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). | (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.


lexentry: eng/maidenhair__Noun__1
written_rep: maidenhair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cos dhubh | folt bé
sense_list:
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eachlach
sense_list:
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | (chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.] | (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: ríomhphost
sense_list:
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/main_clause__Noun__1
written_rep: main clause
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: príomhchlásal
sense_list:
(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.


lexentry: eng/main_sequence__Noun__1
written_rep: main sequence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: príomhsheicheamh
sense_list:
(star) A major grouping of stars represented on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram by a nearly uniform band of increasing luminosity with increasing surface temperature.


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: mainland China
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mórthír na Síne
sense_list:
The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)


lexentry: eng/mainmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mainmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mór
sense_list:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. | (nautical) The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.


lexentry: eng/mainstream__Adjective__1
written_rep: mainstream
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lárshrutha | príomhshrutha
sense_list:
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maor | maor airm
sense_list:
(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: príomhábhar
sense_list:
(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.


lexentry: eng/major_axis__Noun__1
written_rep: major axis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mór-ais
sense_list:
(geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.


lexentry: eng/major_premise__Noun__1
written_rep: major premise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mórleagan
sense_list:
(logic) In a categorical syllogism, the premise whose terms are the syllogism's major term and middle term.


lexentry: eng/majority__Noun__1
written_rep: majority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tromlach
sense_list:
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: cóirigh | déan | tabhair ar
sense_list:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_difference__Verb__1
written_rep: make a difference
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: difríocht a dhéanamh
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance. | (idiomatic, intransitive) To be of importance; to matter.


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mair
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_up__Verb__1
written_rep: make up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: déan suas
sense_list:
To invent, to imagine, to concoct | To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: athchóiriú
sense_list:
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.


lexentry: eng/makeup__Noun__1
written_rep: makeup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dreachadh | smideadh
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
written_rep: malachite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malaicít
sense_list:
(mineral) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.


lexentry: eng/malapropism__Noun__1
written_rep: malapropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mífheilteachas
sense_list:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fireannach
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/malice__Noun__1
written_rep: malice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábhailleacht
sense_list:
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/malinger__Verb__1
written_rep: malinger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bheith ag meathlóireacht
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
written_rep: mallard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacha
sense_list:
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.


lexentry: eng/malpractice__Noun__1
written_rep: malpractice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchleachtas
sense_list:
The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss. | (tort law) Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.


lexentry: eng/maltose__Noun__1
written_rep: maltose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maltós
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
written_rep: mamma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faireog mhamach | mama
sense_list:
(anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.


lexentry: eng/mammography__Noun__1
written_rep: mammography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: X-ghathú cíche | mamagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.


lexentry: eng/mammoth__Noun__1
written_rep: mammoth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamat
sense_list:
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/mammy__Noun__1
written_rep: mammy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mam
sense_list:
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fear | duine
sense_list:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/man_in_the_moon__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: man in the moon
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Dónall na gealaí
sense_list:
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon.


lexentry: eng/man_overboard__Interjection__1
written_rep: man overboard
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fear i bhfarraige
sense_list:
(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/management__Noun__1
written_rep: management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bainisteoireacht | bainistiú | bainistíocht | reachtas | riar
sense_list:
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bainisteoir
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/mandarin__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandairín
sense_list:
(historical) A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. [from 1580s] | A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat. | (informal, British) A senior civil servant.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacha mhandrach
sense_list:
A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann mandairíní
sense_list:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mandairín
sense_list:
The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


lexentry: eng/mandible__Noun__1
written_rep: mandible
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giall
sense_list:
One of the anterior pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food. | The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aclaíocht
sense_list:
(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mangal__Noun__1
written_rep: mangal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangróbh
sense_list:
(ecology) A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.


lexentry: eng/manganese__Noun__1
written_rep: manganese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangainéis
sense_list:
(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.


lexentry: eng/mange__Noun__1
written_rep: mange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: claimhe | clamh
sense_list:
(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).


lexentry: eng/mangrove__Noun__1
written_rep: mangrove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangróbh
sense_list:
Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
written_rep: manioc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casabhach
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. | (uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.


lexentry: eng/manipulate__Verb__1
written_rep: manipulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lámhaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something | (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose


lexentry: eng/manly__Adjective__1
written_rep: manly
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fearúil
sense_list:
Having the characteristics of a man. | Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.


lexentry: eng/manna__Noun__1
written_rep: manna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manna
sense_list:
(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. | (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.


lexentry: eng/mannequin__Noun__1
written_rep: mannequin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mainicín
sense_list:
A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes. | A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery. | An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR. | (dated) A person who models clothes.


lexentry: eng/mannerism__Noun__1
written_rep: mannerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faisean | gothaíocht | nósúlacht | snas
sense_list:
A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.


lexentry: eng/manslaughter__Noun__1
written_rep: manslaughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dúnorgain
sense_list:
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.


lexentry: eng/mantis_shrimp__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis shrimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ribe róibéis maintise
sense_list:
A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/mantle__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brat | clóca | cochall | fallaing
sense_list:
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/manual_labor__Noun__1
written_rep: manual labor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obair láimhe
sense_list:
(American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes, _, pejorative) unskilled labor.


lexentry: eng/manure__Noun__1
written_rep: manure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aoileach
sense_list:
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.


lexentry: eng/manuscript__Noun__1
written_rep: manuscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lámhscríbhinn
sense_list:
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.


lexentry: eng/many_a_mickle_makes_a_muckle__Proverb__1
written_rep: many a mickle makes a muckle
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bailíonn brobh beart
sense_list:
(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. [from 1793]


lexentry: eng/map__Noun__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: léarscáil | mapa
sense_list:
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.


lexentry: eng/map_projection__Noun__1
written_rep: map projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teilgean léarscáile | teilgean mapa
sense_list:
(cartography) Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.


lexentry: eng/maraca__Noun__1
written_rep: maraca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maraca
sense_list:
(percussion instrument) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.


lexentry: eng/marathon__Noun__1
written_rep: marathon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maratón
sense_list:
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race. | (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.


lexentry: eng/marble__Noun__1
written_rep: marble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mirlín
sense_list:
(uncountable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marble__Verb__1
written_rep: marble
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marmaraigh
sense_list:
(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.


lexentry: eng/marbled_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: marbled cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cat marmarach
sense_list:
Pardofelis marmorata, a cat similar in size to the domestic cat, with a longer, more thickly furred tail.


lexentry: eng/margarine__Noun__1
written_rep: margarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buíoc | margairín
sense_list:
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.


lexentry: eng/marijuana__Noun__1
written_rep: marijuana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: haisis
sense_list:
The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect. | The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.


lexentry: eng/marimba__Noun__1
written_rep: marimba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mairimbe
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.


lexentry: eng/marine__Adjective__1
written_rep: marine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farraige
sense_list:
Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.


lexentry: eng/marjoram__Noun__1
written_rep: marjoram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oragán cumhra
sense_list:
A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves. | The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grád | marc
sense_list:
A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__2
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: marc
sense_list:
(historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: marcáil
sense_list:
To create an indication of (a location). | (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: margadh
sense_list:
A group of potential or current customers for one's product. | A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists. | The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.


lexentry: eng/market_value__Noun__1
written_rep: market value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luach margaidh
sense_list:
(finance) The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market.


lexentry: eng/marketing__Noun__1
written_rep: marketing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: margaíocht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.


lexentry: eng/markhor__Noun__1
written_rep: markhor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcár
sense_list:
A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.


lexentry: eng/marl__Noun__1
written_rep: marl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marla | móta liath
sense_list:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.


lexentry: eng/marmoset__Noun__1
written_rep: marmoset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moncaí marmaisíneach
sense_list:
Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marmot__Noun__1
written_rep: marmot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marmat
sense_list:
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.


lexentry: eng/maroon__Noun__1
written_rep: maroon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: castán
sense_list:
An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marquetry__Noun__1
written_rep: marquetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maircíneacht
sense_list:
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.


lexentry: eng/marriage_equality__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage equality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhionannas pósta
sense_list:
Equality and equal acceptance (particularly legal acceptance, but also social acceptance) of same-sex in addition to heterosexual marriages.


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pós
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.] | (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/marsh_mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marsh mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leamhach
sense_list:
A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).


lexentry: eng/marshmallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marshmallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leamhachán
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.


lexentry: eng/martial_art__Noun__1
written_rep: martial art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ealaín oscartha
sense_list:
Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.


lexentry: eng/martin__Noun__1
written_rep: martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabhlán
sense_list:
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
written_rep: martyr
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mairtíreach
sense_list:
One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.


lexentry: eng/martyrdom__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plúr
sense_list:
The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.


lexentry: eng/mash__Noun__1
written_rep: mash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leite
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.


lexentry: eng/mashed_potatoes__Noun__2
written_rep: mashed potatoes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brúitín
sense_list:
(uncountable, or, in the plural) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.


lexentry: eng/masking_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: masking tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: téip chumhdaigh
sense_list:
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__2
written_rep: mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Aifreann
sense_list:
(Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist. | (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist. | A musical setting of parts of the mass.


lexentry: eng/mass_extinction__Noun__1
written_rep: mass extinction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olldíothú
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory, geology) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time; specifically, a loss of ∼75% of all species on the planet over a geologically interval of less than 3 million years, as a result of a mass extinction event.


lexentry: eng/massage__Noun__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suathaireacht
sense_list:
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__1
written_rep: mast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann
sense_list:
(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/master__Noun__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an t-uasal
sense_list:
Someone who has control over something or someone. | The owner of an animal or slave. | The original of a document or of a recording.


lexentry: eng/master_class__Noun__1
written_rep: master class
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máistir-rang
sense_list:
(education) A class, typically in a performing art such as music or drama, in which a teacher listens to and critiques the performance of individual students, one at a time, while the other students observe.


lexentry: eng/mastermind__Noun__1
written_rep: mastermind
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inchinn
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.


lexentry: eng/masterpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: masterpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feabhas
sense_list:
A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career. | A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.


lexentry: eng/mastic__Noun__1
written_rep: mastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: maisteog
sense_list:
(especially, Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.


lexentry: eng/mastiff__Noun__1
written_rep: mastiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maistín
sense_list:
One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__1
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cluiche
sense_list:
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__2
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasán
sense_list:
A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: comrádaí
sense_list:
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/material__Adjective__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábhartha
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical. | Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily. | (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical. | (especially, law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial. | Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic. | (obsolete) Full of substance or otherwise meaning. | (obsolete) In an important degree.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damhna | mianach
sense_list:
A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, | (rare) The materiel of an army.


lexentry: eng/materialism__Noun__1
written_rep: materialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábharachas | saoltacht
sense_list:
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.


lexentry: eng/materialist__Noun__1
written_rep: materialist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duine saolta | ábharaí
sense_list:
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. | A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/materialistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: materialistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ábharaíoch
sense_list:
Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. | Of or concerning philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/maternal_aunt__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal aunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aintín
sense_list:
A sister of one's mother. | A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. | An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both


lexentry: eng/math__Noun__1
written_rep: math
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matamaitic
sense_list:
(informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics. | (informal, uncountable, North America, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matamaitic
sense_list:
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. | A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damhna
sense_list:
(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. | An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.


lexentry: eng/matter__Verb__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miste
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/maul__Noun__1
written_rep: maul
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crág
sense_list:
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.


lexentry: eng/maulstick__Noun__1
written_rep: maulstick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lámhthaca péintéara
sense_list:
(arts) A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.


lexentry: eng/maw-worm__Noun__1
written_rep: maw-worm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péist ghoile
sense_list:
Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
written_rep: may
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: agus
sense_list:
(subjunctive present, defective, chiefly, poetic) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
written_rep: maybe
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: b'fhéidir | is dócha
sense_list:
(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).


lexentry: eng/maze__Noun__1
written_rep: maze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúbra
sense_list:
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.


lexentry: eng/me__Pronoun__1
written_rep: me
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mise | mé
sense_list:
As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb. | (sometimes, proscribed) As the complement of the copula (be).


lexentry: eng/meadow__Noun__1
written_rep: meadow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móinéar | cluain
sense_list:
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__1
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: béile | proinn | séire
sense_list:
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).


lexentry: eng/meal_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: meal ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: colm
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.


lexentry: eng/meander__Verb__1
written_rep: meander
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bí ag lúbarnaíl
sense_list:
(intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage | (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.


lexentry: eng/measles__Noun__1
written_rep: measles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bruitíneach
sense_list:
(disease) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: miosúr | tomhas
sense_list:
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: barra
sense_list:
(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tomhais
sense_list:
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.


lexentry: eng/meat__Noun__1
written_rep: meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feoil
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.] | (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.] | (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/meat_market__Noun__1
written_rep: meat market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: margadh craicinn | margadh leathair
sense_list:
(colloquial, idiomatic) A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.


lexentry: eng/meatloaf__Noun__1
written_rep: meatloaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: builín feola
sense_list:
A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.


lexentry: eng/mechanic__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meicneoir
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. [from 16th c.] | Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mechanical__Adjective__1
written_rep: mechanical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meicniúil
sense_list:
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter). | Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innealtóireacht mheicniúil
sense_list:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peann luaidhe meicniúil
sense_list:
(North America) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.


lexentry: eng/meconium__Noun__1
written_rep: meconium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meacóiniam
sense_list:
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.


lexentry: eng/medal__Noun__1
written_rep: medal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonn
sense_list:
A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. | A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.


lexentry: eng/media_studies__Noun__1
written_rep: media studies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: staidéar ar na meáin
sense_list:
Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
written_rep: median
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: airmheán
sense_list:
(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/median_nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: median nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaróg mheánach
sense_list:
(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


lexentry: eng/medical_doctor__Noun__1
written_rep: medical doctor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dochtúir
sense_list:
A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.


lexentry: eng/medical_ethics__Noun__1
written_rep: medical ethics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eitic mhíochaine
sense_list:
(ethics) The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong arising in the context of the practice of medicine.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cógas | leigheas
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: liacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness. | (uncountable) The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.


lexentry: eng/medieval__Adjective__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánaoiseach
sense_list:
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. | Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:


lexentry: eng/mediocrity__Noun__1
written_rep: mediocrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lagmheasarthacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.


lexentry: eng/meditation__Noun__1
written_rep: meditation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: machnamh
sense_list:
A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation. | A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.


lexentry: eng/mediterranean_sea__Noun__1
written_rep: mediterranean sea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: An Mheánmhuir
sense_list:
(oceanography) A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meán
sense_list:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. | The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass. | (countable) A middle place or degree.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: meán | spioradaí
sense_list:
(countable, spiritualism, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
written_rep: medlar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meispeal Gearmánach
sense_list:
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica). | Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


lexentry: eng/medusa__Noun__1
written_rep: medusa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smugairle róin
sense_list:
(zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/meerkat__Noun__1
written_rep: meerkat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míorchat
sense_list:
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fáigh
sense_list:
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. | To come face to face with someone by arrangement. | To converge and finally touch or intersect. | To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
written_rep: megalopolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ollchathair
sense_list:
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.


lexentry: eng/megrim__Noun__2
written_rep: megrim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cailleach
sense_list:
A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: meiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méóis
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.


