Welsh Vocabulary

I will be (contraction of bydda)

abbreviation of canfed: 100th

nonstandard spelling of 10fed

abbreviation of degfed: 10th

abbreviation of unfed ar ddeg: 11th

abbreviation of un deg unfed: 11th

abbreviation of deuddegfed

abbreviation of trydydd ar ddeg: 13th

nonstandard spelling of 13eg

nonstandard spelling of 14eg

abbreviation of pedwerydd ar ddeg: 14th

nonstandard spelling of 14eg

nonstandard spelling of 15fed

abbreviation of pymthegfed: 15th

nonstandard spelling of 16eg

abbreviation of unfed ar bymtheg: 16th

nonstandard spelling of 16eg

abbreviation of ail ar bymtheg: 17th

abbreviation of deunawfed: 18th

abbreviation of pedwerydd ar bymtheg: 19th

abbreviation of cyntaf: 1st

abbreviation of ugeinfed: 20th

abbreviation of unfed ar hugain: 21st

abbreviation of ail ar hugain: 22nd

abbreviation of trydydd ar hugain: 23rd

abbreviation of pedwerydd ar hugain: 24th

abbreviation of pumed ar hugain: 25th

abbreviation of chweched ar hugain: 26th

abbreviation of seithfed ar hugain: 27th

abbreviation of wythfed ar hugain: 28th

abbreviation of nawfed ar hugain: 29th

abbreviation of ail: 2nd

abbreviation of degfed ar hugain: 30th

abbreviation of unfed ar ddeg ar hugain: 31st

abbreviation of trydedd: 3rd

abbreviation of trydydd: 3rd

abbreviation of deugeinfed: 40th

abbreviation of pedwaredd: 4th

abbreviation of pedwerydd: 4th

abbreviation of hanner canfed: 50th

abbreviation of pumed: 5th

abbreviation of trigeinfed: 60th

abbreviation of chweched: 6th

nonstandard spelling of 7fed

abbreviation of seithfed: 7th

abbreviation of pedwar ugeinfed: 80th

abbreviation of pedwar ugain ac chweched: 86th

nonstandard spelling of 8fed

abbreviation of wythfed: 8th

abbreviation of degfed a phedwar ugain: 90th

abbreviation of pedwerydd ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain: 99th

nonstandard spelling of 9fed

abbreviation of nawfed: 9th

and (before consonants)

abbreviation of ansoddair

razorbill

abbot

abbacy

abbess

defect

to perish

abathochroal

abbey land

abbey

estuary

forgetfulness

sacrifice

oblation

sacrificial

to sacrifice

sacrificer

fir trees

able

ablative

corpse

absence

absent

to slander

absence

final

bait

and (before vowels)

