"sŵn" meaning in Welsh

See sŵn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /suːn/ Forms: synau [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English soun (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|cy|enm|soun||sound}} Middle English soun (“sound”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|synau}} sŵn m (plural synau, not mutable)
  1. sound Tags: masculine, not-mutable
    Sense id: en-sŵn-cy-noun-3SlELeym
  2. noise, racket Tags: masculine, not-mutable Synonyms: stŵr, twrw, trwst
    Sense id: en-sŵn-cy-noun-SeFpoQCs Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: swnian (english: to complain), swnio (english: to sound; to complain), swnllyd (english: noisy)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to complain",
      "translation": "to complain",
      "word": "swnian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to sound; to complain",
      "translation": "to sound; to complain",
      "word": "swnio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "noisy",
      "translation": "noisy",
      "word": "swnllyd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "soun",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sound"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English soun (“sound”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle English soun (“sound”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "synau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "synau"
      },
      "expansion": "sŵn m (plural synau, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sound"
      ],
      "id": "en-sŵn-cy-noun-3SlELeym",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "noise, racket"
      ],
      "id": "en-sŵn-cy-noun-SeFpoQCs",
      "links": [
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "racket",
          "racket"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stŵr"
        },
        {
          "word": "twrw"
        },
        {
          "word": "trwst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/suːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sŵn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/uːn",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/uːn/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh non-mutable terms",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms borrowed from Middle English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to complain",
      "translation": "to complain",
      "word": "swnian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to sound; to complain",
      "translation": "to sound; to complain",
      "word": "swnio"
    },
    {
      "english": "noisy",
      "translation": "noisy",
      "word": "swnllyd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "soun",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sound"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English soun (“sound”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle English soun (“sound”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "synau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "synau"
      },
      "expansion": "sŵn m (plural synau, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "noise, racket"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "racket",
          "racket"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stŵr"
        },
        {
          "word": "twrw"
        },
        {
          "word": "trwst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/suːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sŵn"
}

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