lexentry: eng/melancholic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melancholic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dúchroíoch
sense_list:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/meld__Noun__2
written_rep: meld
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ról
sense_list:
(card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mellow__Adjective__1
written_rep: mellow
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: séimh
sense_list:
(also, figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp. | (of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leáigh
sense_list:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. | (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
written_rep: member state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ballstát
sense_list:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scannán | seicin
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gné
sense_list:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méim
sense_list:
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
written_rep: memorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leacht
sense_list:
(obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.] | Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.] | A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.] | (now, rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.] | (chiefly, Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.] | (legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuimhne
sense_list:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will. | (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/mend__Verb__1
written_rep: mend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceartaigh | deisigh
sense_list:
(archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
written_rep: menhir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gallán
sense_list:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: menstrual cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timthriall míosta
sense_list:
The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
written_rep: menstruation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuil mhíosta | míostrú
sense_list:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: mental hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gealtlann
sense_list:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biachlár
sense_list:
The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: roghchlár
sense_list:
(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
written_rep: mercantilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marsantachas
sense_list:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
written_rep: mercenary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amhas
sense_list:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gealtach
sense_list:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mearcarach
sense_list:
(not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1). [from 16th c.] | (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable) , money-making; crafty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mearcair | airgead beo
sense_list:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercy__Noun__1
written_rep: mercy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: trócaire
sense_list:
(uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. | (uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. | (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fadlíne
sense_list:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
written_rep: meringue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meireang
sense_list:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. | A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.


lexentry: eng/merlon__Noun__1
written_rep: merlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meiril
sense_list:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
written_rep: mesentery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méiseintre
sense_list:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
written_rep: mesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mogall
sense_list:
A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.


lexentry: eng/mesne_lord__Noun__1
written_rep: mesne lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meántiarna
sense_list:
(law, historical) A lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
written_rep: mesoderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méisideirm
sense_list:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
written_rep: meson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méasón
sense_list:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: mesophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méisifít
sense_list:
(botany) Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
written_rep: mess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: praiseach
sense_list:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
written_rep: messiah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Meisias
sense_list:
(Abrahamism) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
written_rep: metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotal
sense_list:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. | (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
written_rep: metalanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meititheanga
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process. | (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language


lexentry: eng/metallic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metallic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalach
sense_list:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal. | (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.


lexentry: eng/metallography__Noun__1
written_rep: metallography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(metallurgy) The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
written_rep: metalloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotalóideach
sense_list:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
written_rep: metallurgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotaleolaíocht | miotalóireacht
sense_list:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metamorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mheiteamorfach
sense_list:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.] | (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: metamorphic rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carraig mheiteamorfach
sense_list:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dreige | meitéar
sense_list:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dreigechith
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
written_rep: meteoroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dreigeoideach
sense_list:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
written_rep: meteorology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meitéareolaíocht
sense_list:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
written_rep: methane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatán
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
written_rep: method
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slí
sense_list:
(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
written_rep: methodology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modheolaíocht
sense_list:
(originally, sciences) The study of methods used in a field. | (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
written_rep: methylated spirit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biotáille mheitileach
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol.


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metonymic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatonaimeach
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
written_rep: metonymy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meatonaime
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
written_rep: metre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadar
sense_list:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
written_rep: metric space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spás méadrach
sense_list:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
written_rep: metronome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadranóm
sense_list:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
written_rep: metropolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceannchathair
sense_list:
(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. | A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metropolitan__Adjective__1
written_rep: metropolitan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uirbeach
sense_list:
(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.] | Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
written_rep: mezzanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirurlár
sense_list:
An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/microanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: microanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreanailís
sense_list:
small-scale analysis | (chemistry) The analysis (and subsequent identification) of very small quantities of material. | (social science) the analysis of individual or community social activity e.g. family relationships. | (sociology) the analysis of individual or community social activity e.g. family relationships.


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
written_rep: microbiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micri-bhitheolaíocht
sense_list:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microclimate__Noun__1
written_rep: microclimate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrichlíoma
sense_list:
A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
written_rep: microcomputer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micriríomhaire
sense_list:
(computer hardware, now, primarily, historical) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
written_rep: microcosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreacosma
sense_list:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: microeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreacnamaíocht
sense_list:
(economics) The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
written_rep: microorganism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miocrorgánach
sense_list:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
written_rep: microphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreafón
sense_list:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microscopic__Adjective__1
written_rep: microscopic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreascópach
sense_list:
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal | So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope. | Very small; minute | (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
written_rep: microtome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micreatóm
sense_list:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
written_rep: midbrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lárinchinn
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/midden__Noun__1
written_rep: midden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: carnán bruscair
sense_list:
(archaeology) An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.


lexentry: eng/middle-class__Adjective__1
written_rep: middle-class
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánaicmeach
sense_list:
Occupying a position between the upper class and the working class. | Characteristic of the middle class(es); reflective of that class's values and aspirations. Commonly associated with a desire for social respectability and an emphasis on family values and education.


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: middle ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chluas láir
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_manager__Noun__1
written_rep: middle manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meánbhainisteoir
sense_list:
(business) In a large organization, a manager or administrator who occupies a position in the organizational hierarchy which is above the level of a front-line supervisor but below the level of a vice-president or similar senior manager.


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
written_rep: middle of nowhere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ar an iargúil
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
written_rep: middle school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scoil mheánach
sense_list:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
written_rep: midge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míoltóg
sense_list:
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.


lexentry: eng/midpoint__Noun__1
written_rep: midpoint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lárphointe
sense_list:
A point equidistant between two extremes. | (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
written_rep: midriff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolg
sense_list:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
written_rep: midwife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bean chabhrach | bean ghlúine | cnáimhseach
sense_list:
(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
written_rep: mien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gnúis
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | (countable) A specific facial expression.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
written_rep: migraine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mígréin
sense_list:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
written_rep: migration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imirce
sense_list:
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while. | Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: migratory bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan aistreáin | éan aistreánach | éan imirce | éan imirceach
sense_list:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mild__Adjective__1
written_rep: mild
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: séimh
sense_list:
Gentle and not easily angered. | (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected. | (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm. | (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
written_rep: mildew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caonach liath | coincleach
sense_list:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
written_rep: mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: míle
sense_list:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/mile_marker__Noun__1
written_rep: mile marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bábóg
sense_list:
(automotive, road transport) A numbered milepost or sign along a highway, or some other road, used to determine the location of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
written_rep: military
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míleata
sense_list:
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. | (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). | Relating to armies or ground forces.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
written_rep: military service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seirbhís airm | seirbhís mhíleata
sense_list:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bainne
sense_list:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.


lexentry: eng/milk_pudding__Noun__1
written_rep: milk pudding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maróg bhainne
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) Any of several simple cooked desserts made from sweetened milk and some starchy ingredient.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
written_rep: milkshake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: creathán bainne
sense_list:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. | (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/mill__Noun__1
written_rep: mill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: muileann
sense_list:
The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds. | A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.


lexentry: eng/mill_dam__Noun__1
written_rep: mill dam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: damba muilinn
sense_list:
A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
written_rep: millennium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mílaoise
sense_list:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
written_rep: millet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muiléad
sense_list:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
written_rep: milli-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mili-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millionairess__Noun__1
written_rep: millionairess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banmhilliúnaí
sense_list:
A woman whose wealth is greater than one million dollars, or the local currency; a female millionaire.


lexentry: eng/mimicry__Noun__1
written_rep: mimicry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aithriseoireacht | athmhagadh
sense_list:
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
written_rep: mimosa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míomós
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
written_rep: mina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianach
sense_list:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
written_rep: minaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miontúr
sense_list:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mince_pie__Noun__1
written_rep: mince pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pióg mhionra
sense_list:
A pie, traditionally served around Christmas time, having a filling of mincemeat (now usually in the sweet sense) and sometimes also containing alcohol or other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
written_rep: mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: aireachasaigh | bí i bhfeighil | is miste le | tabhair aire do
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianach
sense_list:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. | (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives. | (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianra
sense_list:
(geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.


lexentry: eng/mineral_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ola mhianra
sense_list:
Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uisce mianraí
sense_list:
Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: minimal pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péire íosmhéide
sense_list:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
written_rep: minimalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íostachas
sense_list:
(arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. | (music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
written_rep: minimum wage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pá íosta | íosphá
sense_list:
(economics) The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee, usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
written_rep: ministry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aireacht
sense_list:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity | The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
written_rep: miniver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: easóg
sense_list:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
written_rep: mink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minc
sense_list:
(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: minke whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: droimeiteach beag
sense_list:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
written_rep: minnow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bodairlín | pincín
sense_list:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: mionaoiseach
sense_list:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
written_rep: mint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mionta
sense_list:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
written_rep: minuet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minit
sense_list:
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. | (music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
written_rep: minus
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúide
sense_list:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nóiméad
sense_list:
(informal) A short but unspecified time period. | A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. | A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
written_rep: mirabelle plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miribéal
sense_list:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míorúilt
sense_list:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
written_rep: miraculous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míorúilteach
sense_list:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scáthán
sense_list:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: misanthropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míchaidreamhach
sense_list:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anabaíocht | breith anabaí
sense_list:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
written_rep: mischief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: clampróir | diabhal | toirmeascaí | áibhirseoir
sense_list:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/mischievous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mischievous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: anmhailíseach
sense_list:
Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
written_rep: misdeed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peaca
sense_list:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: airigh ó | cronaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
written_rep: missal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leabhar Aifrinn
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arm diúractha | diúracán
sense_list:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diúracán
sense_list:
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
written_rep: mission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misean
sense_list:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself. | (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
written_rep: mistletoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: drualus
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).


lexentry: eng/mistress__Noun__1
written_rep: mistress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máistreás
sense_list:
A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership. | A female teacher. | (archaic) A respectful mode of address to a woman.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
written_rep: mitochondrion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miteacoindre
sense_list:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
written_rep: mitosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotóis
sense_list:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mítéar
sense_list:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
written_rep: mitten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitín
sense_list:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idirphósadh | pósadh measctha
sense_list:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mixologist__Noun__1
written_rep: mixologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manglamóir deochanna
sense_list:
(often, jocular) A person who creates cocktails, especially one considered an artist at it; (loosely) any bartender. [from 1856]


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mizzenmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann deiridh
sense_list:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: shochorraithe
sense_list:
(sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
written_rep: mobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luaineacht | lúth
sense_list:
The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.] | (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mock-heroic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mock-heroic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scig-ghaisciúil
sense_list:
(literature) Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
written_rep: mock-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balbhshamhail | samhail | samhailghaireas
sense_list:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
written_rep: mockingbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éan aithrise
sense_list:
Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: macasamhail | mionsamhail | múnla
sense_list:
(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
written_rep: modem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móideim
sense_list:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
written_rep: modest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: modhúil
sense_list:
(especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
written_rep: modesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adhnáire
sense_list:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.


lexentry: eng/modulation__Noun__1
written_rep: modulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modhnú
sense_list:
(engineering, physics, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.


lexentry: eng/moggy__Noun__1
written_rep: moggy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caitín | peata cait
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
written_rep: molasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síoróip
sense_list:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
written_rep: mold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múscán | snas
sense_list:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múnla | múnlóireacht | teilgeoireacht
sense_list:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: múnláil
sense_list:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caochán
sense_list:
Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae. | (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muirmhúr
sense_list:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gram-mhóilín | mól
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: mole cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caoch-chriogar
sense_list:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular__Adjective__1
written_rep: molecular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móilíneach
sense_list:
(chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. | (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
written_rep: molecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móilín
sense_list:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
written_rep: mollusc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moileasc
sense_list:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molaibdéineam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: nóiméad
sense_list:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: monarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monarcacht
sense_list:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/monasticism__Noun__1
written_rep: monasticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manachas
sense_list:
(religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.


lexentry: eng/monatomic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monatomic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aon-adamhach
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.


lexentry: eng/monetary_policy__Noun__1
written_rep: monetary policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: airgeadaíocht
sense_list:
(economics) The process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the supply of money, or trading in foreign exchange markets.


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
written_rep: money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: airgead
sense_list:
A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). | Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.


lexentry: eng/money_market__Noun__1
written_rep: money market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margadh airgid
sense_list:
(finance) A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mongús
sense_list:
Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laghairt mhonatóra
sense_list:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monkfish__Noun__1
written_rep: monkfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: láimhíneach
sense_list:
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


lexentry: eng/monoculture__Noun__1
written_rep: monoculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monashaothrú
sense_list:
(agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time. | (anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.


lexentry: eng/monogamous__Adjective__1
written_rep: monogamous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonchéileach | monagamach
sense_list:
(narrowly) Being married to one person at a time. | (zoology) Having only one sexual partner at a time.


lexentry: eng/monolith__Noun__1
written_rep: monolith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: allait | monailit
sense_list:
(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times. | (also, attributively, and, figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.


lexentry: eng/monolithic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monolithic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: monailiteach
sense_list:
(engineering) Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts. | (figurative) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.


lexentry: eng/monomer__Noun__1
written_rep: monomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monaiméir
sense_list:
(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.


lexentry: eng/monophonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monophonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonfhónach | monafónach
sense_list:
(of sound reproduction) having a single channel | (music) Having a single melodic line and no harmony.


lexentry: eng/monophthong__Noun__1
written_rep: monophthong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aonfhoghar
sense_list:
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").


lexentry: eng/monotheistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monotheistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aondiach | aondiachúil
sense_list:
(religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.


lexentry: eng/monotonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monotonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aontonach
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


lexentry: eng/monstrance__Noun__1
written_rep: monstrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oisteansóir
sense_list:
(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.


lexentry: eng/montage__Noun__1
written_rep: montage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: montáis | montáiste
sense_list:
(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/moocher__Noun__1
written_rep: moocher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faoileán
sense_list:
(mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.


lexentry: eng/moonlighting__Noun__1
written_rep: moonlighting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obair faoi choim
sense_list:
The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.


lexentry: eng/moonshine__Noun__1
written_rep: moonshine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fuisce baile | poitín | stuif glas
sense_list:
(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.


lexentry: eng/moor__Noun__1
written_rep: moor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caorán | móinteán
sense_list:
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)


lexentry: eng/moor__Verb__1
written_rep: moor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: daingnigh | feistigh | fosaigh | múráil | suigh
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.


lexentry: eng/moorhen__Noun__1
written_rep: moorhen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cearc uisce
sense_list:
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.


lexentry: eng/moose__Noun__1
written_rep: moose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mús
sense_list:
The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.


lexentry: eng/moot__Adjective__1
written_rep: moot
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aighneasach
sense_list:
(current in, _, UK, rare, _, in the, _) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.


lexentry: eng/mop__Noun__1
written_rep: mop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mapa | strailleán
sense_list:
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.


lexentry: eng/moped__Noun__1
written_rep: moped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móipéid
sense_list:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.


lexentry: eng/morale__Noun__1
written_rep: morale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meanma | misneach | sprid
sense_list:
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.


lexentry: eng/morality__Noun__1
written_rep: morality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moráltacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.


lexentry: eng/morel__Noun__1
written_rep: morel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morchal
sense_list:
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.


lexentry: eng/morepork__Noun__1
written_rep: morepork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: búbúc Norfolk
sense_list:
(chiefly, New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/morgue__Noun__1
written_rep: morgue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marbhlann
sense_list:
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.


lexentry: eng/morning__Noun__1
written_rep: morning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maidin
sense_list:
The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.] | (obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
written_rep: moron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Mongóilis
sense_list:
(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70. | (philosophy) A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.


lexentry: eng/morpheme__Noun__1
written_rep: morpheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moirféim
sense_list:
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
written_rep: morphology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moirfeolaíocht
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants. | (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks). | (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:


lexentry: eng/morphosyntax__Noun__1
written_rep: morphosyntax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morfa-chomhréir
sense_list:
(linguistics) The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences (syntax), regarded as an interlinked unit.


lexentry: eng/mortal_sin__Noun__1
written_rep: mortal sin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peaca marfach
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Noun__1
written_rep: mortgage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morgáiste
sense_list:
(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
written_rep: mortify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bochtaineacht
sense_list:
(transitive, usually, used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
written_rep: mortify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: maraigh
sense_list:
(obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.] | (obsolete, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.] | (obsolete, transitive) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
written_rep: mosaic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mósáic
sense_list:
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.


lexentry: eng/mosquito__Noun__1
written_rep: mosquito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muiscít
sense_list:
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.


