"pâl" meaning in Welsh

See pâl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /paːl/ Forms: palau [plural]
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pala; compare Breton pal, Cornish pal. Etymology templates: {{bor|cy|la|pala}} Latin pala, {{cog|br|pal}} Breton pal, {{cog|kw|pal}} Cornish pal Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|palau}} pâl f (plural palau)
  1. (South Wales) spade Tags: South-Wales, feminine Synonyms: rhaw, rhaw-bâl
    Sense id: en-pâl-cy-noun-PTc69mPg Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 65 25 5 5
  2. (rowing) oar blade Tags: feminine Synonyms: palf
    Sense id: en-pâl-cy-noun-97-gFVjK Categories (other): Rowing, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Horticulture, Tubenose birds Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 27 3 30 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 23 2 34 11 9 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 63 17 15 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 19 48 17 17 Disambiguation of Tubenose birds: 3 53 24 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /paːl/ Forms: palod [plural], palau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pâl [error-unrecognized-form], bâl [soft], mhâl [error-unrecognized-form], phâl [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: Has been considered an extension of Etymology 1 on account of the shape of a shearwater's beak. The more recent use of the same word for a puffin parallels a shift in English where puffin used to refer to a Manx shearwater until the 19th century, before coming to refer to Fratercula arctica. Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Fratercula arctica|species}} Fratercula arctica Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|palod|pl2=palau}} pâl m (plural palod or palau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (archaic) Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) Tags: archaic, masculine Synonyms: pâl Manaw, aderyn drycin Manaw
    Sense id: en-pâl-cy-noun-4GyJpQ7k
  2. Atlantic puffin, puffin (Fratercula arctica) Tags: masculine Synonyms: pwffin, cornicyll y dŵr, pwffingen, aderyn du, aderyn y pâl, cyw esgob, paledn
    Sense id: en-pâl-cy-noun-eCJUFf~9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: croesfan pâl (english: puffin crossing), pâl du (english: sooty shearwater), pâl yr Iwerydd (english: Cory's shearwater), pâl Manaw (english: Manx shearwater), y pâl leiaf (english: litle shearwater), y pâl mwyaf (english: great shearwater), palwr (english: digger)
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for pâl meaning in Welsh (4.4kB)

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