"pwerdy" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /puˈɛrdɨ̞/ [North-Wales], /puːˈɛrdi/ [South-Wales] Forms: pwerdai [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pwerdy [error-unrecognized-form], bwerdy [soft], mhwerdy [error-unrecognized-form], phwerdy [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Calque of English powerhouse. Analysable as pŵer (“power”) + tŷ (“house”). Etymology templates: {{cal|cy|en|powerhouse}} Calque of English powerhouse, {{com|cy|pŵer|tŷ|t1=power|t2=house}} pŵer (“power”) + tŷ (“house”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pwerdai}} pwerdy m (plural pwerdai) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (electrical engineering) power station Tags: masculine Synonyms: gorsaf bŵer
    Sense id: en-pwerdy-cy-noun-VvHslQsT Categories (other): Electrical engineering, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (figurative) powerhouse Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-pwerdy-cy-noun-XhGaYpEP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: isbwerdy (english: substation)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "substation",
      "translation": "substation",
      "word": "isbwerdy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "powerhouse"
      },
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      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pŵer",
        "3": "tŷ",
        "t1": "power",
        "t2": "house"
      },
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of English powerhouse. Analysable as pŵer (“power”) + tŷ (“house”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pwerdai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "pwerdai"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Electrical engineering",
          "orig": "cy:Electrical engineering",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        ],
        [
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          "power station"
        ]
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        "(electrical engineering) power station"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gorsaf bŵer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "business",
        "electrical",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
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        "powerhouse"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "powerhouse",
          "powerhouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) powerhouse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈɛrdɨ̞/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːˈɛrdi/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pwerdy"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh compound terms",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms calqued from English",
    "Welsh terms derived from English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "substation",
      "translation": "substation",
      "word": "isbwerdy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "powerhouse"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of English powerhouse",
      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pŵer",
        "3": "tŷ",
        "t1": "power",
        "t2": "house"
      },
      "expansion": "pŵer (“power”) + tŷ (“house”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of English powerhouse. Analysable as pŵer (“power”) + tŷ (“house”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pwerdai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phwerdy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "pwerdai"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "cy:Electrical engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "power station"
      ],
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        [
          "electrical engineering",
          "electrical engineering"
        ],
        [
          "power station",
          "power station"
        ]
      ],
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        "(electrical engineering) power station"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gorsaf bŵer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "powerhouse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powerhouse",
          "powerhouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) powerhouse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puˈɛrdɨ̞/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːˈɛrdi/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pwerdy"
}

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