lexentry: eng/moss__Noun__1
written_rep: moss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caonach
sense_list:
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).


lexentry: eng/motel__Noun__1
written_rep: motel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óstán | óstán cois bóthair
sense_list:
(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.


lexentry: eng/moth__Noun__1
written_rep: moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leamhan
sense_list:
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.


lexentry: eng/mothball__Noun__1
written_rep: mothball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naftailéin
sense_list:
(usually, in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
written_rep: mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máthair
sense_list:
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). | Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)


lexentry: eng/mother_hen__Noun__1
written_rep: mother hen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cearc ghoir
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.


lexentry: eng/mother_lode__Noun__1
written_rep: mother lode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: féith
sense_list:
(geology) A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.


lexentry: eng/motherboard__Noun__1
written_rep: motherboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máthairchlár
sense_list:
(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.


lexentry: eng/motherfucker__Noun__1
written_rep: motherfucker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mac soith | mac soithe
sense_list:
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.


lexentry: eng/motif__Noun__1
written_rep: motif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réasún
sense_list:
A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme. | (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.


lexentry: eng/motile__Adjective__1
written_rep: motile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: guthán soghluaiste
sense_list:
(physiology) In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
written_rep: motion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: gluaisne
sense_list:
(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.


lexentry: eng/motion_sickness__Noun__1
written_rep: motion sickness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tinneas gluaisne
sense_list:
A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.


lexentry: eng/motive__Noun__1
written_rep: motive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: réasún
sense_list:
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/motor_home__Noun__1
written_rep: motor home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: veain champála
sense_list:
A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.


lexentry: eng/motor_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: motor vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feithicil mhótair
sense_list:
Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.


lexentry: eng/motorcycle__Noun__1
written_rep: motorcycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gluaisrothar
sense_list:
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.


lexentry: eng/motorway__Noun__1
written_rep: motorway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mótarbhealach
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.


lexentry: eng/mouflon__Noun__1
written_rep: mouflon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caora mouflon
sense_list:
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [from c. 1770]


lexentry: eng/mountain__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sliabh
sense_list:
(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountain_bike__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rothar sléibhe
sense_list:
(cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.


lexentry: eng/mountainous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mountainous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sléibhteach | sléibhtiúil
sense_list:
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.


lexentry: eng/mouse-ear__Noun__1
written_rep: mouse-ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: searbh na muc
sense_list:
A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mouse__Noun__1
written_rep: mouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luch | luchóg
sense_list:
Any small rodent of the genus Mus. | (computing) (plural mice or mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.


lexentry: eng/mouth__Noun__1
written_rep: mouth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: béal | béala
sense_list:
The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.


lexentry: eng/movable__Adjective__1
written_rep: movable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aistritheach
sense_list:
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: bog
sense_list:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another


lexentry: eng/movie__Noun__1
written_rep: movie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scannán
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.


lexentry: eng/mpox__Noun__1
written_rep: mpox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolgach Moncaí
sense_list:
(disease) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.


lexentry: eng/mucous_membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: mucous membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scannán ronnach
sense_list:
(anatomy) A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.


lexentry: eng/muddy__Adjective__1
written_rep: muddy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ceachrach | dorcha | modartha | moirtiúil | murtallach | tiubh
sense_list:
Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.


lexentry: eng/mudstone__Noun__1
written_rep: mudstone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: láibchloch
sense_list:
(petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
written_rep: muffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumhdaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
written_rep: muffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: plúch
sense_list:
(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.


lexentry: eng/mulatto__Noun__1
written_rep: mulatto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caife bán
sense_list:
(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.


lexentry: eng/mulch__Noun__1
written_rep: mulch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móta
sense_list:
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.


lexentry: eng/mule__Noun__2
written_rep: mule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miúil
sense_list:
Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.


lexentry: eng/mullein__Noun__1
written_rep: mullein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coinnle Muire | coinnle an phúca | coinnle bána
sense_list:
Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mullet__Noun__1
written_rep: mullet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lannach
sense_list:
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).


lexentry: eng/multiculturalism__Noun__1
written_rep: multiculturalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ilchultúrachas | ilchultúrthacht
sense_list:
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multiple__Noun__1
written_rep: multiple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadaí
sense_list:
(mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.


lexentry: eng/multiple_sclerosis__Noun__1
written_rep: multiple sclerosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scléaróis iolrach
sense_list:
(pathology) A chronic non-contagious disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.


lexentry: eng/multiple_star__Noun__1
written_rep: multiple star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ilréalta
sense_list:
(star) Multiple stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a multiple star system.


lexentry: eng/multiplication_table__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplication table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tábla méadaithe
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12).


lexentry: eng/multitude__Noun__1
written_rep: multitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mórshlua
sense_list:
A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. | The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.


lexentry: eng/mummy__Noun__1
written_rep: mummy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mumaí | seargán
sense_list:
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mumps__Noun__1
written_rep: mumps
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plucamas
sense_list:
(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.


lexentry: eng/municipal__Adjective__1
written_rep: municipal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bardasach
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).


lexentry: eng/municipality__Noun__1
written_rep: municipality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baile bardais | bardasacht | cathair bhardais
sense_list:
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.


lexentry: eng/muntjac__Noun__1
written_rep: muntjac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muinseac
sense_list:
Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.


lexentry: eng/muon__Noun__1
written_rep: muon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múón
sense_list:
(physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.


lexentry: eng/murder__Noun__1
written_rep: murder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dúnmharú
sense_list:
(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.


lexentry: eng/murine__Adjective__1
written_rep: murine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: luch
sense_list:
More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.


lexentry: eng/muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matán
sense_list:
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. | (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/muscle_fiber__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle fiber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: snáithín matáin
sense_list:
(muscle) A single cell of a muscle; each muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, the contractile unit of muscles.


lexentry: eng/muscle_tone__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle tone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teannas matán
sense_list:
(physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.


lexentry: eng/muscular_dystrophy__Noun__1
written_rep: muscular dystrophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diostróife mhatánach
sense_list:
(pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.


lexentry: eng/musette__Noun__1
written_rep: musette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mála droma
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, originally, military) In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/museum__Noun__1
written_rep: museum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: músaem | iarsmalann
sense_list:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.


lexentry: eng/mushroom__Adjective__1
written_rep: mushroom
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muisiriúnach
sense_list:
Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.


lexentry: eng/music__Noun__1
written_rep: music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceol
sense_list:
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood. | (figuratively) Any interesting or pleasing sounds.


lexentry: eng/music_box__Noun__1
written_rep: music box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceolbhosca
sense_list:
A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.


lexentry: eng/music_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: music theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoiric an cheoil
sense_list:
The field of study dealing with how music works, typically examining the language and notation of music, the patterns and structures in composers' techniques, and so on.


lexentry: eng/musical__Noun__1
written_rep: musical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceoldráma
sense_list:
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.


lexentry: eng/musician__Noun__1
written_rep: musician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceoltóir
sense_list:
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.


lexentry: eng/musk__Noun__1
written_rep: musk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musc
sense_list:
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.


lexentry: eng/musk_deer__Noun__1
written_rep: musk deer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscfhia
sense_list:
A small deer-like animal mostly inhabiting south Asia, in which neither sex has antlers, and males secrete musk, of the genus Moschus.


lexentry: eng/musk_thistle__Noun__1
written_rep: musk thistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feochadán crom
sense_list:
A biennial herb of species Carduus nutans, in the sunflower family Asteraceae with a large drooping purple flower head, native to parts of Eurasia and North Africa and a common invasive species elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/musket__Noun__1
written_rep: musket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscaed
sense_list:
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.


lexentry: eng/must__Verb__1
written_rep: must
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bí ar | caithfidh | is éigean | ní foláir
sense_list:
To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.


lexentry: eng/mustard__Noun__1
written_rep: mustard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mustard
sense_list:
The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. | The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.


lexentry: eng/mustard_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: mustard gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás mustaird
sense_list:
A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.


lexentry: eng/muster__Noun__1
written_rep: muster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mustar
sense_list:
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.] | An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mutation__Noun__1
written_rep: mutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sóchán
sense_list:
Any alteration or change. | (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.


lexentry: eng/mutation__Noun__1
written_rep: mutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: athrú
sense_list:
(linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.


lexentry: eng/mute__Adjective__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tostach
sense_list:
Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.] | Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.


lexentry: eng/mute__Noun__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: balbhán
sense_list:
(obsolete, theatre) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th–19th c.] | A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mute_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: mute swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eala bhalbh
sense_list:
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.


lexentry: eng/mutiny__Noun__1
written_rep: mutiny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceannairc
sense_list:
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.


lexentry: eng/mutter__Verb__1
written_rep: mutter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bí ag canrán
sense_list:
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.


lexentry: eng/mutual_masturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: mutual masturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhghlacaireacht
sense_list:
A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate themselves, usually while observing or otherwise communicating with one another. | A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate one another.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Noun__1
written_rep: muzzle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: béal
sense_list:
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from. | (chiefly, Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.


lexentry: eng/my_Lord__Noun__1
written_rep: my Lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an tuasal
sense_list:
(UK) Used in direct address to peers of the realm, usually now excluding dukes and the Lords Spiritual.


lexentry: eng/mycelium__Noun__1
written_rep: mycelium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mícéiliam
sense_list:
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.


lexentry: eng/mycorrhiza__Noun__1
written_rep: mycorrhiza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míciríosa
sense_list:
(ecology, botany, mycology) A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/myelin__Noun__1
written_rep: myelin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miailin
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.


lexentry: eng/myeloma__Noun__1
written_rep: myeloma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mialóma
sense_list:
(pathology, oncology) A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.


lexentry: eng/myosin__Noun__1
written_rep: myosin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mióisin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.


lexentry: eng/myrrh__Noun__1
written_rep: myrrh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miorr
sense_list:
A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: myself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mé féin
sense_list:
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.] | (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mythology__Noun__1
written_rep: mythology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: déscéalaíocht | miotaseolaíocht
sense_list:
(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.


lexentry: eng/mâche__Noun__1
written_rep: mâche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceathrú uain
sense_list:
Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.


lexentry: eng/nadir__Noun__1
written_rep: nadir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nadair
sense_list:
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
written_rep: nail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: tairne
sense_list:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/name__Noun__1
written_rep: name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainm
sense_list:
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. | A reputation.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
written_rep: nanotechnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nanaitheicneolaíocht
sense_list:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/naphtha__Noun__1
written_rep: naphtha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nafta
sense_list:
(petrochemistry) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
written_rep: napkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cochall
sense_list:
A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
written_rep: narcissus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lus an chromchinn | lus an aisig
sense_list:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
written_rep: narcolepsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narcailéipse
sense_list:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.


lexentry: eng/narcotic__Noun__1
written_rep: narcotic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: druga
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
written_rep: narration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reacaireacht | ríomh
sense_list:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. | That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
written_rep: narrow
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cúng | caol
sense_list:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
written_rep: narwhal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narbhal
sense_list:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Adjective__1
written_rep: nasal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: srónach
sense_list:
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion. | (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: srónach
sense_list:
(phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant. | (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel. | (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.


lexentry: eng/nasal_cavity__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal cavity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuas na sróine
sense_list:
(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
written_rep: nation-state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náisiúnstát
sense_list:
(politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
written_rep: nation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náisiún
sense_list:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
written_rep: nation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: stát
sense_list:
(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
written_rep: national
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náisiúnta
sense_list:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
written_rep: national park
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páirc náisiúnta
sense_list:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/national_security__Noun__1
written_rep: national security
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slándáil náisiúnta
sense_list:
The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/nationalism__Noun__1
written_rep: nationalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náisiúnachas
sense_list:
A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture. | (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
written_rep: nationality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: náisiúntacht
sense_list:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
written_rep: nationalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: náisiúnaigh
sense_list:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/native_soil__Noun__1
written_rep: native soil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tír dhúchais
sense_list:
(idiomatic, as pertaining to persons) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: nativity scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radharc bhreith Chríost
sense_list:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
written_rep: natural
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nádúrtha
sense_list:
(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮. [from 18th c.] | Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás nádúrtha
sense_list:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
written_rep: natural language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teanga nádúrtha
sense_list:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_number__Noun__1
written_rep: natural number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uimhreacha aiceanta
sense_list:
(mathematics) A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}. | (mathematics) A non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
written_rep: nature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nádúr | an dúlra | dúlra
sense_list:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
written_rep: nature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dúchas | nádúr
sense_list:
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
written_rep: nausea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masmas | adhascaid
sense_list:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
written_rep: nautical mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muirmhíle | míle farraige
sense_list:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile). | (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.


lexentry: eng/nautilus__Noun__1
written_rep: nautilus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nátalas
sense_list:
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
written_rep: nave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corp na heaglaise | meánlann
sense_list:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
written_rep: navel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imleacán
sense_list:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navigable__Adjective__1
written_rep: navigable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inseolta
sense_list:
(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
written_rep: navigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loingseoireacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship. | (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.


lexentry: eng/neap_tide__Noun__1
written_rep: neap tide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mallmhuir
sense_list:
The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réaltnéal
sense_list:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
written_rep: necessary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riachtanach
sense_list:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
written_rep: necessitate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teastaigh ó
sense_list:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necessity__Noun__1
written_rep: necessity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riachtanas
sense_list:
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite. | Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable. | Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.


lexentry: eng/neck__Noun__1
written_rep: neck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muineál
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.


lexentry: eng/neck__Noun__1
written_rep: neck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: scóig
sense_list:
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
written_rep: necklace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muince | bráisléad brád
sense_list:
(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/necromancy__Noun__1
written_rep: necromancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marbhdhraíocht
sense_list:
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: necrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neacróis
sense_list:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.


lexentry: eng/nectar__Noun__1
written_rep: nectar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neachtar
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.] | (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.] | (botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nectarine__Noun__1
written_rep: nectarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neachtairín
sense_list:
A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin. | (obsolete) A nectar-like liquid medicine.


