Irish coffee

noun

A cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.

Meanings

nounIrish coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Irish coffees)

plural Irish coffees

  1. countableuncountableA cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.

    Synonyms: Gaelic coffee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.

Translations

Bulgarian ирландско кафе
  • ирландско кафе (irlandsko kafe)coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Catalan cafè irlandès
  • cafè irlandèscoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Chinese Mandarin 愛爾蘭咖啡 /爱尔兰咖啡
  • 愛爾蘭咖啡 /爱尔兰咖啡 (ài'ěrlán kāfēi)coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Dutch Irish coffee
  • Irish coffeecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Finnish Irish coffee, irkkukahvi
  • Irish coffeecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • irkkukahvicoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
French Irish coffee
  • Irish coffeecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Hungarian ír kávé
  • ír kávécoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Irish caife Gaelach
  • caife Gaelachcoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Italian Irish coffee, caffè irlandese
  • Irish coffeecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • caffè irlandesecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Latvian īru kafija
  • īru kafijacoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Polish kawa po irlandzku
  • kawa po irlandzkucoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Russian ко́фе по-ирла́ндски
  • ко́фе по-ирла́ндски (kófe po-irlándski)coffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Spanish café irlandés, carajillo
  • café irlandéscoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
  • carajillocoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Swedish Irish coffee
  • Irish coffeecoffee with a dash of whiskey, topped with whipped cream
Cite this entry
APA

Irish coffee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20coffee

MLA

“Irish coffee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20coffee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Irish coffee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irish%20coffee.

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