irritante

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.riˈtɑn.tə/

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• Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tan‧te

Adjective

irritante

1. inflection of irritant:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

French

Adjective

irritante

1. feminine singular of irritant

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ir.riˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tàn‧te

Adjective

irritante (plural irritanti)

1. irritating, annoying, vexatious, pesky, teasing

   Synonyms: fastidioso, spiacevole, sgradevole

Related terms

• irritare

Participle

irritante (plural irritanti)

1. present participle of irritare

Anagrams

• interrati, rientrati, ritirante, ritraenti

Latin

Participle

irrītante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of irrītāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin irrītantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [i.hiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [i.hiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [i.χiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈtɐ̃.te/ [i.hiˈtɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧tan‧te

Adjective

irritante m or f (plural irritantes)

1. annoying (causing irritation or annoyance)

   Isto é irritante. ― This is annoying.

2. irritating (causing irritation; state of inflammation or of painful reaction)

   Synonym: urticante

   As folhas da urtiga são irritantes para a pele.

   Nettle leaves are irritating to the skin.

Related terms

• irritar

Further reading

• “irritante”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “irritante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “irritante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “irritante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From irritar (“to annoy, to irritate, to bother”) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iriˈtante/ [i.riˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: i‧rri‧tan‧te

Adjective

irritante m or f (masculine and feminine plural irritantes)

1. irritating
2. abrasive

   Synonym: brusco

Derived terms

• irritantemente

Noun

irritante m (plural irritantes)

1. irritant

Further reading

• “irritante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10