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
written_rep: needle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: snáthaid
sense_list:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
written_rep: nefarious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bithiúnta
sense_list:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negative__Adjective__1
written_rep: negative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diúltach
sense_list:
Not positive nor neutral. | (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
written_rep: negligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: faillí
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negro__Adjective__1
written_rep: negro
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dub
sense_list:
(dated, offensive) Relating to a black ethnicity. | (dated, now, offensive) Black or dark brown in color.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
written_rep: neighbour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comharsa
sense_list:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position. | (biblical) A fellow human being.


lexentry: eng/neither_fish_nor_fowl__Adjective__1
written_rep: neither fish nor fowl
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: níl sé ina ghruth ná ina mheadhg
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.


lexentry: eng/neocortex__Noun__1
written_rep: neocortex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neocoirtéis
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
written_rep: neodymium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoidimiam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoimperialism__Noun__1
written_rep: neoimperialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: an tImpiriúlachas nua | ré an impiriúlachais
sense_list:
(politics) A contemporary form of imperialism; modern imperialistic practices by a country, such as using influence and power to dominate smaller countries. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
written_rep: neologism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nuafhocal
sense_list:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.


lexentry: eng/neon__Noun__1
written_rep: neon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neon
sense_list:
(countable) A form or sample of the element. | (countable, uncountable) Neon signs or lights, collectively.


lexentry: eng/neonatology__Noun__1
written_rep: neonatology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nua-naíocht
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.


lexentry: eng/neontology__Noun__1
written_rep: neontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neointeolaíocht | nua-ointeolaíocht
sense_list:
(biology) The study of organisms living in the current era, as opposed to organisms that are extinct.


lexentry: eng/neoprene__Noun__1
written_rep: neoprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoipréin
sense_list:
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.


lexentry: eng/neotechnic__Adjective__1
written_rep: neotechnic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoiteicniúil
sense_list:
Describing the period, between the late 19th century and the Second World War, characterized by the development of new technology


lexentry: eng/neoteny__Noun__1
written_rep: neoteny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoitineacht
sense_list:
(biology) The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult. | (biology) The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
written_rep: nephew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nia
sense_list:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nepotism__Noun__1
written_rep: nepotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finíochas
sense_list:
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.


lexentry: eng/nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaróg
sense_list:
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. | (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron. | Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.


lexentry: eng/nerve_center__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve center
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: croílár
sense_list:
(figuratively) A physical location in a business, organization, or agency where information procured from different sources is brought together to be considered and acted upon by decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/nerve_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarghás
sense_list:
A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.


lexentry: eng/nerve_impulse__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve impulse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néar-ríog
sense_list:
(physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).


lexentry: eng/nervous_system__Noun__1
written_rep: nervous system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarchóras
sense_list:
An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
written_rep: net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eangach
sense_list:
A mesh of string, cord or rope. | A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. | Anything that has the appearance of such a device. | (by extension) A trap. | A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. | (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc. | (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).


lexentry: eng/netball__Noun__1
written_rep: netball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: líonpheil
sense_list:
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
written_rep: network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eangach | líonra
sense_list:
(computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.


lexentry: eng/neural_tube__Noun__1
written_rep: neural tube
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarfheadán
sense_list:
(anatomy) A hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenia__Noun__1
written_rep: neurasthenia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaraistéine
sense_list:
(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurasthenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaraistéineach
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.


lexentry: eng/neurofibril__Noun__1
written_rep: neurofibril
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaraifibril
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites


lexentry: eng/neurolemma__Noun__1
written_rep: neurolemma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaraileime
sense_list:
(neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.


lexentry: eng/neuroleptic_malignant_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: neuroleptic malignant syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siondróm urchóideach néaraileipteach
sense_list:
A life-threatening neurological disorder, exhibiting muscle rigidity, fever, delirium, etc., most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs.


lexentry: eng/neurological__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néareolaíoch
sense_list:
Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
written_rep: neurology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néareolaíocht
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
written_rep: neuron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarón
sense_list:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neuropathy__Noun__1
written_rep: neuropathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: néarapaite
sense_list:
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).


lexentry: eng/neuropsychology__Noun__1
written_rep: neuropsychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarshíceolaíocht
sense_list:
A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes.


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
written_rep: neurosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaróis
sense_list:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
written_rep: neurosurgery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néar-mháinliacht
sense_list:
(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases. | (neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


lexentry: eng/neurulation__Noun__1
written_rep: neurulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néarúlú
sense_list:
(embryology) The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Adjective__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neodrach
sense_list:
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodar | seascachán
sense_list:
(biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: neodar
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Verb__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodraigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodracht
sense_list:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoidríonó
sense_list:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodrón
sense_list:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buama neodrón
sense_list:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodrónréalta
sense_list:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
written_rep: never mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miste
sense_list:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
written_rep: new
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nua
sense_list:
Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | Additional; recently discovered. | Current or later, as opposed to former. | Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | Recently arrived or appeared. | Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.


lexentry: eng/new_potato__Noun__1
written_rep: new potato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: práta nua | práta úr
sense_list:
A potato harvested before fully developed for its tender, less starchy texture and more delicate flavor.


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
written_rep: newbie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fraochán
sense_list:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newel__Noun__1
written_rep: newel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuaille | mol | ráille staighre
sense_list:
(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | (architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.


lexentry: eng/newfangled__Adjective__1
written_rep: newfangled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nua-aimseartha
sense_list:
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.


lexentry: eng/newt__Verb__1
written_rep: newt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: earc | niút
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic. | (by extension, informal, transitive) To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system


lexentry: eng/next_of_kin__Noun__1
written_rep: next of kin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: achomair
sense_list:
Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.


lexentry: eng/nice__Adjective__1
written_rep: nice
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deas
sense_list:
(chiefly, informal) Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.] | (chiefly, informal) Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nicety__Adjective__1
written_rep: nicety
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beaichte | cruinneas
sense_list:
Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way that is seemingly, or perceived as, pleasant or agreeable.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
written_rep: niche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: almóir | cuasán
sense_list:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.


lexentry: eng/nickel__Noun__1
written_rep: nickel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nicil
sense_list:
(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. | (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
written_rep: nickname
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leasainm | forainm
sense_list:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nicitín
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. | (figuratively) Tobacco or cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/nicotine_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guma nicitín
sense_list:
A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nicotine_patch__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paiste nicitín
sense_list:
An adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nictitating_membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: nictitating membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maothán | maothán súile
sense_list:
A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
written_rep: niece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neacht
sense_list:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
written_rep: nigger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dubh
sense_list:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
written_rep: night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: oíche
sense_list:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. | (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: night owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ulchabhán
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
written_rep: night person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ulchabhán
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
written_rep: nightclub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: club oíche
sense_list:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
written_rep: nightingale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filiméala
sense_list:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightjar__Noun__1
written_rep: nightjar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuirne lín
sense_list:
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds, of the family Caprimulgidae from the order Caprimulgiformes, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
written_rep: nightmare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tromluí
sense_list:
A very unpleasant or frightening dream. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.] | (now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightshade__Noun__1
written_rep: nightshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lus na hoíche
sense_list:
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.


lexentry: eng/nightstand__Noun__1
written_rep: nightstand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bord cois leapa | bord éadain
sense_list:
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
written_rep: nihilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: nihileachas
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nine_hundred__Numeral__1
written_rep: nine hundred
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naoi chéad
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
written_rep: nineteen
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naoi déag
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
written_rep: ninety
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nócha
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
written_rep: niobium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: niaibiam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
written_rep: nipple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sine | dide
sense_list:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
written_rep: nirvana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nirbheána
sense_list:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nitric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad nítreach
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


lexentry: eng/nitric_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: nitric oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocsaíd nítreach
sense_list:
(chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air.


lexentry: eng/nitrile__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nítríl
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.


lexentry: eng/nitrite__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nítrít
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid. | (chemistry) The univalent radical -NO2, and the anion NO2-


lexentry: eng/nitrobenzene__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrobenzene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nítribeinséin
sense_list:
(organic compound) A nitro derivative of benzene, C6H5NO2, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nítrigin
sense_list:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrogen cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timthriall nítrigine
sense_list:
The natural circulation of nitrogen, in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen oxides by lightning and deposited in the soil by rain, where it is assimilated by plants and either eaten by animals (and returned as faeces) or decomposed back to elemental nitrogen by bacteria.


lexentry: eng/nitroglycerine__Noun__1
written_rep: nitroglycerine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nítriglicrín
sense_list:
(organic compound) The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.


lexentry: eng/nitrous__Adjective__1
written_rep: nitrous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nítriúil
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from nitrogen, especially in which the valence of the nitrogen is lower than that of a corresponding nitric species. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nitrous_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrous acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad nítriúil
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A weak acid, HNO2, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O


lexentry: eng/no_parking__Phrase__1
written_rep: no parking
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosc ar pháirceáil | ná loctar | níl cead páirceáil
sense_list:
On a traffic sign, indicates that parking a vehicle is not allowed within the area of influence of the sign.


lexentry: eng/no_smoking__Phrase__1
written_rep: no smoking
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cosc ar thobac | ná caitear tobac
sense_list:
A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
written_rep: noble
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uasal | án
sense_list:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
written_rep: noble
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: uasal
sense_list:
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.


lexentry: eng/noble_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: noble metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miotal lómhar | miotal uasal
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
written_rep: node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nód
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋. | (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.


lexentry: eng/nominal__Adjective__1
written_rep: nominal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: ainmfhoclach
sense_list:
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.


lexentry: eng/nominalism__Noun__1
written_rep: nominalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainmníochas
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


lexentry: eng/nominee__Noun__1
written_rep: nominee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainmnitheach
sense_list:
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.


lexentry: eng/nomogram__Noun__1
written_rep: nomogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abacas
sense_list:
(mathematics) A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve.


lexentry: eng/non-binary__Adjective__1
written_rep: non-binary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neamh-dhénártha
sense_list:
Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.


lexentry: eng/non-commissioned_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: non-commissioned officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifigeach neamhchoimisiúnta
sense_list:
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.


lexentry: eng/noncontributory__Adjective__1
written_rep: noncontributory
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhchionmhar
sense_list:
Describing a pension plan in which the members do not provide their own direct contributions (that is, the employer makes all monetary contributions; the employees make no monetary contributions, whereas their service toward the company's ability to operate is their indirect contribution, for which the pension is remuneration).


lexentry: eng/nonkilling__Noun__1
written_rep: nonkilling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neamh-mharú
sense_list:
(countable) An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).


lexentry: eng/nonprofit__Noun__1
written_rep: nonprofit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eagraíocht neamhbhrabúis
sense_list:
Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”).


lexentry: eng/noodle__Noun__1
written_rep: noodle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: núdal
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/nook_and_cranny__Noun__1
written_rep: nook and cranny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gach cearn is clúid
sense_list:
(idiomatic, with "any" or "every") A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.


lexentry: eng/noose__Noun__1
written_rep: noose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dol
sense_list:
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.


lexentry: eng/nor__Conjunction__1
written_rep: nor
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ná
sense_list:
(literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). | A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. | (archaic) Neither. | Used to introduce a further negative statement. | (UK, dialect) Than.


lexentry: eng/normal__Adjective__1
written_rep: normal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gnách | gnáth- | normálta
sense_list:
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.


lexentry: eng/normality__Noun__1
written_rep: normality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: normalacht
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.


lexentry: eng/normalize__Verb__1
written_rep: normalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: normalaigh | normalú a dhéanamh ar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard. | (transitive) To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
written_rep: north
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuaisceart
sense_list:
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane. | The up or positive direction. | (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). | Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [circa 1300] | (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.


lexentry: eng/northern_shoveler__Noun__1
written_rep: northern shoveler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spadalach tuaisceartach
sense_list:
Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.


lexentry: eng/nose__Noun__1
written_rep: nose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: srón
sense_list:
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. | The tip of an object. | The skill in recognising bouquet.


lexentry: eng/nosebag__Noun__1
written_rep: nosebag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mála cinn | socmhála
sense_list:
A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.


lexentry: eng/nosebleed__Noun__1
written_rep: nosebleed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuil shróine
sense_list:
haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity)


lexentry: eng/nosegay__Noun__1
written_rep: nosegay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: murlán dorais
sense_list:
A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nostril__Noun__1
written_rep: nostril
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poll sróine
sense_list:
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.


lexentry: eng/not_to_mention__Conjunction__1
written_rep: not to mention
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gan trácht ar
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.


lexentry: eng/notary__Noun__1
written_rep: notary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nótaire
sense_list:
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.


lexentry: eng/notary_public__Noun__1
written_rep: notary public
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nótaire poiblí
sense_list:
(law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/notation__Noun__1
written_rep: notation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nodaireacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.


lexentry: eng/notebook__Noun__1
written_rep: notebook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leabhar nótaí
sense_list:
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.


lexentry: eng/notepaper__Noun__1
written_rep: notepaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páipéar litreacha
sense_list:
Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.


lexentry: eng/nought__Noun__1
written_rep: nought
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: náid
sense_list:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game. | (UK, Irish, Commonwealth) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
written_rep: noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ainmfhocal | ainm
sense_list:
(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
written_rep: noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ainm
sense_list:
(grammar, now, rare, loosely) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun. | (computing) An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
written_rep: nourish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beathaigh | biathaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.


lexentry: eng/nous__Noun__1
written_rep: nous
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sinn
sense_list:
(philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional | In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.


lexentry: eng/nouveau_riche__Noun__1
written_rep: nouveau riche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lucht an nuashaibhris
sense_list:
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.


lexentry: eng/nubile__Adjective__1
written_rep: nubile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aois
sense_list:
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/nuclear__Adjective__1
written_rep: nuclear
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: núicléach
sense_list:
Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. [from 20th c.] | Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuclear_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceimic núicléach
sense_list:
(chemistry) The application of chemical techniques to the solution of problems in nuclear physics, including the discovery of naturally occurring and synthetic radioactive elements and the results of nuclear fission.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fission__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear fission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: earnhnú núicléach
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.


lexentry: eng/nucleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad núicléasach
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell


lexentry: eng/nucleotide__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleotide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: núicléitíd
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: núicléas
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.


lexentry: eng/nude__Adjective__1
written_rep: nude
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nocht
sense_list:
(not comparable) Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.


lexentry: eng/nudism__Noun__1
written_rep: nudism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nochtachas
sense_list:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.


lexentry: eng/nudity__Noun__1
written_rep: nudity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nochtacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.


lexentry: eng/nuisance__Noun__1
written_rep: nuisance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: núis
sense_list:
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.


lexentry: eng/null_hypothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: null hypothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipitéis nialasach
sense_list:
(statistics) A hypothesis set up to be nullified or refuted in order to support an alternative hypothesis. When used, the null hypothesis is presumed true until statistical evidence in the form of a hypothesis test indicates otherwise. Therefore, the null and the alternative hypothesis must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
written_rep: number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uimhir
sense_list:
(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity. | (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner. | (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection. | (countable, informal) A person.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
written_rep: number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: figiúr | uimhir
sense_list:
(countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.


lexentry: eng/number__Verb__1
written_rep: number
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: uimhrigh
sense_list:
(transitive, passive) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number. | (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
written_rep: numeral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figiúr
sense_list:
A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.


lexentry: eng/numerical_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: numerical noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uimhir phearsanta
sense_list:
A type of noun in Scottish Gaelic used as a numeral, only applied to persons. They exist for the numbers 1-10 only.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
written_rep: nursery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naíonra
sense_list:
(UK, chiefly British) An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.


lexentry: eng/nursery_school__Noun__1
written_rep: nursery school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naíscoil
sense_list:
(, Canada, British) An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).


lexentry: eng/nursing_home__Noun__1
written_rep: nursing home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teach altranais
sense_list:
A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
written_rep: nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnó | meas
sense_list:
(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
written_rep: nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cnó
sense_list:
(hardware) A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft. | (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)


lexentry: eng/nutation__Noun__1
written_rep: nutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nútaíocht | nútú
sense_list:
(physics) A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body. | (astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.


lexentry: eng/nutrient__Noun__1
written_rep: nutrient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oiliúint
sense_list:
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.


lexentry: eng/nux_vomica__Noun__1
written_rep: nux vomica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: múisc-chnó
sense_list:
A strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica), an evergreen tree found in southeastern Asia. | The fruit of Strychnos nux-vomica, which contains strychnine and brucine.


lexentry: eng/nyctinasty__Noun__1
written_rep: nyctinasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oíche-iamh
sense_list:
(botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
written_rep: nylon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: níolón
sense_list:
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. | (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. | (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.


lexentry: eng/nymph__Noun__1
written_rep: nymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bé choille
sense_list:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
written_rep: o'clock
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a | a chlog | a haon a chlog | aon
sense_list:
(modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral, i.e., at the hour.


lexentry: eng/oak__Noun__1
written_rep: oak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dair
sense_list:
(uncountable) The wood of the oak. | Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.


lexentry: eng/oar__Noun__1
written_rep: oar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rámh
sense_list:
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.


lexentry: eng/oarlock__Noun__1
written_rep: oarlock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionna iomartha
sense_list:
(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.


lexentry: eng/oasis__Noun__1
written_rep: oasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ósais
sense_list:
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.


lexentry: eng/oath__Noun__1
written_rep: oath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mionn | móid
sense_list:
A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
written_rep: obelisk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oibilisc
sense_list:
(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
written_rep: obelisk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: miodóg
sense_list:
A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.


