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Welsh

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English

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 Welsh on Wikipedia
 Welsh people on Wikipedia
 Welsh language on Wikipedia
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Welsh edition of Wiktionary
Geographic distribution of theWelsh language, as of the 2021 census. Darker green = more people who speakWelsh.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle EnglishWalsch,Welische, fromOld Englishwīelisċ(“Briton; Roman; Celt”), fromProto-West Germanic*walhisk, fromProto-Germanic*walhiskaz(“Celt; later Roman”), from*walhaz(“Celt, Roman”) (compareOld Englishwealh), from the name of theGaulish tribe, theVolcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).

This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compareOld Church SlavonicВлахъ(Vlaxŭ,“Vlachs, Romanians”),Byzantine GreekΒλάχος(Blákhos)).

Doublet ofVellish. CompareWalloon,walnut,Vlach,Walach,Gaul,Cornwall.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Welsh (notcomparable)

  2. Of or pertaining toWales.[from 11thc.]
    Synonym:Walian(uncommon)
    Hyponyms:North Walian,South Walian
  4. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.[from 16thc.]
  5. Designatingplants oranimals from or associated with Wales.[from 17thc.]
  7. (now historical) IndigenouslyBritish; pertaining to theCeltic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before theRoman occupation.[from 5thc.]
    • 1985,Michael Wood,In Search of the Trojan War:
      The Tudors, it was argued, were ofWelsh or ancient British descent.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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of or pertaining to Wales
of or pertaining to the Welsh language
designating plants, animals, etc. from or associated with Wales
indigenously British
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Noun

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Welsh (countable anduncountable,pluralWelsh)

  1. (uncountable) The Welshlanguage.[from 10th c.]
    • 1832,Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832:
      9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spokewelsh.
  2. (collectively, in theplural) The people ofWales.[from 11th c.]
  3. Abreed ofpig, kept mainly forbacon.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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language
collectively, people of Wales
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Proper noun

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Welsh (pluralWelshes)

  1. An English and Scottishsurname transferred from the nickname for someone who was aWelshman or aCelt.
  2. An Irishsurname, a variant ofWalsh.
  3. Atown inLouisiana,United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
  4. Anunincorporated community inOhio,United States, named for an early settler.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census,Welsh is the 1166th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30,153 individuals.Welsh is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.

See also

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromEnglishWelsh.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Welsh n (uncountable,nodiminutive)

  1. Welsh (language)
    Synonym:Kymrisch

Derived terms

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Noun

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Welsh pl (plural only,nodiminutive)

  1. theWelsh (people of Wales)
    • 2022, NOS,Oranje verslaat Wales in extra tijd, met nieuw basiselftal en twee debutanten:
      Want vlak voor het verstrijken van de reguliere speeltijd roken deWelsh, toen Oranje met de gedachten al in de kleedkamer zat, dat er nog wel een gelijkspel in zat.
      Because just before the end of regular playing time, theWelsh smelled, when Orange was already in the locker room with their thoughts, that a draw was still possible.

Adjective

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Welsh (comparativeWelsher,superlativeWelsht)

  1. Welsh

Declension

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Declension ofWelsh
uninflectedWelsh
inflectedWelshe
comparativeWelsher
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialWelshWelsherhetWelsht
hetWelshte
indefinitem./f. sing.WelsheWelshereWelshte
n. sing.WelshWelsherWelshte
pluralWelsheWelshereWelshte
definiteWelsheWelshereWelshte
partitiveWelshWelshers—

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Welsh” inWoordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • Welsh on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedianl
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