New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: consonance · counteract · counterpane · maintenance · sustenance · counterbalance · countable · countermand · round dance · subtenancy

countenance

1 noungnúis fem2 c m ucuntanós masc1 c m udreach masc3 c m u 2 verb TRANSITIVEglac le PhrV c m ucuir suas le c m uceadaigh verb c m ushe couldn't countenance the use of force ní fhéadfadh sí glacadh leis an lámh láidirhe wouldn't countenance them selling it ní cheadódh sé dóibh é a dhíol

phrases

to keep your countenance

(also

to keep yourself in countenance

) literary guaim a choinneáil ort féin

to put sb out of countenance

literary cur as do dhuineduine a chur dá threoirduine a chur dá bhuilleduine a chur trí chéile

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the severity of his countenance doicheall a ghnúise, cuma an chantail a bhí ar a aghaidh

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