lexentry: eng/obituary__Noun__1
written_rep: obituary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scéala báis
sense_list:
A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rud | réad
sense_list:
A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. | A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cuspóir
sense_list:
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. | (chiefly in the negative) A cause for attention or concern.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: aidhm | cuspa | cuspóir
sense_list:
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).


lexentry: eng/object__Verb__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agóid
sense_list:
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.


lexentry: eng/object_language__Noun__1
written_rep: object language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sprioctheanga
sense_list:
(lexicography) the language of the headwords in a dictionary (in a French-to-English translation dictionary, French is the object language)


lexentry: eng/object_language__Noun__1
written_rep: object language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: teanga aidhme
sense_list:
(computing) target language; the language of the object code, the output of a compiler (not necessarily executable machine code)


lexentry: eng/object_lesson__Noun__1
written_rep: object lesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eiseamláir
sense_list:
An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson. | Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
written_rep: objection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agóid
sense_list:
The act of objecting. | A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to). | (legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.


lexentry: eng/objective__Adjective__1
written_rep: objective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: oibiachtúil
sense_list:
Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices. | Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment.


lexentry: eng/objective__Noun__1
written_rep: objective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: réadlionsa
sense_list:
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.


lexentry: eng/objectivity__Noun__1
written_rep: objectivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oibiachtúlacht
sense_list:
The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices.


lexentry: eng/obligation__Noun__1
written_rep: obligation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oibleagáid
sense_list:
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone. | A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.


lexentry: eng/obligation__Noun__1
written_rep: obligation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: oibleagáid | dualgas
sense_list:
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.


lexentry: eng/oblique_case__Noun__1
written_rep: oblique case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: claontuiseal
sense_list:
(grammar) Any noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.


lexentry: eng/oboe__Noun__1
written_rep: oboe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óbó
sense_list:
(woodwind instrument) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.


lexentry: eng/obscurity__Noun__1
written_rep: obscurity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aduaine | anaithne
sense_list:
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. | The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.


lexentry: eng/observatory__Noun__1
written_rep: observatory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réadlann
sense_list:
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.


lexentry: eng/observe__Verb__1
written_rep: observe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: coimeád | coinnigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).


lexentry: eng/obsessive-compulsive_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: obsessive-compulsive disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhord éigníoch dúghafach
sense_list:
(medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.


lexentry: eng/obsessive__Adjective__1
written_rep: obsessive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dúghafach
sense_list:
Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.


lexentry: eng/obsolete__Adjective__1
written_rep: obsolete
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seanchaite
sense_list:
(of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).


lexentry: eng/obstacle__Noun__1
written_rep: obstacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: constaic
sense_list:
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively


lexentry: eng/obstinate__Adjective__1
written_rep: obstinate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceanntréan | cruamhuineálach | dáigh | stuacach
sense_list:
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.


lexentry: eng/ocarina__Noun__1
written_rep: ocarina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ócairín
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.


lexentry: eng/occipital__Adjective__1
written_rep: occipital
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocsapatach
sense_list:
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.


lexentry: eng/occultation__Noun__1
written_rep: occultation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceilt
sense_list:
(astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.


lexentry: eng/occupation__Noun__1
written_rep: occupation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gabháil
sense_list:
(geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.


lexentry: eng/occupational_safety_and_health__Noun__1
written_rep: occupational safety and health
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sláinte agus sábháilteacht cheirde
sense_list:
The activities and policies aimed at protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.


lexentry: eng/ocean_sunfish__Noun__1
written_rep: ocean sunfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gealach
sense_list:
A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/oceanic_whitetip_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: oceanic whitetip shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siorc bán aigéanach
sense_list:
a large pelagic shark, taxonomic name Carcharhinus longimanus, characterized by the white tips on the fin, often prone to attack humans.


lexentry: eng/ocelot__Noun__1
written_rep: ocelot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osalat
sense_list:
An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.


lexentry: eng/odd__Adjective__1
written_rep: odd
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: corr | corr-
sense_list:
(not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. | (not comparable) Not regular or planned.


lexentry: eng/odontology__Noun__1
written_rep: odontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ódónteolaíocht
sense_list:
The study of the structure and development of teeth | The branch of dentistry dealing with abnormalities of teeth


lexentry: eng/oeuvre__Noun__1
written_rep: oeuvre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: litríocht
sense_list:
(uncountable, collective) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: an
sense_list:
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: de
sense_list:
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. [from 10th c.] | Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. [from 9th c.] | (archaic, or, literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of_one's_own_accord__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: of one's own accord
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: as do stuaim féin | de dheoin | de do dheoin féin | de do leointe féin | de do leontaíl féin
sense_list:
On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled.


lexentry: eng/office__Noun__1
written_rep: office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: oifig
sense_list:
Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. | A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:


lexentry: eng/officer__Noun__1
written_rep: officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifigeach
sense_list:
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. | A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.


lexentry: eng/official__Adjective__1
written_rep: official
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifigeach
sense_list:
Of or about an office or public trust. | Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.


lexentry: eng/official__Noun__1
written_rep: official
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oifigeach
sense_list:
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.


lexentry: eng/official_language__Noun__1
written_rep: official language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teanga oifigiúil
sense_list:
A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.


lexentry: eng/offline__Adjective__1
written_rep: offline
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: as líne
sense_list:
Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.


lexentry: eng/offset_printing__Noun__1
written_rep: offset printing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seach-chur
sense_list:
Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.


lexentry: eng/oganesson__Noun__1
written_rep: oganesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óganasan
sense_list:
The chemical element (Symbol Og) with atomic number 118. It is the heaviest known element. Highly radioactive, it does not occur naturally. Originally expected to be a noble gas, it is now predicted to be a reactive metallic solid, and a semiconductor or a post-transition metal.


lexentry: eng/ogonek__Noun__1
written_rep: ogonek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eireaball
sense_list:
(orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.


lexentry: eng/oh_my_God__Interjection__1
written_rep: oh my God
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Dia dár réiteach | a Thiarna | a thiarcais
sense_list:
(potentially, _, offensive) An expression of anger, frustration, excitement, shock, awe, dismay, etc.


lexentry: eng/ohm__Noun__1
written_rep: ohm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óm
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω


lexentry: eng/oilcan__Noun__1
written_rep: oilcan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canna ola
sense_list:
A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.


lexentry: eng/oilcloth__Noun__1
written_rep: oilcloth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éadach ola
sense_list:
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.


lexentry: eng/ointment__Noun__1
written_rep: ointment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ungadh
sense_list:
(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.


lexentry: eng/old__Adjective__1
written_rep: old
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sean
sense_list:
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. | Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life. | Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.


lexentry: eng/old_as_the_hills__Adjective__1
written_rep: old as the hills
part_of_speech: adjective
sense_list: (idiomatic, simile, chiefly, hyperbolic) Extremely old.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
chomh sean leis an díle | chomh sean leis an gceo | chomh sean leis na clocha glasa | chomh sean leis na cnoic


lexentry: eng/older_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: older brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deartháir mór
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/oleander__Noun__1
written_rep: oleander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oiliandar
sense_list:
Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.


lexentry: eng/oleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: oleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad óileach
sense_list:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.


lexentry: eng/oligarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: oligarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olagarcacht
sense_list:
A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates. | A state ruled by such a government. | Those who make up an oligarchic government.


lexentry: eng/oligomer__Noun__1
written_rep: oligomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olagaiméir
sense_list:
(chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.


lexentry: eng/oligopoly__Noun__1
written_rep: oligopoly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: olagaplacht
sense_list:
(economics) An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/olive_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: olive oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ola olóige
sense_list:
A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.


lexentry: eng/omasum__Noun__1
written_rep: omasum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: goile an leabhair | goile duilleach | mála an leabhair
sense_list:
(biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/omelette__Noun__1
written_rep: omelette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: uibheagán
sense_list:
A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.


lexentry: eng/omen__Noun__1
written_rep: omen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: droch-tuar | mana | teir | tuar
sense_list:
Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.


lexentry: eng/omertà__Noun__1
written_rep: omertà
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: omertà
sense_list:
(crime) A code of silence amongst members of the Mafia that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization for fear of retaliation.


lexentry: eng/omnibus__Noun__1
written_rep: omnibus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ollchlár
sense_list:
A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.


lexentry: eng/on_foot__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: on foot
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: de chois | de shiúl cos | de shiúl na gcos
sense_list:
On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/on_the_ropes__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: on the ropes
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ar na rópaí
sense_list:
(boxing, professional wrestling) Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse.


lexentry: eng/once_upon_a_time__Adverb__1
written_rep: once upon a time
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feacht n-aon | fadó fadó | lá den saol | tráth dá raibh
sense_list:
A long time ago; at some time in the past (a traditional beginning of children's stories, especially fairy tales).


lexentry: eng/oncilla__Noun__1
written_rep: oncilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cat beag ballach
sense_list:
a small spotted felid, of species Leopardus tigrinus, found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.


lexentry: eng/oncology__Noun__1
written_rep: oncology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oinceolaíocht
sense_list:
The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.


lexentry: eng/one-sided__Adjective__1
written_rep: one-sided
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aontaobhach
sense_list:
With one competitor dominant over the other. | Out of proportion or lopsided. | Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.


lexentry: eng/one-way_mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: one-way mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scáthán aonbhealaigh
sense_list:
A mirror reflecting images on one side and transparent on the other, often used by the police during interrogations.


lexentry: eng/one_another__Pronoun__1
written_rep: one another
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a chéile
sense_list:
(reciprocal pronoun) Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other.


lexentry: eng/one_o'clock__Noun__1
written_rep: one o'clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a haon a chlog
sense_list:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the second hour of the day; 1:00 a.m. (01:00).


lexentry: eng/onion__Noun__1
written_rep: onion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oinniún
sense_list:
A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. | The bulb of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/onion_dome__Noun__1
written_rep: onion dome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oinniún
sense_list:
(architecture) An onion-shaped dome, characteristic of august buildings in Moghul and Russian architecture


lexentry: eng/online__Adjective__1
written_rep: online
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ar líne
sense_list:
Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. | Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.


lexentry: eng/only__Conjunction__1
written_rep: only
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ach
sense_list:
(informal, clause-initial) Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations. | But, except; but in fact. | Under the condition that; but.


lexentry: eng/ontology__Noun__1
written_rep: ontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ointeolaíocht | onteolaíocht
sense_list:
(uncountable, philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being. | (countable, computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.


lexentry: eng/oogamy__Noun__1
written_rep: oogamy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: úgamacht
sense_list:
(biology) A form of anisogamy (heterogamy) in which the female gamete (e.g. ovum) is significantly larger than the male gamete (sperm) and is non-motile.


lexentry: eng/opal__Noun__1
written_rep: opal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ópal
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.


lexentry: eng/open__Adjective__1
written_rep: open
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: oscailteach
sense_list:
(sports, and, games) Characterised by free-flowing play. | Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.


lexentry: eng/open__Verb__1
written_rep: open
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: oscail
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something). | (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.


lexentry: eng/openness__Noun__1
written_rep: openness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oscailteacht
sense_list:
Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own. | The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.


lexentry: eng/opera__Noun__1
written_rep: opera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceoldráma
sense_list:
(music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. | (music) The score for such a work. | A company dedicated to performing such works.


lexentry: eng/operate__Verb__1
written_rep: operate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bheith ag obair
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.


lexentry: eng/operating_system__Noun__1
written_rep: operating system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: córas oibriúcháin
sense_list:
(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.


lexentry: eng/operating_theatre__Noun__1
written_rep: operating theatre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obrádlann
sense_list:
A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).


lexentry: eng/operation__Noun__1
written_rep: operation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: oibríocht
sense_list:
(computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands). | (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).


lexentry: eng/ophthalmologist__Noun__1
written_rep: ophthalmologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oftailmeolaí
sense_list:
A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.


lexentry: eng/opinion__Noun__1
written_rep: opinion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tuairim | meas | barúil
sense_list:
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.


lexentry: eng/opium__Noun__1
written_rep: opium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óipiam
sense_list:
(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.


lexentry: eng/opportunist__Noun__1
written_rep: opportunist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: brabúsaí
sense_list:
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.


lexentry: eng/opposition__Noun__1
written_rep: opposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: urchomhaireacht
sense_list:
(astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.


lexentry: eng/optic_nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: optic nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néaróg optach
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain.


lexentry: eng/optical_double__Noun__1
written_rep: optical double
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: réalta dhúbailte optúil
sense_list:
(star) A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other.


lexentry: eng/optometrist__Noun__1
written_rep: optometrist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: optaiméadraí | radharceolaí oftalmach
sense_list:
A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.


lexentry: eng/or__Conjunction__1
written_rep: or
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nó
sense_list:
(logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).


lexentry: eng/oracle__Noun__1
written_rep: oracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oracal
sense_list:
A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. | A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. | A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.


lexentry: eng/oral_cavity__Noun__1
written_rep: oral cavity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuas an bhéil
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity of the mouth, especially the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard and soft palates and below by the tongue and by the mucous membrane connecting it with the inner part of the mandible.


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
written_rep: orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crann oráistí
sense_list:
(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
written_rep: orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: oráiste
sense_list:
(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
written_rep: orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: oráiste | flannbhuí | dath oráiste
sense_list:
An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial. | An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.


lexentry: eng/orange_juice__Noun__1
written_rep: orange juice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sú oráiste
sense_list:
The juice of squeezed oranges; used as a beverage or in cocktails. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/orangutan__Noun__1
written_rep: orangutan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: órang-útan
sense_list:
Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.


lexentry: eng/oration__Noun__1
written_rep: oration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: guí
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.


lexentry: eng/oratorio__Noun__1
written_rep: oratorio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oratóir
sense_list:
(music) A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.


lexentry: eng/orbital__Noun__1
written_rep: orbital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fithiseán
sense_list:
(physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.


lexentry: eng/orc__Noun__2
written_rep: orc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cráin dhubh
sense_list:
(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
written_rep: orchestra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceolfhoireann
sense_list:
(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.


lexentry: eng/orchid__Noun__1
written_rep: orchid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lus na magairlí | magairlín
sense_list:
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
written_rep: order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bail
sense_list:
(countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence. | (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.


lexentry: eng/order__Verb__1
written_rep: order
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ordaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To issue a command to; to charge. | (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.


lexentry: eng/order_of_knighthood__Noun__1
written_rep: order of knighthood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ord ridireachta
sense_list:
An order which (at least mainly) consists of members who receive and/or most have the knighthood, hence constitutes an honorific brotherhood (in modern times often open to both genders, in rare cases a sisterhood) of knights (and/or, as female equivalent, dames). The hierarchical structure, purpose, activities (in many cases rare and mainly ceremonious), titles and insignia vary widely.


lexentry: eng/order_of_magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: order of magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ord méadaíochta
sense_list:
(mathematics) The class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio (most often 10) to the class preceding it.


lexentry: eng/ordinal_number__Noun__1
written_rep: ordinal number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orduimhir
sense_list:
(grammar) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in a sequence. | (arithmetic) A natural number used to denote position in a sequence. | (set theory) Such a number generalised to correspond to any cardinal number (the size of some set); formally, the order type of some well-ordered set of some cardinality a, which represents an equivalence class of well-ordered sets (exactly those of cardinality a) under the equivalence relation "existence of an order-preserving bijection".


lexentry: eng/ore__Noun__1
written_rep: ore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mianach
sense_list:
Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.


lexentry: eng/orf__Noun__2
written_rep: orf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salachar béil
sense_list:
(medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.


lexentry: eng/organ__Noun__1
written_rep: organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: orgán
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.


lexentry: eng/organ_loft__Noun__1
written_rep: organ loft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lochta orgáin
sense_list:
The gallery or raised platform within a church or hall from which an organ is played, though not necessarily housing the organ itself.


lexentry: eng/organelle__Noun__1
written_rep: organelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orgánaid
sense_list:
(cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).


