different between irritation vs handicap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irr?t?ti?, from irr?t?re, present active infinitive of irr?t? (“I excite”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

irritation (countable and uncountable, plural irritations)

1. The act of irritating or annoying

   What irritation causes you to be so moody?

2. The state of being irritated
3. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
4. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

Derived terms

Related terms

• irritate

Translations

Further reading

• irritation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• irritation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin irr?t?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?i.ta.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: irritations

Noun

irritation f (plural irritations)

1. irritation (all senses)

Related terms

• irriter

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From hand in cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd?kæp/

Noun

handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)

1. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
2. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
3. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
4. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
5. (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.

Derived terms

• Benghazi Handicap

Translations

Verb

handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)

1. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
2. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To place at disadvantage.

3. To estimate betting odds.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n.di?k?p/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)

1. disability
2. handicap, disadvantage
3. (sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hændikæp/, [?hændikæp]

Noun

handicap

1. (anglicism) handicap (allowance)

Declension

Synonyms

• tasoitus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /??.di.kap/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

1. handicap
2. disability

Derived terms

• handicapé

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Noun

handicap m (invariable)

1. handicap (disability; horserace)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: han?di?cap

Noun

handicap m (uncountable)

1. handicap, disadvantage
2. advantage

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andi?kap/, [ãn?.d?i?kap]

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

1. handicap