ire

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Noun 2.2 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Latin 4.1 Verb 5 Norwegian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Synonyms 5.1.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ira.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /aɪɹ/
• (UK) IPA: /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

[edit] Noun

ire (uncountable)

1. (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.

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• fury
• rage
• wrath

[edit] Related terms

• irascibility
• irascible
• irate
• ireful

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[edit] Verb

to ire (third-person singular simple present ires, present participle iring, simple past and past participle ired)

1. (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.

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[edit] References

• ire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: EIR

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[edit] French

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ire f.

1. ire

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eir
• rie

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ire f.

1. Plural form of ira.

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īre

1. present active infinitive of eō.

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ire m. (definite singular iren; indefinite plural irer; definite plural irene)

1. Person from Ireland, Irishman.

[edit] Synonyms

• irlender (Bokmål)
• irlendar (Nynorsk)
• irlending

[edit] Related terms

• Republikken Irland, Irland
• irsk