lexentry: eng/organic__Adjective__1
written_rep: organic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orgánach
sense_list:
(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. [from 1778] | (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism. | (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products. | (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. [from 1942]


lexentry: eng/organic_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: organic chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceimic orgánach
sense_list:
(chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).


lexentry: eng/organism__Noun__1
written_rep: organism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: orgánach
sense_list:
Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/organization__Noun__1
written_rep: organization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: eagraíocht
sense_list:
(countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules. | (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.


lexentry: eng/organizer__Noun__1
written_rep: organizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dialann
sense_list:
(computing) A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.


lexentry: eng/orgasm__Noun__1
written_rep: orgasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: súnás
sense_list:
A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/orientalism__Noun__1
written_rep: orientalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oirthearachas
sense_list:
(arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.


lexentry: eng/original_sin__Noun__1
written_rep: original sin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: peaca an tsinsir
sense_list:
(Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.


lexentry: eng/originate__Verb__1
written_rep: originate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cruthaím
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing. [from 17th c.] | (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/oriole__Noun__1
written_rep: oriole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: óiréal
sense_list:
Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.


lexentry: eng/orlop__Noun__1
written_rep: orlop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deic íochtair
sense_list:
(nautical) The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.


lexentry: eng/ornament__Noun__1
written_rep: ornament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: maisiúchán | ornáid
sense_list:
(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.


lexentry: eng/orpine__Noun__1
written_rep: orpine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tóirpín
sense_list:
Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium.


lexentry: eng/orthoclase__Noun__1
written_rep: orthoclase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ortaclás
sense_list:
(mineral) Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi3O8, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.


lexentry: eng/orthodox__Adjective__1
written_rep: orthodox
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceartchreidmheach | ortadocsach
sense_list:
Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/orthodoxy__Noun__1
written_rep: orthodoxy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceartchreideamh | ceartchreidmheacht | ortadocsacht
sense_list:
Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e. philosophical or theological) system.


lexentry: eng/orthogonal__Adjective__1
written_rep: orthogonal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dronuilleach | ingearach | ortagánach
sense_list:
(geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other. | Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.


lexentry: eng/orthogonal__Adjective__1
written_rep: orthogonal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ingearach | ortagánach
sense_list:
(mathematics) | (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates. | (software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.


lexentry: eng/orthography__Noun__1
written_rep: orthography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ortagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling. | (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word. | (uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.


lexentry: eng/orthopedics__Noun__1
written_rep: orthopedics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ortaipéide
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints


lexentry: eng/orthophotography__Noun__1
written_rep: orthophotography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ortafótagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(photography) The geometrical correction of aerial photographs so that their displayed distances are rendered uniform and can be measured like a map.


lexentry: eng/osmium__Noun__1
written_rep: osmium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oismiam
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.


lexentry: eng/osmolality__Noun__1
written_rep: osmolality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osmalálacht
sense_list:
(chemistry) The molality of an ideal solution that would exert the same osmotic pressure as the solution being considered.


lexentry: eng/osmosis__Noun__1
written_rep: osmosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osmóis
sense_list:
(chemistry) The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/osprey__Noun__1
written_rep: osprey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coirneach | iascaire coirneach
sense_list:
A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.


lexentry: eng/ostensibly__Adverb__1
written_rep: ostensibly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: de réir cosúlachta | de réir dealraimh
sense_list:
(modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; supposedly, according to representations or implications made by someone (especially when their motives are suspected by others).


lexentry: eng/osteoarthritis__Noun__1
written_rep: osteoarthritis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oisté-airtríteas
sense_list:
(medicine) A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.


lexentry: eng/osteocalcin__Noun__1
written_rep: osteocalcin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oistéacailcin
sense_list:
(organic compound, biochemistry) A protein, found in bone and dentin and manufactured by osteoblasts, that plays a role in mineralization and calcium ion homeostasis.


lexentry: eng/osteomalacia__Noun__1
written_rep: osteomalacia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oistéamalaice
sense_list:
(medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets


lexentry: eng/osteopath__Noun__1
written_rep: osteopath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oistéapat
sense_list:
(alternative medicine) A non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).


lexentry: eng/osteoporosis__Noun__1
written_rep: osteoporosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oistéapóróis
sense_list:
(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.


lexentry: eng/osteotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: osteotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oistéatóime
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.


lexentry: eng/otherness__Noun__1
written_rep: otherness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eachtarthacht | eileacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being different or distinct. | (countable) The result or product of being different or distinct.


lexentry: eng/our__Determiner__1
written_rep: our
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ár
sense_list:
Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our). | Belonging to us, including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive our).


lexentry: eng/ours__Pronoun__1
written_rep: ours
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: ár
sense_list:
(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.


lexentry: eng/ourselves__Pronoun__1
written_rep: ourselves
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sinn féin
sense_list:
(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. | (emphatic) Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.


lexentry: eng/out__Adverb__1
written_rep: out
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amach | amuigh
sense_list:
Specifically, away from home or one's usual place. | (sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.


lexentry: eng/out_of_the_frying_pan,_into_the_fire__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: out of the frying pan, into the fire
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amach as na muineacha is isteach sna driseacha | ón tine chun na gríosaí
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Move or get from an already bad situation to a worse one; end up in a worse situation when trying to escape from a bad or difficult one.


lexentry: eng/outback__Noun__1
written_rep: outback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iargúil
sense_list:
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.


lexentry: eng/outboard_motor__Noun__1
written_rep: outboard motor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inneall crochta
sense_list:
A detachable and pivotable propulsion unit fitted over the transom of a boat, comprising an engine that drives a propeller.


lexentry: eng/outbreak__Noun__1
written_rep: outbreak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ráig
sense_list:
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc. | (figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.


lexentry: eng/outer_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: outer ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chluas sheachtrach
sense_list:
(anatomy) The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.


lexentry: eng/outgassing__Noun__1
written_rep: outgassing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sceitheadh gáis
sense_list:
The slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.


lexentry: eng/outport__Noun__1
written_rep: outport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: athphort
sense_list:
A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one.


lexentry: eng/output__Noun__1
written_rep: output
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aschur
sense_list:
(computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/output__Verb__1
written_rep: output
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aschuir
sense_list:
(computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/outside__Adverb__1
written_rep: outside
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amuigh | amach | lasmuigh
sense_list:
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.


lexentry: eng/outside__Noun__1
written_rep: outside
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imeachtar
sense_list:
The part of something that faces out; the outer surface. | The space beyond some limit or boundary. | The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.


lexentry: eng/outwork__Noun__1
written_rep: outwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urtheach
sense_list:
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.


lexentry: eng/ovary__Noun__1
written_rep: ovary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ubhagán | síollann
sense_list:
(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.


lexentry: eng/overall__Noun__1
written_rep: overall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obair
sense_list:
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.


lexentry: eng/overalls__Noun__1
written_rep: overalls
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dungaraí
sense_list:
(US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.


lexentry: eng/overleaf__Adverb__1
written_rep: overleaf
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lastall
sense_list:
On the other side of a sheet of paper (including a leaf of a book); thus, on the next page when flipping from a recto to the sequential verso.


lexentry: eng/overweight__Adjective__1
written_rep: overweight
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: róthrom
sense_list:
(transportation, legal, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.


lexentry: eng/oviduct__Noun__1
written_rep: oviduct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ubhaducht
sense_list:
(anatomy, typically used in, _, zoology) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Adjective__1
written_rep: ovine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amadán
sense_list:
(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Noun__1
written_rep: ovine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caora
sense_list:
An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. | (figurative) A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.


lexentry: eng/owe__Verb__1
written_rep: owe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bí ar
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. | (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.


lexentry: eng/owl__Noun__1
written_rep: owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ulchabhán | cailleach oíche
sense_list:
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/own__Adjective__1
written_rep: own
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: féin
sense_list:
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.


lexentry: eng/oxidizing_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidizing agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oibreán ocsaídithe
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.


lexentry: eng/oxygen__Noun__1
written_rep: oxygen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocsaigin | aer-beatha
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/oxyhaemoglobin__Noun__1
written_rep: oxyhaemoglobin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocsahaemaglóibin
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.


lexentry: eng/oxytocin__Noun__1
written_rep: oxytocin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ocsaiteoisin
sense_list:
(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.


lexentry: eng/oyster__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oisre
sense_list:
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. | The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. | A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. | (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets. | (figurative) Something at one's disposal. | (UK, slang) A shoplifter. | (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card.


lexentry: eng/oyster_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: smig
sense_list:
Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root


lexentry: eng/oystercatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: oystercatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roilleach
sense_list:
Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.


lexentry: eng/ozone__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ózón
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. | (Britain, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.


lexentry: eng/p.m.__Adverb__1
written_rep: p.m.
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tráthnóna
sense_list:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/pacemaker__Noun__1
written_rep: pacemaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: séadaire
sense_list:
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker. | (now, uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.


lexentry: eng/pacifier__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gobán
sense_list:
(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pacifism__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síochánachas
sense_list:
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/pacifist__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síochánaí
sense_list:
One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so. | One who loves, supports, or favours peace. | One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.


lexentry: eng/pacify__Verb__1
written_rep: pacify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceansaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.


lexentry: eng/pack__Noun__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paca
sense_list:
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pacáil
sense_list:
(transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into. | (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack


lexentry: eng/package_deal__Noun__1
written_rep: package deal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beartmhargadh | cuachmhargadh | margadh pacáiste
sense_list:
A circumstance in which two or more items are provided together, especially if it is impossible to obtain one without also receiving the other.


lexentry: eng/packed_lunch__Noun__1
written_rep: packed lunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sneaic
sense_list:
A meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home; especially, one packed at home as opposed to a portable packaged lunch from a vendor.


lexentry: eng/pad__Noun__1
written_rep: pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: ceap
sense_list:
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on. | A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.


lexentry: eng/paddle__Noun__1
written_rep: paddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: céasla
sense_list:
A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.


lexentry: eng/paddock__Noun__1
written_rep: paddock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lann
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/pagan__Noun__1
written_rep: pagan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: págán | págánach
sense_list:
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__1
written_rep: page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: leathanach
sense_list:
(figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode. | (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__2
written_rep: page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giolla
sense_list:
(historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
written_rep: pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pian
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
written_rep: pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crá croí
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress | (countable, from, _, pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.


lexentry: eng/paint__Verb__1
written_rep: paint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péinteáil
sense_list:
(transitive) To apply paint to. | (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied. | (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.


lexentry: eng/painter__Noun__1
written_rep: painter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péintéir
sense_list:
An artist who paints pictures. | A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
written_rep: pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péire
sense_list:
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.


lexentry: eng/pair_of_compasses__Noun__1
written_rep: pair of compasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compás
sense_list:
A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks.


lexentry: eng/pajamas__Noun__1
written_rep: pajamas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pitseámaí
sense_list:
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.


lexentry: eng/palaeogeography__Noun__1
written_rep: palaeogeography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailéigeografaíocht
sense_list:
The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography of the world in the geologic past.


lexentry: eng/palatalization__Noun__1
written_rep: palatalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caoile
sense_list:
(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.


lexentry: eng/palate__Noun__1
written_rep: palate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carball
sense_list:
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/palaver__Noun__1
written_rep: palaver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cabaireacht | suainseán
sense_list:
(North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/paleobotany__Noun__1
written_rep: paleobotany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailéa-luibheolaíocht
sense_list:
The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/paleontology__Noun__1
written_rep: paleontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailé-ointeolaíocht
sense_list:
(American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.


lexentry: eng/paleozoology__Noun__1
written_rep: paleozoology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailé-zóeolaíocht
sense_list:
(zoology) The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them


lexentry: eng/palindrome__Noun__1
written_rep: palindrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: palandróm
sense_list:
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.


lexentry: eng/palm__Noun__2
written_rep: palm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bos | dearna
sense_list:
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.


lexentry: eng/palm_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: palm oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ola phailme
sense_list:
An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).


lexentry: eng/palm_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: palm tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailm
sense_list:
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.


lexentry: eng/palmitic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: palmitic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad pailmíteach
sense_list:
(fatty acid) One of the most common saturated fatty acids; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/palpate__Verb__1
written_rep: palpate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lámhaigh
sense_list:
To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medical) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.


lexentry: eng/palynology__Noun__1
written_rep: palynology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailineolaíocht
sense_list:
(science) The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in various matrices including the air (pollen counts), crime scenes, and sedimentary rocks.


lexentry: eng/pamphlet__Noun__1
written_rep: pamphlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leabhrán
sense_list:
A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.


lexentry: eng/pampootie__Noun__1
written_rep: pampootie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bróg úrleathair
sense_list:
A traditional shoe, formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland, consisting of a single piece of untanned hide folded around the foot and stitched with twine or a leather strap.


lexentry: eng/pancake__Noun__1
written_rep: pancake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pancóg
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:


lexentry: eng/pancreas__Noun__1
written_rep: pancreas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paincréas
sense_list:
(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.


lexentry: eng/pancreatic_duct__Noun__1
written_rep: pancreatic duct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ducht paincréasach
sense_list:
(anatomy) The duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juice provided from the exocrine pancreas which aids in digestion.


lexentry: eng/panda__Noun__1
written_rep: panda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ollphanda | panda
sense_list:
(colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Noun__1
written_rep: pandemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paindéim
sense_list:
(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.


lexentry: eng/panel__Noun__1
written_rep: panel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coimisiún
sense_list:
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.


lexentry: eng/pang__Noun__1
written_rep: pang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arraing | géaróg
sense_list:
(often, in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.


lexentry: eng/pangolin__Noun__1
written_rep: pangolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pangailin
sense_list:
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/panic__Noun__1
written_rep: panic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anbhá
sense_list:
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.


lexentry: eng/panpipes__Noun__1
written_rep: panpipes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coinlín ceoil
sense_list:
(musical instrument) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.


lexentry: eng/pantaloons__Noun__1
written_rep: pantaloons
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bríste
sense_list:
An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.


lexentry: eng/pantry__Noun__1
written_rep: pantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bialann | pantrach
sense_list:
A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
written_rep: pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bríste | treabhsar | triús
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
written_rep: paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páipéar
sense_list:
A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.


lexentry: eng/paper_tiger__Noun__1
written_rep: paper tiger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tíogar páipéir
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.


lexentry: eng/paperchase__Noun__1
written_rep: paperchase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: páipéarachas
sense_list:
(by extension) An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail.


lexentry: eng/paperweight__Noun__1
written_rep: paperweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tromán páipéir
sense_list:
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.


lexentry: eng/parabola__Noun__1
written_rep: parabola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parabóil
sense_list:
(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).


lexentry: eng/parachute__Noun__1
written_rep: parachute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paraisiút
sense_list:
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.


lexentry: eng/paradigm__Noun__1
written_rep: paradigm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sampla
sense_list:
An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.


lexentry: eng/paragraph__Noun__1
written_rep: paragraph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paragraf | alt | mír
sense_list:
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic. | (originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.


lexentry: eng/paralipsis__Noun__1
written_rep: paralipsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parathagra
sense_list:
(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parallax__Noun__1
written_rep: parallax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saobhdhiall
sense_list:
An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.


lexentry: eng/parallel__Adjective__1
written_rep: parallel
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhthreomhar
sense_list:
Equally distant from one another at all points. | Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". | (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.


lexentry: eng/parallel_park__Verb__1
written_rep: parallel park
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páirceáil go comhthreomhar
sense_list:
To park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles.


lexentry: eng/parallel_parking__Noun__1
written_rep: parallel parking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páirceáil chomhthreomhar
sense_list:
The action of parking a vehicle with its side parallel to the curb or the side of the road and facing in the direction of the traffic in the adjacent lane.


lexentry: eng/parallelepiped__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelepiped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhthreomharóid
sense_list:
(geometry) A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.


lexentry: eng/parallelogram__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhthreomharán
sense_list:
(geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.


lexentry: eng/paralogism__Noun__1
written_rep: paralogism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: claonloighic
sense_list:
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.


lexentry: eng/paranoia__Noun__1
written_rep: paranoia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranóia
sense_list:
The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others | Extreme, irrational distrust of others.


lexentry: eng/paranormal__Adjective__1
written_rep: paranormal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paranormálta
sense_list:
Of events, experiences, or phenomenona, that cannot be explained by current scientific understanding or natural laws.


