"irritant" meaning in English

See irritant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪɹɪtənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-irritant.wav [US]
Etymology: From French. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} irritant (not comparable)
  1. Causing irritation or inflammation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (causing irritation): дразнещ (draznešt) (Bulgarian), възбудителен (vǎzbuditelen) (Bulgarian), irritierend (German), aufreizend (German), verwirrend (German), раздража́ющий (razdražájuščij) (Russian), дратівни́й (drativnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-irritant-en-adj-GSy8jllo Disambiguation of 'causing irritation': 80 20
  2. (law, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating. Tags: Scotland, not-comparable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-irritant-en-adj-Fhh2dcK9 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 63 16 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 55 21 8 Topics: law

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪɹɪtənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-irritant.wav [US] Forms: irritants [plural]
Etymology: From French. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-noun}} irritant (plural irritants)
  1. Any medication designed to cause irritation Translations (any medication designed to cause irritation): раздражи́тель (razdražítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-irritant-en-noun-Q5sAjpfG Disambiguation of 'any medication designed to cause irritation': 92 8
  2. A source of irritation. Translations (a source of irritation): дразнител (draznitel) [feminine] (Bulgarian), agacaĵo (Esperanto), malagrablaĵo (Esperanto), Ärgernis [neuter] (German), Reiz [masculine] (German), Nervensäge [feminine] (German), namunamu (english: affecting the skin) (Maori), раздражи́тель (razdražítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), подра́зник (podráznyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-irritant-en-noun-RdPlK3lh Disambiguation of 'a source of irritation': 19 81

Inflected forms

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