kleñved

kleñvedoù (plural)
kleñved (mutation singular unmutated)
gleñved (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hleñved (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
kleñvedoù (mutation plural unmutated)
gleñvedoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'hleñvedoù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


mamm-gozh

mammoù-kozh (plural)
mamm-gozh (mutation singular unmutated)
vamm-gozh (mutation mutation-soft singular)
mammoù-kozh (mutation plural unmutated)
vammoù-kozh (mutation mutation-soft plural)


meuz

meuzioù (plural)
meuz (mutation singular unmutated)
veuz (mutation mutation-soft singular)
meuzioù (mutation plural unmutated)
veuzioù (mutation mutation-soft plural)


gwernioù

/ˈɡwɛʁ.njɔʊ/


martolod

martoloded (plural)
martolod (mutation singular unmutated)
vartolod (mutation mutation-soft singular)

Possibly from Middle French matelot, from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”), corresponding to modern mat (“mat, rug, hammock”) + genoot (“companion”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”) (from matr (“food”) + nautr (“companion”) << Proto-Germanic *ganautaz).

Tri martolod yaouank o vonet da veajiñ.

18th C., “Tri Martolod [Three Sailors]”:


trouz

trouzoù (plural)
trouz (mutation singular unmutated)
drouz (mutation mutation-soft singular)
zrouz (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
trouzoù (mutation plural unmutated)
drouzoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
zrouzoù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


gouloù

gouleier (plural)
gouloù (mutation singular unmutated)
c'houloù (mutation mutation-soft singular)
kouloù (mutation mutation-hard singular)
gouleier (mutation plural unmutated)
c'houleier (mutation mutation-soft plural)
kouleier (mutation mutation-hard plural)

From Old Breton guolou, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoluɣʉ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Cornish golow and Welsh golau.


deiziadurioù

deiziadur (mutation singular unmutated)
zeiziadur (mutation mutation-soft singular)
teiziadur (mutation mutation-hard singular)
deiziadurioù (mutation plural unmutated)
zeiziadurioù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
teiziadurioù (mutation mutation-hard plural)


klujar

klujiri (plural)
klujar (mutation singular unmutated)
glujar (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hlujar (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
klujiri (mutation plural unmutated)
glujiri (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'hlujiri (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


meot

maout (mutation singular unmutated)
vaout (mutation mutation-soft singular)
meot (mutation plural unmutated)
veot (mutation mutation-soft plural)


pesked

pesk (mutation singular unmutated)
besk (mutation mutation-soft singular)
fesk (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
pesked (mutation plural unmutated)
besked (mutation mutation-soft plural)
fesked (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


tirvi

tarv (mutation singular unmutated)
darv (mutation mutation-soft singular)
zarv (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
tirvi (mutation plural unmutated)
dirvi (mutation mutation-soft plural)
zirvi (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


treid

troad (mutation singular unmutated)
droad (mutation mutation-soft singular)
zroad (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
treid (mutation plural unmutated)
dreid (mutation mutation-soft plural)
zreid (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


kantol

From Proto-Brythonic *kantuɨll, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cantēlla, from Latin candēla.


gavr

gevr (plural)
givri (plural)
gavr (mutation singular unmutated)
c'havr (mutation mutation-soft singular)
kavr (mutation mutation-hard singular)
gevr (mutation plural unmutated)
c'hevr (mutation mutation-soft plural)
kevr (mutation mutation-hard plural)

From Proto-Brythonic *gaβr, from Proto-Celtic *gabros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.


bilig

From a mutated form of pilig, from pili.

A wide, flat stone used especially for cooking crêpes.


kelorn

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *kelp- (“cauldron, jar”), also compared to Welsh celwrn and the British placename Cilurnum.


trec'h

From Proto-Brythonic *trex (“stronger”) (compare Cornish trygh (“victorious”), Middle Welsh trech (“stronger”), from Proto-Celtic *trexsos, comparative of Proto-Celtic *trexsnos (“strong”) (compare Old Irish trén (“strong”), comparative tressa, tressiu; from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg- (“to be stiff, rigid, strong”) (Old Norse þróttr (“strength”)).


startijenn

C'est bien un vent nouveau qui souffle sur la Bretagne, ainsi que l'exprime la revue Al Liamm dans son numéro de juin 1990: « Ur startijenn hag urfizians nevez a santer dre ar vro » («On ressent à travers tout le pays une énergie et un espoir nouveaux»).

