different between irritant vs irritative

English

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????t?nt/

Adjective

irritant (not comparable)

1. Causing irritation or inflammation.
2. (law, Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
   • 1603, Hayward, An Answer to the first part of a certaine conference concerning succession

     The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.

Translations

Noun

irritant (plural irritants)

1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
2. A source of irritation.

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

irritant (masculine and feminine plural irritants)

1. irritating, annoying

Verb

irritant

1. present participle of irritar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.ri?t?nt/, /??.ri?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: ir?ri?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

irritant (comparative irritanter, superlative irritantst)

1. annoying, causing irritation or annoyance; vexatious

Inflection

Synonyms

• vervelend
• ergerlijk

Related terms

• irriteren
• irritatie

French

Verb

irritant

1. present participle of irriter

Adjective

irritant (feminine singular irritante, masculine plural irritants, feminine plural irritantes)

1. irritating; annoying

Noun

irritant m (plural irritants)

1. (medicine) irritant

Further reading

• “irritant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

irr?tant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of irr?t?

English

Etymology

irritate +? -ive

Adjective

irritative (comparative more irritative, superlative most irritative)

1. serving to excite or irritate

2. accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation
   • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life

     For the irritative ideas of the apparent motions of objects are now excited by irritation from internal stimulus

Noun

irritative (plural irritatives)

1. Any substance causing irritation; an irritant.

French

Adjective

irritative

1. feminine singular of irritatif

Italian

Adjective

irritative

1. feminine plural of irritativo

Anagrams

• irritatevi
• ritiratevi