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English-Irish Dictionary Updated For First Time In Over 60 Years

An updated definitive English-Irish dictionary is being released for the first time in over 60 years...
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7:50 AM - 30 Oct 2020



English-Irish Dictionary Updat...

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English-Irish Dictionary Updated For First Time In Over 60 Years

Newsroom
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7:50 AM - 30 Oct 2020



An updated definitive English-Irish dictionary is being released for the first time in over 60 years.

Some of the 1.8 million new words include 'féinín'  for 'selfie', Breatimeachtfor Brexit, and bréagnuacht for fake news.

It's taken eleven years to compile the 1,800-page book.

The new dictionary contains 1,800 pages, over 30,000 entries, 85,000 word senses, and 1.8m words in contemporary English and Irish.

Other new words include,  banana bread (arán banana), social distancing (scaradh sóisialta), pandemic (paindéim), and coronavirus (coróinvíreas).

President Michael D Higgins will be joined by other famous Gaeilgeoirs including Mary McAleese, Dara Ó Briain and Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh for a live-streamed launch this lunchtime.



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