academic

academy

academic

accent

accentuation

to accentuate

acre

kinship

A term of address for a male. mate

a long time

refuge

to manure

shame

hearsay

cause

to cause

occasional

because

to cause

genealogy

to save

salvation

rescue

saved

rescuer

complaint

complaint

complainer

complainer

genealogist

genealogy

genealogical

acupuncture

axiom

act

activity

actinium

to act

actor

actress

fin

bracken

to recall

birds

to fowl

aviary

ornithology

ornithological

ornithologist

any dog used in hunting birds

reprint

to reprint

fowler

ornithologist

bird watching

ornithology

feedback

suitable

adaptation

suitability

to adapt

promissory note

to admit

admission

promise

slender

meek

meekness

to promise

worshipable

place of worship

devout

to worship

worship

worshiper / worshipper

vow

to vow

to vow

decoration

decorated

decoration

to adorn

decorative

decorator

education

educational

educational

to educate

educator

time

building

construction

constructive

to erect

structure

builder

structure

structuralism

structural

constructivist

winged

rebirth

to regain

a bird

abbreviation of adferf

to claw back

ruin

to regain

ruin

ruined

to fall down

to reinstate

restorable

restored

adverb

adverbial

recovery

restorative

restoring

restorer

abbreviation of adffurfiad

recruit

unpleasant aftertaste

adversity

wretched

revived

revival

to revive

refreshing

to add

aftermath

echo

rebound

to rebound

rain

echo

to echo

awning

to relocate

relocation

reflection

reflection

to reflect

reflector

to regress

compound interest

to entertainment

entertaining

entertainment

to refresh

to remodel

adhesive

adhesive

to adhere

to know

knowledge

known

deposit

to deposit

a renewal

to renew

verse

resource

review

revisionism

reviewing

to review

reviewer

to replace

department

adrenal

to tell

report

reciter

to reinstate

a reunion

to reunite

reaction

to administer

reflexology

reflexologist

react

reactive

reactionary

reactor

to repress

gap

evil

evil

wretch

mature

maturity

to mature

edge

black-browed

pain

limb

membership

to enrol

home

air

heires

to air

aerobics

aerobic

aerology

small fruits

full of berries

cow collar

pain

aspen

painful

apple

appley

to gather apples

apple tree

raspberries

afanc

consonant or vowel affection

to affect

aphelion

affinity

shred

African

African

abyss

bathos

abysmal

unhealthy

glee

ill health

mute

unclean

obtuse

filth

to dislocate

untidy

hurt

disadvantageous

disquieted

disturbance

to harass

harassment

harasser

dull

opacity

misshapen

distortion

ugly

distorted

to distort

misfortune

unsuccessful

failure

to fail

blunt

to misrule

ungovernable

avocado

river

river voyage or cruise

hippopotamus

rivulet

riverine

wasteful

prodigality

to waste

to waste

unnecessary

disorder

irregular

unruly

unreasonable

unreasonableness

innumerable

clumsy

difficult

liver

liverwort

rein

gap

chasm

steam

steamboat

steamship

to steam

to open

overture

open

anus

key

opening

opener

opener

near

intimacy

to approach

closeness

mood

dowry

ardor

second

to rebuild

to repeat

to repaint

to replace

to remelt

to rearrange

to regrow

rebirth

to repossess

to re-form

to remodel

to reraise

recreation

to refer

to replenish

to reintroduce

to recount

recombinant

to recombine

to recycle

to refamiliarize

to refashion

to reinstate

to revamp

[a] reincarnation

to reconsider

ribs

grief

abysmal

butterbur

swan

any water lily

equinox

Scottish

Scotsman

albatross

album

alkali

alkaline

tin

alkane

alchemy

alkene

alcohol

alcoholic

alcoholic

The letter aleph

one of the 24 metres in Cerdd Dant

alfalfa

algebra

aliphatic

alicyclic

alimony

to exhale

exit

protrusion

external

projection

to exit

extroverted

to ejaculate

exportable

to export

exporter

an export

emigration

to emigrate

exclave

to export

to log off

excircle

altar

to extrapolate

wood

godfather

godmother

output

extrovert

exile

the state of exile

exile

to banish

key

keyword

keyboard

key

to extrude

to emit

German

German

German

German

German

almanac

almond

alloy

music

Alpine

the Alps

algebra (= algebra)

to alter

aluminium

about/for

tillage

to cultivate

agriculturalist

agriculturalist

agriculture

agricultural

amanita

to doubt

some

ambulance

idea

estimate

to aim

amphitheatre

to protect

defender

amoeba

American

American

American

americium

amethyst

girth

amphibian

amphibian

fence

enclosed

to enclose

convex

treasure

museum

to comprehend

circumcircle

environment

environmental

circumstance

circumstantial

ambient

to encircle

ambient

to surround

to disrespect

disrespectful

unready

reluctance

to impair

indefinite

undetermined

imperfect

imperfect

imperfection

doubt

dubious

impossible

impossible

improper

impropriety

priceless

fleabane (variant of amrhydlwyd)

fleabane (variant of amrhydlwyd)