1990 June, Al Liamm, quoted in 2008, Joël Cornette, Histoire de la Bretagne et des Bretons: Des Lumières au XXIe siècle

A new wind is blowing over Brittany, as the magazine Al Liamm puts it in its June 1990 issue: … ("There is a new energy and hope across the country").

Genidig eo a Vreiz-Uhel, euz kostez Sant-Brieg. Eur hoz den eo hag a zo, war a lavar din, klañv braz. Tristig eo, abaf eun tamm. Dond a ra startijenn ennañ avad pa zeu ar haoz war or henlabourerien. Barna a ra diouto en eur mod krenn a-walh.

2000, Y. Doelan, Temi e variazioni: Danevellou brezoneg, page 58:

He was born in Lower Brittany, near Saint-Brieuc. He's an old person, and, according to what he tells me, very sick. He's sad and a bit shy. But strength comes to him when the conversation comes to our collaborators. He criticizes them rather categorically.

Ur stummadur huel tre, savet er skolveur Dulenn. war dachenn an arc'hant hag ar yezhoù. Evit echuiñ, dav eo lavar eo ar yezh skoazellet gant al lezennoù. Memestra dav eo evezhiañ ha krouiñ nerzh ha startijenn evit harpañ ouzh an american...

(internal) strength, energy, dynamism, drive (to do something positive)


yev

From Proto-Brythonic *jọw, from Proto-Celtic *yugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.


cac'h

From Proto-Brythonic *kax, from Proto-Celtic *kakkos, *kakkā, from a very widespread child-language word for feces.


Breizhiz

Breizhad (mutation singular unmutated)
Vreizhad (mutation mutation-soft singular)
Preizhad (mutation mutation-hard singular)
Breizhiz (mutation plural unmutated)
Vreizhiz (mutation mutation-soft plural)
Preizhiz (mutation mutation-hard plural)


dornerez

(agriculture) thresher, threshing machine


konted

county (a region ruled by a count holding a title of countdom)


beskont

viscount (a lord of a viscounty holding a title of viscountdom)


beskonted

viscounty (a region ruled by a viscount holding a title of viscountdom)


drouktuadur

Compound of drouk (“evil”) + tuadur (“tendency”).


gwir keodedel

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gwir keodedel m (plural gwirioù keodedel)


koñje keodedel

koñje keodedel m (plural koñjeoù keodedel)


emglevioù keodedel a gengred

emglev keodedel a gengred
emglev keodedel a gengred#Breton


emglev

Emglev frankeskemm Norzh Amerika


emglev keodedel a gengred

emglev keodedel a gengred m (plural emglevioù keodedel a gengred)

civil solidarity pact
civil solidarity pact

civil solidarity pact, civil union (legal union established in France in 1999 to regulate the relationships of unmarried cohabiting couples, different-sex or same-sex)


arallrevelezh

Compound of arall (“other”) + revelezh (“sexuality”)


divrevelezh

Compound of div (“two”) + revelezh (“sexuality”)


heñvelrevelezh

Compound of heñvel (“same”) + revelezh (“sexuality”)


kengred

kengredoù (plural)
kengred (mutation singular unmutated)
gengred (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hengred (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
kengredoù (mutation plural unmutated)
gengredoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'hengredoù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


kefeleg

kefeleged (plural)
kefeleg (mutation singular unmutated)
gefeleg (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hefeleg (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)

From Middle Breton queffelec, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, perhaps derived from *kėfɨl (“horse”) (whence Breton kefil) owing to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Welsh cyffylog.


sac'h

Borrowed from Latin saccus. Cognate with Welsh sach.


merc'hodenn

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merc'hodenn f (plural merc'hodenned or merc'hodennedoù)

merc'hodenned (plural)
merc'hodennedoù (plural)


sardon

sardon f (collective, singulative sardonenn)

From Old Breton satron. Compare Cornish sudron.


morvil

From mor (“sea”) + mil (“animal”) (compare Welsh morfil, Cornish morvil, Middle Irish muirmíl).


binioù

forms : biniawoù (alternative)
biniaouioù (alternative)

instrument played by blowing, made of a leather sack, a chanter and a drone.


servijourez

Hag e-barzh ar veilh-se e oa ur servijourez.

