"pegwn" meaning in Welsh

See pegwn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛɡʊn/ [North-Wales], /ˈpeːɡʊn/ [South-Wales], /ˈpɛɡʊn/ [South-Wales] Forms: pegynau [plural], pegwnau [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡʊn Etymology: Perhaps related to peg, borrowed from English peg. Etymology templates: {{noncog|en|peg}} English peg Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pegynau|pl2=pegwnau}} pegwn m (plural pegynau or pegwnau)
  1. pole, axis Tags: masculine Synonyms: polyn, echelin Derived forms: deubegwn (english: bipole, bipolar), o begwn i begwn (english: from pole to pole), pegwn magnetig (english: magnetic pole), pegwn negyddol (english: negative pole), pegwn positif (english: positive pole), pegwn wybrennol (english: celestial pole), Pegwn y De (english: South Pole), Pegwn y Gogledd (english: North Pole), pegynol (english: polar), Seren y Pegwn (english: pole star)
    Sense id: en-pegwn-cy-noun-Xd66pV5n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Geography, Physics Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 Disambiguation of Physics: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛɡʊn/ [North-Wales], /ˈpeːɡʊn/ [South-Wales], /ˈpɛɡʊn/ [South-Wales] Forms: pegwnau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pegwn [error-unrecognized-form], begwn [soft], mhegwn [error-unrecognized-form], phegwn [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ɛɡʊn Etymology: Compare planced (“blanket”), plocyn (“block”) and plotyn (“blot”), similarly devoiced from blanced, blocyn and blotyn. Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pegwnau}} pegwn m (plural pegwnau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. alternative form of begwn (“beacon”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: begwn (extra: beacon)
    Sense id: en-pegwn-cy-noun-YZUnjrn3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Geography, Physics Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 Disambiguation of Physics: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "bipole, bipolar",
          "translation": "bipole, bipolar",
          "word": "deubegwn"
        },
        {
          "english": "from pole to pole",
          "translation": "from pole to pole",
          "word": "o begwn i begwn"
        },
        {
          "english": "magnetic pole",
          "translation": "magnetic pole",
          "word": "pegwn magnetig"
        },
        {
          "english": "negative pole",
          "translation": "negative pole",
          "word": "pegwn negyddol"
        },
        {
          "english": "positive pole",
          "translation": "positive pole",
          "word": "pegwn positif"
        },
        {
          "english": "celestial pole",
          "translation": "celestial pole",
          "word": "pegwn wybrennol"
        },
        {
          "english": "South Pole",
          "translation": "South Pole",
          "word": "Pegwn y De"
        },
        {
          "english": "North Pole",
          "translation": "North Pole",
          "word": "Pegwn y Gogledd"
        },
        {
          "english": "polar",
          "translation": "polar",
          "word": "pegynol"
        },
        {
          "english": "pole star",
          "translation": "pole star",
          "word": "Seren y Pegwn"
        }
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        {
          "word": "polyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "echelin"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈpeːɡʊn/",
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɡʊn/",
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        "South-Wales"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɡʊn"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "pegwnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "begwn",
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      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhegwn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phegwn",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "extra": "beacon",
          "word": "begwn"
        }
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        "South-Wales"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɡʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɡʊn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pegwn"
}
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      "translation": "bipole, bipolar",
      "word": "deubegwn"
    },
    {
      "english": "from pole to pole",
      "translation": "from pole to pole",
      "word": "o begwn i begwn"
    },
    {
      "english": "magnetic pole",
      "translation": "magnetic pole",
      "word": "pegwn magnetig"
    },
    {
      "english": "negative pole",
      "translation": "negative pole",
      "word": "pegwn negyddol"
    },
    {
      "english": "positive pole",
      "translation": "positive pole",
      "word": "pegwn positif"
    },
    {
      "english": "celestial pole",
      "translation": "celestial pole",
      "word": "pegwn wybrennol"
    },
    {
      "english": "South Pole",
      "translation": "South Pole",
      "word": "Pegwn y De"
    },
    {
      "english": "North Pole",
      "translation": "North Pole",
      "word": "Pegwn y Gogledd"
    },
    {
      "english": "polar",
      "translation": "polar",
      "word": "pegynol"
    },
    {
      "english": "pole star",
      "translation": "pole star",
      "word": "Seren y Pegwn"
    }
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      "form": "pegynau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pegwnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpeːɡʊn/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɡʊn/",
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    }
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    },
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɡʊn/",
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        "South-Wales"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɡʊn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pegwn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for pegwn meaning in Welsh (3.6kB)

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