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
written_rep: parasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seadán
sense_list:
(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
written_rep: parasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: diúgaire | péist | sceartán | siolpaire | súmaire | trumpa
sense_list:
(pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parathyroid_hormone__Noun__1
written_rep: parathyroid hormone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hormón paraitíoróideach
sense_list:
(protein) A polypeptide hormone that is released by the chief cells of the parathyroid glands and is involved in raising the levels of calcium ions in the blood.


lexentry: eng/parch__Verb__1
written_rep: parch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tíor
sense_list:
(transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch. | (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
written_rep: parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tuismitheoir
sense_list:
(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children. | (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.] | (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/parenteral__Adjective__1
written_rep: parenteral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paireintreach
sense_list:
(medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parenthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idiraisnéis
sense_list:
A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parenthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lúibín | lúibíní
sense_list:
Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).


lexentry: eng/parish__Noun__1
written_rep: parish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paróiste
sense_list:
(Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. | (US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. | A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.


lexentry: eng/parish_church__Noun__1
written_rep: parish church
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eaglais an pharóiste
sense_list:
A church that serves as the religious centre of a parish; the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.


lexentry: eng/parking_lot__Noun__1
written_rep: parking lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrchlós
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines, Malaysia) An open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use.


lexentry: eng/parking_meter__Noun__1
written_rep: parking meter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: méadar páirceála
sense_list:
A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.


lexentry: eng/parking_permit__Noun__1
written_rep: parking permit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cead páirceála
sense_list:
(UK) A pre-printed card, issued by several local authorities, that a resident (or his visitor) can display in his car when parking in a designated roadside place.


lexentry: eng/parking_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: parking ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ticéad páirceála
sense_list:
A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for. | A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/parlance__Noun__1
written_rep: parlance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: béarlagair
sense_list:
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.


lexentry: eng/parliament__Noun__1
written_rep: parliament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: parlaimint
sense_list:
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. [from 14th c.] | A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/parliamentarian__Noun__1
written_rep: parliamentarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parlaiminteoir
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.


lexentry: eng/parlor__Noun__1
written_rep: parlor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seomra suite
sense_list:
(dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room. | A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.


lexentry: eng/parochial__Adjective__1
written_rep: parochial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cúng
sense_list:
(derogatory) Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.


lexentry: eng/paroxysm__Noun__1
written_rep: paroxysm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: néal | taom
sense_list:
(countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Noun__1
written_rep: parrot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pearóid
sense_list:
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. | (metaphorical) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
written_rep: parse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anailísigh
sense_list:
(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parsley__Noun__1
written_rep: parsley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peirsil
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.


lexentry: eng/parsnip__Noun__1
written_rep: parsnip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meacan bán
sense_list:
A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot. | The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/part-time__Adjective__1
written_rep: part-time
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páirtaimseartha
sense_list:
For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.


lexentry: eng/part_of_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: part of speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roinn chainte
sense_list:
(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/parthenogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parthenogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: partanaigineas
sense_list:
(biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy. | (theology) Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/partial__Adjective__1
written_rep: partial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhuilíoch | páirt | páirteach
sense_list:
existing as a part or portion; incomplete | (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential


lexentry: eng/partial__Adjective__1
written_rep: partial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: leataobhach
sense_list:
biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute


lexentry: eng/participle__Noun__1
written_rep: participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rangabháil
sense_list:
(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
written_rep: particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cáithnín | páirteagal
sense_list:
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.] | (physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
written_rep: particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: páirteagal | mír
sense_list:
(grammar) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).


lexentry: eng/particle_accelerator__Noun__1
written_rep: particle accelerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luasaire cáithnín
sense_list:
A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.


lexentry: eng/particle_board__Noun__1
written_rep: particle board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slischlár
sense_list:
(US, Canada, AU) a structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin


lexentry: eng/partisan__Adjective__1
written_rep: partisan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: claonpháirteach
sense_list:
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.


lexentry: eng/partisan__Noun__2
written_rep: partisan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: páirtiseán
sense_list:
(historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.


lexentry: eng/partition__Noun__1
written_rep: partition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deighilt
sense_list:
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. | That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.


lexentry: eng/partridge__Noun__1
written_rep: partridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patraisc
sense_list:
(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.


lexentry: eng/party__Noun__1
written_rep: party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comhluadar | dream
sense_list:
(legal) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract. [from ca. 1300s] | (now, rare, _, in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction. [from ca. 1320s] | A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport. [from after 1387]


lexentry: eng/party__Noun__1
written_rep: party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cóisir
sense_list:
A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion. [from 1700s]


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meil
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another. | (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just. | (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.


lexentry: eng/passenger_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: passenger seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suíochán paisinéara
sense_list:
(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/passion_play__Noun__1
written_rep: passion play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dráma Páise
sense_list:
Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.


lexentry: eng/passionflower__Noun__1
written_rep: passionflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lus na páise | páiseog chorcra
sense_list:
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.


lexentry: eng/passport__Noun__1
written_rep: passport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pas
sense_list:
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
written_rep: password
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasfhocal | focal faire
sense_list:
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information. | (computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word#Noun but nowadays often an alphanumeric#Adjective string or a phrase#Noun.


lexentry: eng/past__Adjective__1
written_rep: past
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caite
sense_list:
Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.] | (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/past_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: past tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aimsir chaite
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).


lexentry: eng/pasta__Noun__1
written_rep: pasta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pasta
sense_list:
(uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.


lexentry: eng/paste__Noun__1
written_rep: paste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leafaos | taos
sense_list:
A soft moist mixture, in particular: | One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.


lexentry: eng/pasteurisation__Noun__1
written_rep: pasteurisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paistéarachán
sense_list:
(British spelling) Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.


lexentry: eng/patch__Noun__1
written_rep: patch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paiste
sense_list:
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.


lexentry: eng/patchouli__Noun__1
written_rep: patchouli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paitsiúlaí
sense_list:
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil. | The oil or perfume made from these plants.


lexentry: eng/patchwork__Noun__1
written_rep: patchwork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obair phaistí
sense_list:
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandfather__Noun__1
written_rep: paternal grandfather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seanathair
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternoster__Noun__1
written_rep: paternoster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: Paidir | Ár nAthair
sense_list:
(archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.


lexentry: eng/path__Noun__1
written_rep: path
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: séad
sense_list:
A course taken. | (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.


lexentry: eng/pathogen__Noun__1
written_rep: pathogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pataigin
sense_list:
(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.


lexentry: eng/pathology__Noun__1
written_rep: pathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paiteolaíocht
sense_list:
(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.


lexentry: eng/patient__Noun__1
written_rep: patient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: othar
sense_list:
A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.


lexentry: eng/patrician__Noun__1
written_rep: patrician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paitríoch
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate. | A person of high birth; a nobleman.


lexentry: eng/patriotism__Noun__1
written_rep: patriotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tírghrá
sense_list:
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/patron_saint__Noun__1
written_rep: patron saint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: éarlamh
sense_list:
(Christianity) A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.


lexentry: eng/patsy__Noun__1
written_rep: patsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colm
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: pátrún
sense_list:
(Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.


lexentry: eng/paucity__Noun__1
written_rep: paucity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laghad
sense_list:
Fewness in number; too few. | A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
written_rep: pavement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: asfalt
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavilion__Noun__1
written_rep: pavilion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pailliún
sense_list:
An ornate tent. | A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place. | A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.


lexentry: eng/paw__Noun__1
written_rep: paw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crág
sense_list:
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Noun__1
written_rep: pawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceithearnach | fichillín
sense_list:
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.


lexentry: eng/pawpaw__Noun__1
written_rep: pawpaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pápá
sense_list:
Asimina, a genus of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, especially common pawpaw (Asimina triloba). | The fruit of these trees.


lexentry: eng/pay_off__Verb__1
written_rep: pay off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: íoc
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. | (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).


lexentry: eng/payment__Noun__1
written_rep: payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: íocaíocht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of paying. | (countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange#Noun for goods or services, or the transaction#Noun that conveys it.


lexentry: eng/payphone__Noun__1
written_rep: payphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: táillefón
sense_list:
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.


lexentry: eng/pea__Noun__1
written_rep: pea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peasair | pis
sense_list:
(especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. | Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others. | (culinary) The edible seed of various other pea plants.


lexentry: eng/peace_talks__Noun__1
written_rep: peace talks
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cainteanna síochána
sense_list:
A series of formal discussions between two or more nation-states or groups of people held to resolve existing conflict between them.


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
written_rep: peach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péitseog | crann péitseog
sense_list:
(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.


lexentry: eng/peacock__Noun__1
written_rep: peacock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: péacóg
sense_list:
A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female. | (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.


lexentry: eng/peafowl__Noun__1
written_rep: peafowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péacóg
sense_list:
A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).


lexentry: eng/peak__Noun__1
written_rep: peak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stuaic
sense_list:
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
written_rep: pearl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péarla
sense_list:
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.


lexentry: eng/peat__Noun__1
written_rep: peat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: móin
sense_list:
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pedal__Noun__1
written_rep: pedal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: troitheán
sense_list:
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.


lexentry: eng/pedalo__Noun__1
written_rep: pedalo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eala
sense_list:
(UK, watercraft) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.


lexentry: eng/pederasty__Noun__1
written_rep: pederasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péidearastacht
sense_list:
Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. | (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.


lexentry: eng/pedestrian_precinct__Noun__1
written_rep: pedestrian precinct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ceantar coisithe | limistéar coisithe
sense_list:
An area in a town or city intended for pedestrians only, where vehicles (in particular motor vehicles) are not normally allowed.


lexentry: eng/pediatrician__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péidiatraí
sense_list:
(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.


lexentry: eng/pediatrics__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leanbhliacht | péidiatraic
sense_list:
(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.


lexentry: eng/pedophile__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: péidifileach
sense_list:
(by extension, common use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.


lexentry: eng/pedophilia__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: péidifilia
sense_list:
Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children. | (by extension, proscribed) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.


lexentry: eng/peekaboo__Noun__1
written_rep: peekaboo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuach
sense_list:
(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".


lexentry: eng/peer__Noun__2
written_rep: peer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: bantiarna | tiarna
sense_list:
A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.


lexentry: eng/peer_review__Noun__1
written_rep: peer review
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: athbhreithniú piaraí | piarmheasúnú | próiseas athbhreithnithe piaraí
sense_list:
(education) The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the contribution, i.e. the importance, novelty and accuracy of the manuscript's contents.


lexentry: eng/peg__Verb__1
written_rep: peg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: caith
sense_list:
(transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball. | (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.


lexentry: eng/pellagra__Noun__1
written_rep: pellagra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peallagra
sense_list:
(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pelt__Noun__1
written_rep: pelt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bian | peall
sense_list:
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).


lexentry: eng/pelvic_floor__Noun__1
written_rep: pelvic floor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: urlár peilbheach
sense_list:
(anatomy) A muscular partition, formed by the muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue, which spans the area underneath the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/pelvis__Noun__1
written_rep: pelvis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peilbheas
sense_list:
(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.


lexentry: eng/pen__Noun__2
written_rep: pen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peann
sense_list:
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.


lexentry: eng/penalty__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionós
sense_list:
A legal sentence. | (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.


lexentry: eng/penalty_box__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: loca pionóis | póna peacaí
sense_list:
(ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kick__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty kick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionós
sense_list:
(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.


lexentry: eng/penalty_shootout__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty shootout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciceanna éirice
sense_list:
(football, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.


lexentry: eng/penance__Noun__1
written_rep: penance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aithrí
sense_list:
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act. | A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).


lexentry: eng/pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: peann luaidhe | pionsail
sense_list:
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendant__Noun__1
written_rep: pendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: siogairlín
sense_list:
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendentive__Noun__1
written_rep: pendentive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sliogán
sense_list:
(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.


lexentry: eng/penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piongain
sense_list:
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/penitent__Adjective__1
written_rep: penitent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aithríoch
sense_list:
Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. | Doing penance.


lexentry: eng/penitent__Noun__1
written_rep: penitent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aithríoch
sense_list:
One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions. | One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance. | One under the direction of a confessor.


lexentry: eng/penny__Noun__1
written_rep: penny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pingin | pingineacha | pinginí | pingneacha
sense_list:
(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.


lexentry: eng/pennyroyal__Noun__1
written_rep: pennyroyal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: borógach
sense_list:
Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.


lexentry: eng/pennywhistle__Noun__1
written_rep: pennywhistle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feadóg stáin
sense_list:
(music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__1
written_rep: pension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinsean
sense_list:
(finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pentagram__Noun__1
written_rep: pentagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peinteagram
sense_list:
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
written_rep: penthouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleiteán | cleitín | sceimheal
sense_list:
(now, historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
written_rep: penthouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: díonteach
sense_list:
An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
written_rep: people
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pobal | lucht
sense_list:
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.


lexentry: eng/people_person__Noun__1
written_rep: people person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caidreamhach
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who interacts skilfully with other people and who receives satisfaction from such interaction.


lexentry: eng/pepper__Noun__1
written_rep: pepper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piobar
sense_list:
A plant of the family Piperaceae. | (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant. | (UK, US, Ireland, and, Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.


lexentry: eng/pepper_mill__Noun__1
written_rep: pepper mill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muileann piobair
sense_list:
A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen.


