FromOld Irishfoirenn(“band, troop, group of people”). Cognate withWelshgwerin(“people, folk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪɾʲən̪ˠ/

foireann f (genitive singularfoirne,nominative pluralfoirne)

1. number,group, of people;band,troop,company,staff,personnel
2. (nautical)crew

   Synonym:criú

3. (sports)team,side

   Synonym:meitheal

4. cast(of a play)

   Synonym:foireann aisteoirí

5. set,kit

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foireann”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foirenn”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

foireann

1. analyticpresentindicative offoir

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