English Loanwords
Modern Irish has accepted English loans for new technologies and concepts that didn’t exist when older Irish was spoken.
44 entries.
| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| babhla | ᚛ᚁᚐᚁᚆᚂᚐ᚜ | BOW-luh | bowl | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Bowl. English loan. |
| banana | ᚛ᚁᚐᚅᚐᚅᚐ᚜ | BAN-AN-uh | banana | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Banana. Modern loan. |
| barmbrack | ᚛ᚁᚐᚏᚋᚁᚏᚐᚉ᚜ | BORM-brak | barmbrack | FoclóirTeanglann | Barmbrack — sweet yeast bread with raisins. Bairín breac in Irish — ‘speckled cake.’ Halloween tradition; contained tokens (ring, coin, rag) predicting fortune. |
| buicéad | ᚛ᚁᚒᚔᚉᚓᚐᚇ᚜ | BIH-kay-uhd | bucket | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| bus | ᚛ᚁᚒᚄ᚜ | buss | bus | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Bus. English loan. |
| bácáil | ᚛ᚁᚐᚉᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | BAW-kaw-uhl | bake | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| caife | ᚛ᚉᚐᚔᚃᚓ᚜ | KAH-fuh | coffee | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.13 | Coffee. |
| carr | ᚛ᚉᚐᚏᚏ᚜ | KAHRR | auto | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóir | Masculine. A car. Borrowed late and naturalized fully. |
| casúr | ᚛ᚉᚐᚄᚒᚏ᚜ | KAH-soor | gavel | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| champ | ᚛ᚉᚆᚐᚋᚚ᚜ | champ | champ | FoclóirTeanglann | Champ — mashed potato with scallions, milk, butter. Northern Irish dish. |
| citeal | ᚛ᚉᚔᚈᚓᚐᚂ᚜ | KICH-ul | kettle | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Kettle. English loan. |
| custaiméir | ᚛ᚉᚒᚄᚈᚐᚔᚋᚓᚔᚏ᚜ | KUS-tum-ayr | customer | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Customer. English loan. |
| diaspóra | ᚛ᚇᚔᚐᚄᚚᚑᚏᚐ᚜ | DEE-uss-poh-ruh | diaspora | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóir | Diaspora. Modern Greek-Latin loan. |
| feidhmchlár | ᚛ᚃᚓᚔᚇᚆᚋᚉᚆᚂᚐᚏ᚜ | FAYV-khlawr | app | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóir | Application, app. Built from feidhm (function) + clár (program). |
| fliú | ᚛ᚃᚂᚔᚒ᚜ | floo | flu | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Flu. English loan. |
| forc | ᚛ᚃᚑᚏᚉ᚜ | FURK | fork | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.13 | Fork. |
| fón | ᚛ᚃᚑᚅ᚜ | FOHN | phone | TatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Modern Irish for phone. From English. Spelled with a fada to mark the long vowel. |
| geata | ᚛ᚌᚓᚐᚈᚐ᚜ | GA-tuh | gate | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| gála | ᚛ᚌᚐᚂᚐ᚜ | GAW-luh | gale | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Gale. English loan. |
| hata | ᚛ᚆᚐᚈᚐ᚜ | HAH-tuh | hat | TatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.14 | Hat. Plural hataí. An English loanword that has fully naturalized. |
| panna | ᚛ᚚᚐᚅᚅᚐ᚜ | PAN-uh | pan | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Pan. English loan. |
| pláta | ᚛ᚚᚂᚐᚈᚐ᚜ | PLAW-tuh | plate | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.13 | Plate. |
| post | ᚛ᚚᚑᚄᚈ᚜ | pust | job | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Job, position. English loan. |
| pota | ᚛ᚚᚑᚈᚐ᚜ | PUT-uh | pot | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Pot. English loan. |
| praghas | ᚛ᚚᚏᚐᚌᚆᚐᚄ᚜ | praiss | price | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Price. English loan. |
| rugbaí | ᚛ᚏᚒᚌᚁᚐᚔ᚜ | RUG-bee | rugby | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Rugby. English loan. |
| rás | ᚛ᚏᚐᚄ᚜ | rawss | race | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Race. English loan. |
| rópa | ᚛ᚏᚑᚚᚐ᚜ | ROH-puh | rope | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Rope. Likely Norse loan. |
| róst | ᚛ᚏᚑᚄᚈ᚜ | ROHST | roast | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| sacar | ᚛ᚄᚐᚉᚐᚏ᚜ | SAH-kur | soccer | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Soccer (association football). English loan. |
| scairf | ᚛ᚄᚉᚐᚔᚏᚃ᚜ | SKAH-uhrf | headscarf | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóir | |
| scuabaí | ᚛ᚄᚉᚒᚐᚁᚐᚔ᚜ | SKWAH-bee | browser | gaelspellFoclóir | Web browser. Modern coinage. |
| siopa | ᚛ᚄᚔᚑᚚᚐ᚜ | SHUP-uh | shop | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Shop. English loan. |
| siorc | ᚛ᚄᚔᚑᚏᚉ᚜ | shurk | shark | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Shark. The basking shark visits Ireland’s west coast in summer. |
| siosúr | ᚛ᚄᚔᚑᚄᚒᚏ᚜ | SHISS-oor | scissors | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóir | Scissors. English loan. |
| spúnóg | ᚛ᚄᚚᚒᚅᚑᚌ᚜ | SPOO-nohg | spoon | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.13 | Spoon. |
| stoca | ᚛ᚄᚈᚑᚉᚐ᚜ | STUK-uh | sock | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Stocking or sock. English loan. |
| stop | ᚛ᚄᚈᚑᚚ᚜ | STUHP | cease | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | |
| tae | ᚛ᚈᚐᚓ᚜ | TAY | tea | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.2 | Masculine. Tea. Borrowed from English in the eighteenth century when the leaf arrived. |
| traein | ᚛ᚈᚏᚐᚓᚔᚅ᚜ | TRAYN | train | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Train. English loan. |
| tuáille | ᚛ᚈᚒᚐᚔᚂᚂᚓ᚜ | TWAW-luh | towel | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Towel. |
| táibléad | ᚛ᚈᚐᚔᚁᚂᚓᚐᚇ᚜ | TAW-blayd | tablet | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Tablet computer. Modern loanword. |
| uncail | ᚛ᚒᚅᚉᚐᚔᚂ᚜ | UNK-il | uncle | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Uncle. From English; the older Irish forms are deartháir mo mháthar (mother’s brother) or deartháir m’athar (father’s brother). |
| vóta | ᚛ᚑᚈᚐ᚜ | VOH-tuh | vote | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Vote. One of the few Irish words with a ‘v’ (English loan). |