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irritable

French, adjective\i.ʁi.tabl\

irritable is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irritable is a French adjective meaning “irritable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s'irrite aisément, enclin à l'irritation”.

What does irritable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    irritable

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui s'irrite aisément, enclin à l'irritation. 2. Que l'on met facilement en colère.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of irritable

  • irritables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce irritable?

  • \i.ʁi.tabl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to irritable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is irritable in French?

irritable appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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