"cawl" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /kau̯l/ Forms: cawliau [plural], cawlen [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cawl [error-unrecognized-form], gawl [soft], nghawl [error-unrecognized-form], chawl [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -au̯l Etymology: From Middle Welsh cawl, from Proto-Brythonic *kawl, from Latin caulis (“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”). Cognate with Cornish kowl, Breton kaol. Etymology templates: {{ety|cy|:inh|wlm:cawl<ety:inh<cel-bry-pro:*kawl>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*keh₂ulis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "caulis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Brythonic", "term" : "*kawl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-bry-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Welsh", "term" : "cawl", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "wlm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Welsh", "term" : "cawl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cy" }" data-lang="cy" data-title="cawl">, {{inh|cy|wlm|cawl}} Middle Welsh cawl, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kawl}} Proto-Brythonic *kawl, {{der|cy|la|caulis||stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage}} Latin caulis (“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”), {{cog|kw|kowl}} Cornish kowl, {{cog|br|kaol}} Breton kaol Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-|dim=cawlen|pl2=cawliau}} cawl m (usually uncountable, plural cawliau, diminutive cawlen) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. soup, pottage, broth; gruel Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Synonyms: potes, sŵp [Anglicism]
    Sense id: en-cawl-cy-noun-YsLHzPL3 Categories (other): Foods Disambiguation of Foods: 41 41 19
  2. soup, pottage, broth; gruel
    (figuratively) mixture, hodgepodge, mess
    Tags: figuratively, masculine, uncountable, usually Synonyms: potes, sŵp [Anglicism]
    Sense id: en-cawl-cy-noun-0w1~tYjM Categories (other): Foods Disambiguation of Foods: 41 41 19
  3. cabbage, colewort, potherbs Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Synonyms: bresych, cabaets
    Sense id: en-cawl-cy-noun-hbgsjemw Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Welsh entries with etymon, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Foods Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with etymon: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 68 Disambiguation of Foods: 41 41 19

Inflected forms

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      "form": "gawl",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for cawl meaning in Welsh (4.5kB)

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