English Explanatory Dictionary

Welsh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Wales.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
  3. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.
  4. Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.
noun
  1. The Welsh language.
  2. The people of Wales.
  3. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
name
  1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
  2. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
  3. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.
verb
  1. To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
  2. To go back on one's word.
adj
  1. Foreign.

Pronunciation

/wɛlʃ/ en-us-welsh.ogg

Word forms

Welsh Welch Welshes welshing welshed more welsh most welsh

Etymology

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.

Synonyms

Walian Cambrian Cymric Welshy Welshie Cymraeg Kymric Welshman

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Welsh terms gyp jew down

Derived words

Middle Welsh Old Welsh Welsh ale Welsh Bicknor Welsh Black Welsh cake Welsh cat Welsh chimney Welsh cob Welsh comb Welsh-comb Welsh corgi Welsh dresser Welsher Welsh harp Welsh hat Welsh hook Welsh lead Welsh lump Welshman Welsh Marches Welsh mortgage Welsh Mountain Welsh mountain pony Welsh Mountain sheep Welsh nephew Welshness Welsh not Welsh onion Welsh pear Welsh plain Welsh pony Welshpool Welsh rabbit Welsh rarebit Welsh Springer Spaniel Welsh stick Welsh terrier Welsh Ticket Welsh web Welshwoman Welsh yard Welshland welch welcher welshnut

Translations

Armenian: վալլիերեն Asturian: galés Asturian: cámbricu Basque: galestar Catalan: gal·lès Catalan: gal·lesa Chinese Mandarin: 威爾士語的 /威尔士语的 Chinese Mandarin: 威爾斯語的 /威尔斯语的 Chinese Mandarin: 威尔士语的 Cornish: kembrek Czech: velšský Danish: walisisk Dutch: Welsh Dutch: Wels Esperanto: kimra Estonian: kõmri Finnish: walesinkielinen Finnish: kymrinkielinen French: gallois Galician: galés Georgian: უელსური German: walisisch Hebrew: ולשי Hungarian: walesi Hungarian: velszi Macedonian: ве́лшки Nepali: वेल्स Norwegian Bokmål: walisisk Norwegian Nynorsk: walisisk Polish: walijski Portuguese: galês Portuguese: galesa Romanian: galez Russian: валли́йский Scottish Gaelic: Cuimreach Spanish: galés Swedish: walesisk Swedish: kymrisk Tagalog: Gales Urdu: کمری Urdu: ویلش Welsh: Cymraeg
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