"irie" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈaɪɹi/
Etymology: Attested from the 20th century. Of uncertain and disputed origin. Theories include alteration from 19th century eerie (“hearty”); blend of I + free or merry in Iyaric; or perhaps from English all right. Etymology templates: {{unc|jam|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{m|jam|eerie|t=hearty}} eerie (“hearty”), {{blend|jam|I|free|nocap=1}} blend of I + free, {{m|jam|merry}} merry, {{der|jam|en|all right}} English all right Head templates: {{head|jam|adjective|head=irie}} irie, {{jam-adj}} irie
  1. All right, cool, good, great, merry, nice.
    Sense id: en-irie-jam-adj-VbdfSlro Categories (other): Jamaican Creole blends, Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for irie meaning in Jamaican Creole (2.3kB)

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bjs",
            "2": "irie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bajan: irie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bajan: irie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "irie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: irie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: irie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "eerie",
        "t": "hearty"
      },
      "expansion": "eerie (“hearty”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "I",
        "3": "free",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "blend of I + free",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "merry"
      },
      "expansion": "merry",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "all right"
      },
      "expansion": "English all right",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested from the 20th century. Of uncertain and disputed origin. Theories include alteration from 19th century eerie (“hearty”); blend of I + free or merry in Iyaric; or perhaps from English all right.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "irie"
      },
      "expansion": "irie",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "irie",
      "name": "jam-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "i‧rie"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole blends",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Everything's going great.",
          "text": "Everyting irie.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Reggae music has brought so many people from around the world to Jamaica, so that they can have a great time and change their perspective on life. […]",
          "ref": "2018, “5 questions with Chuck Fenda”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)",
          "text": "“Reggae mek so many people from all over the world can visit Jamaica, fi come hol' a irie vibes and hol' a different meditation. […]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "All right, cool, good, great, merry, nice."
      ],
      "id": "en-irie-jam-adj-VbdfSlro",
      "links": [
        [
          "All right",
          "all right"
        ],
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ],
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪɹi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irie"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bjs",
            "2": "irie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bajan: irie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bajan: irie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "irie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: irie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: irie"
    }
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        "1": "jam",
        "nocap": "1"
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      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "eerie",
        "t": "hearty"
      },
      "expansion": "eerie (“hearty”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "I",
        "3": "free",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "blend of I + free",
      "name": "blend"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "merry"
      },
      "expansion": "merry",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "all right"
      },
      "expansion": "English all right",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested from the 20th century. Of uncertain and disputed origin. Theories include alteration from 19th century eerie (“hearty”); blend of I + free or merry in Iyaric; or perhaps from English all right.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "irie"
      },
      "expansion": "irie",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "irie",
      "name": "jam-adj"
    }
  ],
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    "i‧rie"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Jamaican Creole adjectives",
        "Jamaican Creole blends",
        "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
        "Jamaican Creole terms derived from English",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Everything's going great.",
          "text": "Everyting irie.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Reggae music has brought so many people from around the world to Jamaica, so that they can have a great time and change their perspective on life. […]",
          "ref": "2018, “5 questions with Chuck Fenda”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)",
          "text": "“Reggae mek so many people from all over the world can visit Jamaica, fi come hol' a irie vibes and hol' a different meditation. […]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "All right, cool, good, great, merry, nice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "All right",
          "all right"
        ],
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ],
        [
          "nice",
          "nice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪɹi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irie"
}

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