irate
English
Etymology
From Latin īrātus (“angered, angry”), from īrāscī (“to be angry”), from īra (“anger, wrath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɪˈɹeɪt/, /ˈaɪɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
irate (comparative irater, superlative iratest)
- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
- Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore; see also Thesaurus:angry
Translations
extremely angry
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References
- “irate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “irate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “irate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈraː.te/, [iːˈräːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈra.te/, [iˈräːt̪e]
References
- “irate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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