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
written_rep: peppermint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lus an phiobair | miontas piobair
sense_list:
A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.] | (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/per_bend_sinister__Adverb__1
written_rep: per bend sinister
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cléroinnte
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend sinister).


lexentry: eng/per_fess__Adverb__1
written_rep: per fess
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gearrtha
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).


lexentry: eng/per_pale__Adverb__1
written_rep: per pale
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cluiche
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).


lexentry: eng/percolate__Verb__1
written_rep: percolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síothlaigh
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. | (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance. | (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.


lexentry: eng/percussion__Noun__1
written_rep: percussion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: cnaguirlis
sense_list:
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.


lexentry: eng/percussionist__Noun__1
written_rep: percussionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnagcheoltóir
sense_list:
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Adjective__1
written_rep: perennial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ilbhliantúil
sense_list:
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time. | (botany) Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: foirfe
sense_list:
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. | (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.


lexentry: eng/perfection__Noun__1
written_rep: perfection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foirfeacht
sense_list:
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.


lexentry: eng/perfume__Noun__1
written_rep: perfume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cumhrán
sense_list:
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.


lexentry: eng/pergola__Noun__1
written_rep: pergola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabhal
sense_list:
A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants. | Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.


lexentry: eng/perigee__Noun__1
written_rep: perigee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peirigithe | peirigí
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.


lexentry: eng/perihelion__Noun__1
written_rep: perihelion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peirihéilean
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.


lexentry: eng/periodic__Adjective__1
written_rep: periodic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: tréimhsiúil
sense_list:
Occurring at regular intervals. | (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.


lexentry: eng/periodic_table__Noun__1
written_rep: periodic table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tábla peiriadach
sense_list:
(chemistry) A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column).


lexentry: eng/periodical__Noun__1
written_rep: periodical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tréimhseachán
sense_list:
A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field.


lexentry: eng/peripheral_device__Noun__1
written_rep: peripheral device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gléas forimeallach
sense_list:
(computer hardware) An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner.


lexentry: eng/peristyle__Noun__1
written_rep: peristyle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peiristíl
sense_list:
A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. [from 17th c.] | A porch surrounded by columns. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peritoneum__Noun__1
written_rep: peritoneum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seicin
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.


lexentry: eng/peritonitis__Noun__1
written_rep: peritonitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peireatóiníteas
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.


lexentry: eng/permanent_magnet__Noun__1
written_rep: permanent magnet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buanmhaighnéad
sense_list:
(physics) A material, or piece of such material, which retains its magnetism even when not subjected to any external magnetic fields.


lexentry: eng/permeability__Noun__1
written_rep: permeability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tréscaoilteacht
sense_list:
The property of being permeable. | (physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).


lexentry: eng/permeable__Adjective__1
written_rep: permeable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tréscaoilteach
sense_list:
(by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.


lexentry: eng/perpetuity__Noun__1
written_rep: perpetuity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: buanbhlianacht
sense_list:
(countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.


lexentry: eng/persecute__Verb__1
written_rep: persecute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: déan géarleanúint ar
sense_list:
To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.


lexentry: eng/persimmon__Noun__1
written_rep: persimmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: crann dátphlumaí
sense_list:
The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
written_rep: person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duine
sense_list:
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
written_rep: person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duine | daoine
sense_list:
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. [from 13th c.] | (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
written_rep: person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: pearsa | duine
sense_list:
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
written_rep: personal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pearsanta
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals


lexentry: eng/personal_lubricant__Noun__1
written_rep: personal lubricant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bealadh
sense_list:
Any lubricant used during human sexual activity to reduce friction between body parts, or between body parts and other objects.


lexentry: eng/personal_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: personal pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: forainm pearsanta
sense_list:
A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following: | Another person or group of people. (third person) | Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.


lexentry: eng/personality__Noun__1
written_rep: personality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tréithe pearsanta
sense_list:
(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.


lexentry: eng/personality_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: personality disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neamhord pearsantachta
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.


lexentry: eng/persuade__Verb__1
written_rep: persuade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cuir i bhfeidhm
sense_list:
(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/peruke__Noun__1
written_rep: peruke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bréagfholt
sense_list:
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.


lexentry: eng/pervert__Noun__1
written_rep: pervert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: adharcachán
sense_list:
(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals. | A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.


lexentry: eng/pesticide__Noun__1
written_rep: pesticide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feithidicíd
sense_list:
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.


lexentry: eng/pesto__Noun__1
written_rep: pesto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Phlá Dhubh
sense_list:
A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).


lexentry: eng/petal__Noun__1
written_rep: petal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peiteal
sense_list:
(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.


lexentry: eng/petite__Adjective__1
written_rep: petite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: beag
sense_list:
(clothing) Of small size; intended for small-framed adult women. | Small, little; insignificant; petty.


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
written_rep: petition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: achainí
sense_list:
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance. [from early 15th c.] | (law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. [from 1730s]


lexentry: eng/petroleum_jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: petroleum jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: veasailín
sense_list:
A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.


lexentry: eng/petticoat__Noun__1
written_rep: petticoat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cóta beag
sense_list:
(archaic, or, historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively. | A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.


lexentry: eng/petty__Adjective__1
written_rep: petty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beag
sense_list:
Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/petty_cash__Noun__1
written_rep: petty cash
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mionairgead
sense_list:
(business) Cash available for trivial purchases, especially limited funds for employees to use without close supervision.


lexentry: eng/petty_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: petty officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máistir
sense_list:
A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army


lexentry: eng/pew__Noun__1
written_rep: pew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: suíochán
sense_list:
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.


lexentry: eng/phalanx__Noun__1
written_rep: phalanx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falang
sense_list:
(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. | (skeleton, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.


lexentry: eng/phantom__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amhailt
sense_list:
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.


lexentry: eng/phantom_pain__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pian bhréige
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated, or in which the nerves have been destroyed.


lexentry: eng/pharmacist__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poitigéir | cógaiseoir
sense_list:
(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.


lexentry: eng/pharmacology__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míochaine
sense_list:
The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.


lexentry: eng/pharmacy__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cógaisíocht | poitigéireacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.


lexentry: eng/pharynx__Noun__1
written_rep: pharynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faraing
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.


lexentry: eng/pheasant's_eye__Noun__1
written_rep: pheasant's eye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Adónas bliantúil
sense_list:
Any of genus Adonis of flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, particularly


lexentry: eng/phenol__Noun__1
written_rep: phenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feanól
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid | (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)


lexentry: eng/phenomenon__Noun__1
written_rep: phenomenon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feiniméan
sense_list:
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof. | A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing. | (philosophy, chiefly, Kantian, _, idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).


lexentry: eng/phenotype__Noun__1
written_rep: phenotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feinitíopa
sense_list:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.


lexentry: eng/philanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: philanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: daonnachtúlacht
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.


lexentry: eng/philologist__Noun__1
written_rep: philologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: focleolaí
sense_list:
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.


lexentry: eng/philosopher's_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher's stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: órchloch
sense_list:
(alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.


lexentry: eng/philosopher__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fealsamh
sense_list:
(archaic) A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change. | (archaic) A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.


lexentry: eng/philosophy__Noun__1
written_rep: philosophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fealsúnacht
sense_list:
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: réama
sense_list:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: fuarchúis
sense_list:
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phone__Noun__2
written_rep: phone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foghar
sense_list:
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.


lexentry: eng/phoneme__Noun__1
written_rep: phoneme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fóinéim
sense_list:
(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.


lexentry: eng/phonetics__Noun__1
written_rep: phonetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foghraíocht
sense_list:
(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.


lexentry: eng/phonology__Noun__1
written_rep: phonology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foghareolaíocht | fóineolaíocht
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. [from late 18th c.] | (by extension, uncountable) The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.


lexentry: eng/phonon__Noun__1
written_rep: phonon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fónón
sense_list:
(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.


lexentry: eng/phospholipid__Noun__1
written_rep: phospholipid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfailipid
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.


lexentry: eng/phosphoric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphoric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aigéad fosfarach
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A colourless, odourless solid, H3PO4, often in solution as a syrupy liquid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, detergents and pharmaceuticals and as an additive in cola drinks.


lexentry: eng/phosphorus__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfar
sense_list:
(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.


lexentry: eng/phosphorylation__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fosfairiliú | fosfairiliúchán
sense_list:
(biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.


lexentry: eng/photochromism__Noun__1
written_rep: photochromism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótacrómachas
sense_list:
The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, especially the reversible darkening of a plastic lens when exposed to sunlight.


lexentry: eng/photoconductivity__Noun__1
written_rep: photoconductivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaisheoltacht
sense_list:
(physics) The increase in the electrical conductivity of a material as a result of incident electromagnetic radiation.


lexentry: eng/photocopier__Noun__1
written_rep: photocopier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótachóipeálaí | fótachóipire | gléas fótachóipeála
sense_list:
A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.


lexentry: eng/photodiode__Noun__1
written_rep: photodiode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaidhé-óid
sense_list:
(electronics) A semiconductor two-terminal component whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive.


lexentry: eng/photodisintegration__Noun__1
written_rep: photodisintegration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fóta-dhíscaoileadh
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.


lexentry: eng/photoelasticity__Noun__1
written_rep: photoelasticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaileaisteachas
sense_list:
a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence


lexentry: eng/photoelectric__Adjective__1
written_rep: photoelectric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaileictreach
sense_list:
Of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.


lexentry: eng/photogrammetry__Noun__1
written_rep: photogrammetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótagraiméadracht | fótagramaíocht
sense_list:
The making of precise measurements from photographs. | The making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying.


lexentry: eng/photograph__Noun__1
written_rep: photograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grianghraf | fótagraf
sense_list:
(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.


lexentry: eng/photomagnetism__Noun__1
written_rep: photomagnetism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótamaighnéadas
sense_list:
The branch of science that deals with the relation of magnetism to light, or the effect in which a material acquires or loses its ferromagnetic properties in response to light.


lexentry: eng/photomap__Noun__1
written_rep: photomap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótailéarscáil | fótamapa
sense_list:
(cartography) a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and other normal map features


lexentry: eng/photometry__Noun__1
written_rep: photometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaiméadracht
sense_list:
(physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity. | (astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.


lexentry: eng/photomosaic__Noun__1
written_rep: photomosaic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótamósáic
sense_list:
(photography) A composite image made of individual photographs, normally of the same shape and size, placed together in order to show a panoramic view etc.


lexentry: eng/photomultiplier__Noun__1
written_rep: photomultiplier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fóta-iolróir
sense_list:
(physics) A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified


lexentry: eng/photon__Noun__1
written_rep: photon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótón
sense_list:
(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.


lexentry: eng/photonics__Noun__1
written_rep: photonics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótónaic
sense_list:
(sciences) The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible and near infrared light spectrum.


lexentry: eng/photoperiodism__Noun__1
written_rep: photoperiodism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótathréimhseacht
sense_list:
(biology) The growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length of day and/or night.


lexentry: eng/photosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: photosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótaisintéis
sense_list:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.


lexentry: eng/phototropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phototropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótatrópach
sense_list:
Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic will move toward light. One that is negatively phototropic will move away from light.


lexentry: eng/phototypesetting__Noun__1
written_rep: phototypesetting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótachlóchuradóireacht
sense_list:
A printing process that generated columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper, using a phototypesetter


lexentry: eng/photovoltaics__Noun__1
written_rep: photovoltaics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fótavoltachas
sense_list:
(physics) The technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.


lexentry: eng/phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abairtín | frása
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.


lexentry: eng/phrasing__Noun__1
written_rep: phrasing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abairtín
sense_list:
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. | (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.


lexentry: eng/phylactery__Noun__1
written_rep: phylactery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fíleachtaeir | tefillin
sense_list:
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.


lexentry: eng/phyllotaxis__Noun__1
written_rep: phyllotaxis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: duilleagar
sense_list:
(botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.


lexentry: eng/phylum__Noun__1
written_rep: phylum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geata
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank


lexentry: eng/physical__Adjective__1
written_rep: physical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corpartha | ábhartha
sense_list:
Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/physical_education__Noun__1
written_rep: physical education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corpoideachas
sense_list:
An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.


lexentry: eng/physical_quantity__Noun__1
written_rep: physical quantity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cainníocht fhisiceach
sense_list:
(physics) A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit.


lexentry: eng/physicist__Noun__1
written_rep: physicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisiceoir | fisicí
sense_list:
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.


lexentry: eng/physics__Noun__1
written_rep: physics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisic
sense_list:
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.


lexentry: eng/physiography__Noun__1
written_rep: physiography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiseagrafaíocht
sense_list:
(geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.


lexentry: eng/physiology__Noun__1
written_rep: physiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fiseolaíocht
sense_list:
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.


lexentry: eng/physiotherapist__Noun__1
written_rep: physiotherapist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisiteiripeach | fisiteiripeoir
sense_list:
(British, Commonwealth, Irish) A therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise.


lexentry: eng/physiotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: physiotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fisiteiripe
sense_list:
(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.


lexentry: eng/pi__Noun__1
written_rep: pi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pí
sense_list:
The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. | (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.


lexentry: eng/piano__Noun__1
written_rep: piano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pianó
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]


lexentry: eng/piano_stool__Noun__1
written_rep: piano stool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stól pianó
sense_list:
A round wooden stool used by piano players. It is less stable than the rectangular piano bench. The height can be adjusted by simply spinning the seat clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively.


lexentry: eng/piastre__Noun__1
written_rep: piastre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piastar
sense_list:
(now, _, historical) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real. | A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.


lexentry: eng/pica__Noun__1
written_rep: pica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spéireata
sense_list:
(pathology, usually, uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
written_rep: piccolo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fliúiteog
sense_list:
A piccolo flute
 A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.


lexentry: eng/pick__Noun__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piocóid
sense_list:
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioc
sense_list:
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. | To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. | (dated, transitive) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.


lexentry: eng/pickaxe__Noun__1
written_rep: pickaxe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piocóid
sense_list:
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
written_rep: pickle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gircín
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.


lexentry: eng/picric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: picric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 2,4,6-trínítrifeanól
sense_list:
(organic compound) 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, C6H2(NO2)3, prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as an antiseptic


lexentry: eng/picture__Noun__1
written_rep: picture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pictiúr
sense_list:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc. | A photograph. | (in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).


lexentry: eng/pidgin__Noun__1
written_rep: pidgin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nasctheanga
sense_list:
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.


lexentry: eng/pie__Noun__1
written_rep: pie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pióg
sense_list:
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) | Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. | A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.


lexentry: eng/piece_of_shit__Noun__1
written_rep: piece of shit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cac
sense_list:
(idiomatic, vulgar) A bad thing; an object of poor quality. | (idiomatic, derogatory, or, offensive, vulgar) A despicable person.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cé
sense_list:
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: piara
sense_list:
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
written_rep: pig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muc
sense_list:
(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus or the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.


lexentry: eng/pig_iron__Noun__1
written_rep: pig iron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muciarann
sense_list:
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.


lexentry: eng/pika__Noun__1
written_rep: pika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioca
sense_list:
Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pike__Noun__1
written_rep: pike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: píce
sense_list:
(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__4
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caitín
sense_list:
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
written_rep: pill
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piollaire
sense_list:
(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.


lexentry: eng/pimento__Noun__1
written_rep: pimento
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pimeantó
sense_list:
A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.


lexentry: eng/pimp__Noun__1
written_rep: pimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máistir striapach
sense_list:
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.


lexentry: eng/pimple__Noun__1
written_rep: pimple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: goirín
sense_list:
(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: biorán
sense_list:
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.


lexentry: eng/pinafore__Noun__1
written_rep: pinafore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bibe | pilirín
sense_list:
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.


lexentry: eng/pinball__Noun__1
written_rep: pinball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionnliathróid
sense_list:
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.


lexentry: eng/pinch__Noun__1
written_rep: pinch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: gráinne
sense_list:
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.


lexentry: eng/pincushion__Noun__1
written_rep: pincushion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fròg
sense_list:
(sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.


lexentry: eng/pine_nut__Noun__1
written_rep: pine nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cnó péine
sense_list:
The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.


lexentry: eng/pineal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: pineal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: faireog phinéalach
sense_list:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.


lexentry: eng/pineapple__Noun__1
written_rep: pineapple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: anann
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. | (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.


lexentry: eng/pingo__Noun__1
written_rep: pingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: altán
sense_list:
(geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/pinking_shears__Noun__1
written_rep: pinking shears
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: siosúr scealptha
sense_list:
(sewing) A pair of scissors with zigzag cutting edges, used to cut fabric: the zigzag edge helps keep the fabric from fraying.


lexentry: eng/pinko__Noun__1
written_rep: pinko
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bándearg
sense_list:
(informal, often, derogatory, chiefly, US) A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. [from mid-1930s]


lexentry: eng/pinna__Noun__1
written_rep: pinna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cluas
sense_list:
(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.


lexentry: eng/pinnacle__Noun__1
written_rep: pinnacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: stuaic
sense_list:
(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.


lexentry: eng/pinniped__Noun__1
written_rep: pinniped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rón
sense_list:
Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.


lexentry: eng/pinocytosis__Noun__1
written_rep: pinocytosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinicíotóis
sense_list:
(biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion.


lexentry: eng/pins_and_needles__Noun__1
written_rep: pins and needles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: codladh driúraic | codladh gliúragáin | codladh grifín | diúracas | eanglach
sense_list:
(informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.


lexentry: eng/pint__Noun__1
written_rep: pint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pionta
sense_list:
16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or | A unit of volume, equivalent to: | (UK, metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.


lexentry: eng/pinwheel__Noun__1
written_rep: pinwheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muileann
sense_list:
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: píb
sense_list:
(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]