And in that windmill there was a servant girl.


keloù

keleier (plural)
keloù (mutation singular unmutated)
geloù (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'heloù (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
keleier (mutation plural unmutated)
geleier (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'heleier (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


dilhad

pezh dilhad (singulative)
dilhad (mutation singular unmutated)
zilhad (mutation mutation-soft singular)
tilhad (mutation mutation-hard singular)

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *dī-. Cognates include Welsh dillad and Cornish dillas.


skeud

From Middle Breton squeut, from Old Breton scot, from Proto-Brythonic *skọd, from Proto-Celtic *skātu, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-.
Compare Welsh ysgod, Cornish skeus, Irish scáth.


barzh

From Middle Breton barz, from Proto-Brythonic *barð, from Proto-Celtic *bardos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”).


denoniezh

/ˌdẽnɔ̃ˈniːɛs/


peskedoniezh

peskedoniezh (mutation singular unmutated)
beskedoniezh (mutation mutation-soft singular)
feskedoniezh (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)


kabell-touseg

kabell-touseg m (plural kabelloù-touseg or kebell-touseg)

kabelloù-touseg (plural)
kebell-touseg (plural)


drouiz

drouized (plural)
drouiz (mutation singular unmutated)
zrouiz (mutation mutation-soft singular)
trouiz (mutation mutation-hard singular)
drouized (mutation plural unmutated)
zrouized (mutation mutation-soft plural)
trouized (mutation mutation-hard plural)

From Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (literally “tree-knower”). Cognate with Welsh derwydd, Cornish drewydh, Irish draoi.


bananezenn

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bananezenn f (plural bananezennoù or bananezenned, collective bananez)

bananezennoù (plural)
bananezenned (plural)
bananez (collective)


anv-gwan-verb

anv-gwan-verb m (plural anvioù-gwan-verb)


dalc'her-vioù

dalc'her-vioù m (plural dalc'herioù-vioù)


kloc'h

From Proto-Brythonic *klox, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”).


delwenn

From Proto-Brythonic *delw, from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”); compare Irish dealbh and Welsh delw.


kouarc'h

From Proto-Celtic *kowerkā. Cognate with Welsh cywarch.


gwadegenn wenn

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gwadegenn wenn f (plural gwadegennoù gwenn)


stomog

From Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).


plac'h-a-gambr

plac'h-a-gambr f (plural plac'hed-a-gambr)


bazh

Inherited from Old Breton bath, from Proto-Brythonic *bað, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuō, bātuō (“I beat, pound”).


terzhienn-velen

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terzhienn-velen f (plural terzhiennoù-melen)

terzhienn + melen
{{|br|terzhienn}} : from Latin Febris Tertiana


aouraval

aour + aval; compare Cornish owraval and Welsh aurafal.


kouer

From Old French coillir, from Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect”), from con- (“with, together”) + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).


ti-bank

ti-bank m (plural tier-bank or tiez-bank)


kartenn-bost

kartennoù-post (plural)
kartenn-bost (mutation singular unmutated)
gartenn-bost (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hartenn-bost (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
kartennoù-post (mutation plural unmutated)
gartennoù-post (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'hartennoù-post (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


kartenn

kartennoù (plural)
kartoù (plural)
kartenn (mutation singular unmutated)
gartenn (mutation mutation-soft singular)
c'hartenn (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
kartennoù (mutation plural unmutated)
gartennoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
c'hartennoù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


benveg sonerezh

benveg sonerezh m (plural binvioù sonerezh or benvegoù sonerezh)

binvioù sonerezh (plural)
benvegoù sonerezh (plural)


sigaretenn

sigaretenn f (plural sigaretennoù or sigaretinier)

sigaretennoù (plural)
sigaretinier (plural)


kevandir

From kevan (“whole”) + tir (“land”); compare Welsh cyfandir.


