"welch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wɛlt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-welch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: welches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛltʃ Etymology: Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh. Etymology templates: {{m|en|welsh}} welsh, {{m|en|Welsh}} Welsh Head templates: {{en-noun}} welch (plural welches)
  1. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-welch-en-noun-bsoDt1Zw Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 9 9

Verb [English]

IPA: /wɛlt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-welch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: welches [present, singular, third-person], welching [participle, present], welched [participle, past], welched [past]
Rhymes: -ɛltʃ Etymology: Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh. Etymology templates: {{m|en|welsh}} welsh, {{m|en|Welsh}} Welsh Head templates: {{en-verb}} welch (third-person singular simple present welches, present participle welching, simple past and past participle welched)
  1. To fail to repay a small debt.
    Sense id: en-welch-en-verb-plKoYagS
  2. To fail to fulfill an obligation. Translations (fail to fulfill an obligation): vybodnout se [perfective] (Czech), vykašlat se [perfective] (Czech), vyprdnout se (na co) [perfective] (Czech), vypustit [perfective] (Czech), opominout [perfective] (Czech), luistaa (Finnish), rikkoa lupaus (Finnish), prellen (German), bescheißen (english: profane) (German), linken [colloquial] (German), vacilar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-welch-en-verb-4eqduN8o Disambiguation of 'fail to fulfill an obligation': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: welcher

Determiner [German]

IPA: /vɛlç/ Audio: De-welch.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|determiner}} welch
  1. (only preceding ein or an adjective, emphatic) what Tags: emphatic Synonyms: was für, welch' Related terms: welcher
    Sense id: en-welch-de-det-dJqywNBs Categories (other): German determiners, German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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        "preceding ein or an adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛlç/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-welch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/De-welch.ogg/De-welch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/De-welch.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "was für"
    },
    {
      "word": "welch'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "welch"
}

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