irritation
French, noun/i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/
irritation is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irritation is a French feminine noun meaning “irritation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent…”.
What does irritation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirritation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux). 2. Action exercée par un stimulus irritant sur un tissu vivant, notamment les nerfs ou les muqueuses. 3. Effet local, non corrosif, provoqué par un agent chimique sur un tissu vivant, se traduisant par une inflammation réversible. 4. État émotionnel de tension ou d’agacement, mêlé d’impatience, pouvant évoluer vers la 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 irritation
- irritations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irritation?
- /i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irritation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irritation in French?
irritation appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).