anvioù-gwan perc'hennañ

anv-gwan perc'hennañ
anv-gwan perc'hennañ#Breton


verb-skoazell

verb-skoazell m (plural verboù-skoazell)


gwinegrenn

/ɡwĩnˈɛɡrɛn/


anv-gwan perc'hennañ

anv-gwan perc'hennañ m (plural anvioù-gwan perc'hennañ)

possessive adjective
possessive adjective


gwezboell

From Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). By surface analysis, gwez (“trees”) + poell (“logic”). Compare Cornish gwydhbol, Irish ficheall, Scottish Gaelic fidhcheall, and Welsh gwyddbwyll.


touseg

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touseg m (plural touseged or tousegi or tousigi)

touseged (plural)
tousegi (plural)
tousigi (plural)


boued

From Proto-Brythonic *buɨd, from Proto-Celtic *beitom. Compare Cornish bos, Irish bia, and Welsh bwyd.


bozonenn

bozonenn f (plural bozonennoù, collective bozon)


protonenn

protonenn f (plural protonennoù, collective proton)

protonennoù (plural)
proton (collective)


marbluñv

marbluñv m (collective, singulative marbluñvenn)


gluonenn

gluonenn f (plural gluonennoù, collective gluon)


pouez

From Proto-Brythonic *puɨs; compare Cornish pos and Welsh pwys.


atomenn

atomenn f (plural atomennoù, collective atom)


nukleonenn

nukleonenn f (plural nukleonennoù, collective nukleon)

nukleonennoù (plural)
nukleon (collective)


neutronenn

neutronenn f (plural neutronennoù, collective neutron)

neutronennoù (plural)
neutron (collective)


etimologiezh

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).


sutell-garreg

sutell-garreg ? (plural sutelloù-karreg)

Any of several tube-dwelling anemones of the genus Cerianthus.


galaksienn

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías).


chadenn

chadenn f (plural chadennoù or chadinier)

From Proto-Brythonic *kaduɨn, from Latin catēna. Compare also Welsh cadwyn and Cornish kadon.

chain; string (series of items or events)


te melen

te melen (mutation unmutated)
de melen (mutation mutation-soft)
ze melen (mutation mutation-aspirate)


lizher

N'eo ket ar wezh kentañ e klask skrivañ ul lizher.

This is not the first time he has written a letter.


madelezh

madelezhoù (plural)
madelezh (mutation singular unmutated)
vadelezh (mutation mutation-soft singular)
madelezhoù (mutation plural unmutated)
vadelezhoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)


planedenn

planedennoù (plural)
planedenn (mutation singular unmutated)
blanedenn (mutation mutation-soft singular)
flanedenn (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
planedennoù (mutation plural unmutated)
blanedennoù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
flanedennoù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


mouezh

mouezhioù (plural)
mouezh (mutation singular unmutated)
vouezh (mutation mutation-soft singular)
mouezhioù (mutation plural unmutated)
vouezhioù (mutation mutation-soft plural)

From Middle Breton moez, from earlier *voes (the v considered a soft mutation). Ultimately derived from Old French voiz.


aval-douar

Likely a Calque of French pomme de terre


preder

prederioù (plural)
Preder (mutation singular unmutated)
Breder (mutation mutation-soft singular)
Freder (mutation mutation-aspirate singular)
Prederioù (mutation plural unmutated)
Brederioù (mutation mutation-soft plural)
Frederioù (mutation mutation-aspirate plural)


koc'h

bkoc'h (mutation singular unmutated)
vkoc'h (mutation mutation-soft singular)
pkoc'h (mutation mutation-hard singular)
bkoc'h (mutation plural unmutated)
vkoc'h (mutation mutation-soft plural)
pkoc'h (mutation mutation-hard plural)

gangue, impurity, deposit, residue, slag


bleud

From Old Breton blod, from Proto-Brythonic *blọd, from Proto-Celtic *mlātos. Cognate with Cornish bleus, Welsh blawd.


gweronell

gweronelled (plural)
gweronell (mutation singular unmutated)
weronell (mutation mutation-soft singular)
kweronell (mutation mutation-hard singular)
gweronelled (mutation plural unmutated)
weronelled (mutation mutation-soft plural)
kweronelled (mutation mutation-hard plural)


triskell

French: triskell