Welsh — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Wales.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   WalianCambrianCymricWelshyWelshie

2. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

4. Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

   Usage

   • Historical
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.

Noun

1. The people of Wales.

   Usage

   • collective
   • Countable
   • in-plural
   • Uncountable

2. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Proper noun

1. The Welsh language.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Related words

   Wiktionary’s coverage of Welsh terms

   Examples

   9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.

2. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

5. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language

   Synonyms

   Cambrian

   Examples

   the Welsh coast

   Welsh syntax

Noun

1. a native or resident of Wales

   Synonyms

   CambrianCymry

   Broader terms

   European

2. a Celtic language of Wales

   Synonyms

   CymricWelsh languageCymric language

   Broader terms

   BrythonicBrittanic

3. a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales

   Synonyms

   Welsh Black

   Broader terms

   cattlecowskineoxenBos taurus