How to Say “Garage” in Irish

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garáiste
masculine
The Irish word for garage is garáiste.
The word garáiste refers to a building or a section of a building used to store a car, tools and other items.
Meaning: building or section of building to store a car, tools etc. (noun)

Did you know?

  • Irish speakers often use garáiste to describe a petrol station or a service station, not just a private car port.
  • The word garáiste is a feminine noun in Irish, meaning that adjectives describing the garage must also take a feminine form.
  • Because it is a borrowed word, garáiste does not undergo the same complex internal vowel changes that many native Irish nouns do when they become plural.

Examples in context

  • Tá an garáiste beag.
    The garage is small.

Example conversation

Cian and Siobhán are talking about where to put the bike.

  1. Cian

    Cá bhfuil an rotha?
    Where is the bike?
  2. Siobhán

    Tá sé sa gharáiste, a Chian.
    It is in the garage, Cian.
  3. Cian

    An bhfuil an doras glas?
    Is the door locked?
  4. Siobhán

    Tá, tá an garáiste glas.
    Yes, the garage is locked.

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