"gaou" meaning in Breton

See gaou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈɡɔw\ Forms: cʼhaou [mutation-soft]
  1. Faux, mensonger.
    Sense id: fr-gaou-br-adj-S4DQqH7c Categories (other): Exemples en breton
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \ˈɡɔw\ Forms: gevier [plural, unmutated], cʼhaou [singular, mutation-soft], cʼhevier [plural, mutation-soft], kaou [singular, mutation-hard], kevier [plural, mutation-hard]
  1. Mensonge.
    Sense id: fr-gaou-br-noun-TSa8W7uB Categories (other): Exemples en breton
  2. Tort, préjudice.
    Sense id: fr-gaou-br-noun-uRy9uK~0 Categories (other): Exemples en breton
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diwir, fals, faos, touellus

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en vieux breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Breton",
      "orig": "breton",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser) Du moyen breton gou, lui-même du vieux breton gou.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gau en gallois, gow en cornique, gó en gaélique (sens identique)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cʼhaou",
      "tags": [
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Gabriel Milin, Marvaillou gracʼh-koz, Brest, 1867, page 77",
          "text": "Evit darn ez eo gwir, evit darn ez eo gaou ….",
          "translation": "Pour certains c'est vrai, pour certains c'est faux."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faux, mensonger."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gaou-br-adj-S4DQqH7c"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaou"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gwir"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en vieux breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Breton",
      "orig": "breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dicʼhaou"
    },
    {
      "word": "dicʼhaouiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiad"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiadenn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiadiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiañ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiard"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiardiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouier"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "livañ gevier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser) Du moyen breton gou, lui-même du vieux breton gou.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gau en gallois, gow en cornique, gó en gaélique (sens identique)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cʼhaou",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cʼhevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaou",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-hard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-hard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le Trésor du Breton parlé - 2 : Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1re édition 1970, page 499",
          "text": "Honnez n’eo ket taget diwar he henta gaou.",
          "translation": "Celle-là n’a pas été étouffée par son premier mensonge (elle est très menteuse)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jakez Riou, Troiou-kamm Alanig al Louarn 2, Gwalarn, 1936, page 37",
          "text": "Ho kevier, avat, o devo eun termen.",
          "translation": "Vos mensonges, pourtant, auront une fin."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Roparz Hemon, Un den a netra, in Cʼhoariva I, Al Liamm, 1979, page 26",
          "text": "En amzer-se n'hor boa ket a gelaouenn vras da voulañ gevier bern war vern, nag a vignoned pinvidik, na netra,… nag a gannaded zoken da brezegenniñ evidomp a-hed an deiz.",
          "translation": "En ce temps-là nous n’avions pas de journal important pour imprimer des mensonges en quantité, ni d’amis riches, ni rien,… ni même de députés discourant pour nous tout au long de la journée."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mensonge."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gaou-br-noun-TSa8W7uB"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le Trésor du Breton parlé - 2 : Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1re édition 1970, page 170",
          "text": "Hennez a zo en e haou.",
          "translation": "Celui-là est dans son tort."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tort, préjudice."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gaou-br-noun-uRy9uK~0"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diwir"
    },
    {
      "word": "fals"
    },
    {
      "word": "faos"
    },
    {
      "word": "touellus"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "gaou"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en breton",
    "Dates manquantes en breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en vieux breton",
    "breton"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser) Du moyen breton gou, lui-même du vieux breton gou.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gau en gallois, gow en cornique, gó en gaélique (sens identique)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cʼhaou",
      "tags": [
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en breton"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Gabriel Milin, Marvaillou gracʼh-koz, Brest, 1867, page 77",
          "text": "Evit darn ez eo gwir, evit darn ez eo gaou ….",
          "translation": "Pour certains c'est vrai, pour certains c'est faux."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faux, mensonger."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaou"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gwir"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Dates manquantes en breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en vieux breton",
    "Noms communs en breton",
    "breton"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dicʼhaou"
    },
    {
      "word": "dicʼhaouiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiad"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiadenn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiadiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiañ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiard"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiardiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouier"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaouiñ"
    },
    {
      "word": "livañ gevier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Siècle à préciser) Du moyen breton gou, lui-même du vieux breton gou.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gau en gallois, gow en cornique, gó en gaélique (sens identique)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cʼhaou",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cʼhevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaou",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-hard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kevier",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-hard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en breton"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le Trésor du Breton parlé - 2 : Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1re édition 1970, page 499",
          "text": "Honnez n’eo ket taget diwar he henta gaou.",
          "translation": "Celle-là n’a pas été étouffée par son premier mensonge (elle est très menteuse)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jakez Riou, Troiou-kamm Alanig al Louarn 2, Gwalarn, 1936, page 37",
          "text": "Ho kevier, avat, o devo eun termen.",
          "translation": "Vos mensonges, pourtant, auront une fin."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Roparz Hemon, Un den a netra, in Cʼhoariva I, Al Liamm, 1979, page 26",
          "text": "En amzer-se n'hor boa ket a gelaouenn vras da voulañ gevier bern war vern, nag a vignoned pinvidik, na netra,… nag a gannaded zoken da brezegenniñ evidomp a-hed an deiz.",
          "translation": "En ce temps-là nous n’avions pas de journal important pour imprimer des mensonges en quantité, ni d’amis riches, ni rien,… ni même de députés discourant pour nous tout au long de la journée."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mensonge."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en breton"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le Trésor du Breton parlé - 2 : Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1re édition 1970, page 170",
          "text": "Hennez a zo en e haou.",
          "translation": "Celui-là est dans son tort."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tort, préjudice."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɔw\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diwir"
    },
    {
      "word": "fals"
    },
    {
      "word": "faos"
    },
    {
      "word": "touellus"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "gaou"
}

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