"cwm" meaning in English

See cwm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuːm/ [UK, US], /kʊm/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cwm.wav Forms: cwms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|cy|cwm||valley}} Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”), {{doublet|en|combe}} Doublet of combe Head templates: {{en-noun}} cwm (plural cwms)
  1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. Categories (topical): Geology Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: cirque, combe, corrie Translations (valley head created through glacial erosion): 山側凹地 (Chinese Mandarin), 山侧凹地 (shāncè āodì) (Chinese Mandarin), keteldal [neuter] (Dutch), kaar [neuter] (Dutch), U-dal [neuter] (Dutch), cirkvalo (Esperanto), onsilo (Finnish), cirque (French), Kar [neuter] (German), botn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), botn [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cyrk lodowcowy [masculine] (Polish), kar [masculine] (Polish), kocioł [masculine] (Polish), цирк (cirk) (alt: ледниковый (lednikovyj)) [masculine] (Russian), krnica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), circo (Spanish), cwm (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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