Welsh

//wɛlʃ//

Synonyms for "welsh" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

Noun(3 words)

cymric british cambrian

Adjective(2 words)

walian cambrian

back down back out backpedal backwater cattle

Adjective(1 words)

cambrian

Strong matches (17)

crawfish out cry off cymric cymry default disallow dishonor dodge dog it duck duck duty english get out of

Noun(3 words)

cymraeg cymric language cymry

Adjective(1 words)

cymric

Related words (27)

goldbrick goof off language levant malinger not pay not pull fair protest refuse to pay renege repudiate resile shirk skulk slack slide out of slip out of sneak out of soldier stop payment

Noun(4 words)

kymric welsh black welsh language welshman

Verb(1 words)

welch

Adjective(2 words)

welshie welshy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

11 entries

Bos taurus Brittanic Brythonic European cattle cheat chisel cows kine oxen rip off

Synonyms

2 entries

cymric cymry

Related terms

3 entries

Wiktionary’s coverage of Welsh terms gyp jew down

derived

45 entries

Middle Welsh Old Welsh Welsh Bicknor Welsh Black Welsh Marches Welsh Ticket Welsh ale Welsh cake Welsh cat Welsh chimney Welsh cob Welsh comb Welsh corgi Welsh dresser

Showing 16 of 45 words.

etymologically related_to

9 entries

cornwall gaul gyp gypsy jew vlach walach walloon walnut

has context

4 entries

historical near offensive wales

is a

5 entries

brythonic cattle european human westerner

manner of

1 entries

cheat

related to

15 entries

bacon breed british celt debt foreign gambling gyp jew down language paying pig swindle wales welshman

Translations

210 translations across 55 languages.

Armenian

4 entries

վալլիերեն adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
կիմրերեն noun (language)
ուելսերեն noun (language)
վալլիերեն noun (language)

Asturian

4 entries

cámbricu adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
cámbricu adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galés adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galés adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

Valli dili noun (language)

Basque

4 entries

galestar adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galestar adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galesera noun (language)
galestar noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Belarusian

2 entries

валі́йская noun (language)
валі́йская мо́ва noun (language)

Breton

1 entries

kembraeg noun (language)

Bulgarian

1 entries

уелски adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Catalan

4 entries

gal·lesa adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
gal·lesa adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
gal·lès adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
gal·lès adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

威尔士语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
威爾士的 /威尔士的 adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
威爾士語的 /威尔士语的 adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
威爾斯的 /威尔斯的 adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Cornish

4 entries

kembrek adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kembrek adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Kembrek noun (language)
Kembrion noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Czech

4 entries

velšský adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
velšský adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Velšané noun (collectively, people of Wales)
kymerština noun (language)

Danish

4 entries

walisisk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walisisk adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
waliserne noun (collectively, people of Wales)
walisisk noun (language)

Dutch

4 entries

Wels adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Wels adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Welsh adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Welsh adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Esperanto

4 entries

kimra adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kimra adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
kimra lingvo noun (language)
kimroj noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Estonian

4 entries

Walesi adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kõmri adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kõmri adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
kõmri keel noun (language)

Faroese

3 entries

bretskt noun (language)
kymriskt noun (language)
walisiskt noun (language)

Finnish

4 entries

Walesin adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kymrinkielinen adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
walesilainen adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walesinkielinen adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

French

4 entries

gallois adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
gallois adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
gallois adj (designating plants, animals, etc. from or associated with Wales)
Gallois noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Galician

3 entries

galés adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galés adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galés noun (language)

Georgian

4 entries

უელსური adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
უელსური adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
უელსელები noun (collectively, people of Wales)
უელსური noun (language)

German

4 entries

walisisch adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walisisch adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Kymrisch noun (language)
Waliser noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Hebrew

4 entries

ולשי adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
ולשי adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
ולשים noun (collectively, people of Wales)
ולשית noun (language)

Hungarian

4 entries

velszi adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
velszi adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
walesi adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walesi adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Irish

2 entries

Breatnach adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Breatnais noun (language)

Italian

1 entries

gallese adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Japanese

3 entries

ウェールズ人 noun (collectively, people of Wales)
ウェールズ語 noun (language)
カムリ語 noun (language)

Korean

1 entries

웨일스어 noun (language)

Latin

3 entries

cambricus adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
cambriānus adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
wallicus adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Low German

1 entries

Waliesch noun (language)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

waliziska rěc noun (language)
walizišćina noun (language)

Macedonian

4 entries

ве́лшки adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
ве́лшки adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Ве́лшани noun (collectively, people of Wales)
ве́лшки noun (language)

Manx

3 entries

Bretnagh adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Bretnee noun (collectively, people of Wales)
Bretnish noun (language)

Marathi

3 entries

वेल्श adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
वेल्श noun (language)
वेल्श noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Middle Welsh

2 entries

Cymräec noun (language)
Kymraec noun (language)

Nepali

1 entries

वेल्स adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

bretsk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walisisk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walisisk adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
kymrisk noun (language)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

walisisk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walisisk adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
kymrisk noun (language)
velsk noun (language)

Old Irish

2 entries

Bretnas noun (language)
combrec (c) noun (language)

Persian

2 entries

ولزی noun (language)
ولزیها noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Polish

4 entries

walijski adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walijski adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Walijczycy noun (collectively, people of Wales)
język walijski noun (language)

Portuguese

4 entries

galesa adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galesa adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galês adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galês adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Romanian

4 entries

galez adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galez adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galezi noun (collectively, people of Wales)
galeză noun (language)

Russian

4 entries

валли́йский adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
валли́йский adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
уэ́льский adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
валли́ец noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

Cuimreach adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Cuimreach adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Cuimris noun (language)
na Cuimrich noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

velški noun (language)

Slovak

4 entries

Walešania noun (collectively, people of Wales)
kymerčina noun (language)
kymričtina noun (language)
waleština noun (language)

Spanish

4 entries

galés adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
galés adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
galesas noun (collectively, people of Wales)
galeses noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Swedish

4 entries

kymrisk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
kymrisk adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
walesisk adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
walesisk adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Tagalog

2 entries

Gales adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Gales adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Tajik

1 entries

уэлсӣ noun (language)

Turkish

2 entries

Galce noun (language)
Galliler noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Ukrainian

4 entries

валлі́йський adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
ве́льський adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
уе́льський adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
валлійці noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Urdu

3 entries

ویلش adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
ویلش adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
کمری adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)

Welsh

4 entries

Cymraeg adj (of or pertaining to the Welsh language)
Cymreig adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
Cymraeg noun (language)
Cymry noun (collectively, people of Wales)

Yiddish

1 entries

וועלש adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Celtic is still present in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.

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Welsh is a beautiful language.

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My best friend is Welsh.

Source: tatoeba (1814460)

The United Kingdom is called "Y Deyrnas Unedig" in Welsh.

Source: tatoeba (1815525)

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