Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
irie
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cool, nice.

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole irie, which is perhaps from English all right. Compare a'ight. The applied context of the remark, may also allude to a corruption of the conjugation of the french verb 'rier', such that, "I am laughing", would be a parabolic inference, about 'rightness'.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more irie (comparative) most irie (superlative)

Questions

What does irie mean?
Cool, nice.
Where does irie come from?
It is traced to English.

How to pronounce irie

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “irie”.
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