impurity

dross

amide

amine

frequent

milkwort

to wrap

multiple-choice

polytheism

polytheistic

abundance

frequency

overly wordy

envelope

multicellular

to proliferate

polyglot

sketch

outline

to outline

many-sided

crematorium

to cremate

multifaceted

obvious

sign

obviousness

to reveal

gesture

to replace

a maiden-fee

condition

to stipulate

stipulation

conditional

eyelashes

eyelid

wink

range

fleabane

raw

to swathe

variform

polymorphism

multicolored

several

variability

variation

variety

variation

to vary

sundry

variant

time

date

pacemaker

timesheet

timely

to time

to absorb

ambiguous

ambiguity

patience

patient

disabled

disability

unsuitable

wind

breath

to breathe

unknown

immature

immaturity

anaerobic

injury

to injure

meager

unobvious

bad luck

anarchy

unarmed

evil

to spoil

adverse

ineffective

blurry

obscurity

non-verbal

to aim

meagre

inexplicable

inexcusable

uneasy

inextensible

liverwort of genus Aneura

disadvantage

disadvantageous

infinity

infinite

huge

infallible

unfavourable

misfortune

unfortunate

infertile

barrenness

deformity

deformed

to deform

informal

lack of faith

atheism

irreligious person

unfaithful

unfaithfulness

burden

unwilling

unwilling

to dissatisfy

unwillingness

discourteous

immoral

to send

invoice

disrepute

useless

unintentional

infrequent

foolish

death

angel

need

necessary

necessity

passion

senselessness

imperceptible

necessity

needy

deadly

dispraise

disreputable

forgotten

to forget

forgetfulness

forgetful

obliviscence

to uncrown

incredulous

discourteous

dispute

unequal

inequality

to disagree

to disagree

disagreement

unsuitable

lonely

unequal

uncomfortable

uncommon

unjust

injustice

incomplete

inconvenient

redundancy

scalene

illegal

unsocial

disapproval

to disqualify

incompetence

un-Welsh

to make un-Welsh

unsuitable

cold

distant

dissonance

inconstant

discord

disagreeing

disagreement

to disagree

false

funeral

funereal

oblivion

anchor

angelic

angel

abbreviation of anhysbys

unequal

inequality

unhappy

unhappiness

unlovely

to uglify

difficulty

to dwell

indispensable

disorder

to disorganise

disorderly

unsaturated

opaque

opacity

unselfish

disorder

disorder

rigid

unmanageable

incredible

unknown

incompressible

desert

desert

desert

nature

normal

animal

animal

animation

to animate

animator

wanton

bad luck

unlucky

unintelligent

unfair

house

heifer

unacceptable

to greet

non-binary

untidy

to untidy

dissimilar

unlikely

dissimilarity

unfair

unlimited

slow

to make messy

unreliable

independence

independent

uneasy

uninteresting

awkward

delay

unwise

to incite

to drive

hell

cold

dear

unpleasant

inhuman

despair

to despair

hopeless

unavoidable

anode

difficult

incitement

invincible

gift

to ravage

honour

to honour

venerable

unsteady

to destabilise

quality

fickle

to destabilise

nonzero

unsteady

adjective

adjectival

qualitative

insubstantial

Antarctic

antelope

anthem

anther

aunt

antimony

danger

adventure

disobedient

indirect

to disfigure

fickle

to vacillate

uncivilized

weft

immense

vaporisation

volatile

to vaporise

inappropriate

invisible

hidden

ease

to caress

untrue

lie

apolitical

ignorance

ignorant

to ignore

to fondle

induction

inductance

to induce

induced

inductor

unimportant

appeal

to appeal

apex

apical

apostle

apostolic

ordinance

to ordain

on

Arab

Arab

Arab woman

plough

slow

deceleration

to slow down

slowness

oration

other

otherworld

metaphysics

sunny

to save

to irradiate

to specialise

specialist

special

proof

to appreciate

to experiment

arc

ark

archaea

archangel

archdruid

monarchy

order

to book

archbishop

supermarket

wound

to wound

superstars

investigation

to examine

examiner

Arctic

area

hill

to display

a display

ontology

metaphysics

teens

teenager

avow

a vouchee involved in a legal defense

excellent

to impose

laying on of hands

darkness

simple

wrist

arable land

effect

to plow

orator

kidney

arrest

to arrest

weapon

to evaluate

coat of arms

intent

measured

to use

usual

stroke of a weapon or tool

armed

coastal

coast

coastal

argument

dam

veneer

embankment

lord

lady

lordship

sign

argon

impression

impression

impressionism

impressionistic

impressionist

to print

printer

printer

emergency

critical

to convince, persuade

reprimand

to examine

examination

examiner

stopping place

a staying

stopping place

remaining

nature

money

covetous

grey

wealthy

pecuniary

cashier

Corona Borealis

dew

temple of the head

hue

empty

to empty

obstacle

to pour

to pioneer, innovate

artist

provisions

president

presidential

armadillo

baking

ploughbeam

to endorse

to float

smell

smell

incense

to smell

to smell

fragrant

incline

to highlight

survey

inspection

supervision

supervisory

to inspect

inspector

inspector

aromatherapy

aromatherapist

aromatic

to wait

arsenic

horror

to horrify

horrific

gazebo

to observe

observation

agony

bear

little bear

she-bear

artificial

artichoke

remote

to isolate

isolation

discrete

to segregate

to lead

action

feature

guidance

leading

guidebook

guide

auction

to auction

auctioneer

to clothe

hero

heroism

sign

signpost

emblem

to sign

surface

area

smell

ace

asparagus

zest

she-ass

assessment

to assess

assessor

splinter

ethanoic (= ethanöig)

fin

winged

winger

ascetic

asceticism

bone

Asian

agent

agency

acid

acidic

to acidify

acidic

acidosis

joiner

to join

astatine

plank

astigmatism

abstruse

abstruseness

eager

study

to study

azure

lapis lazuli

asymptote

asymptotic

ass

to/towards

to hinder

obstacle

restraint

comma

feedback

return

answer

accountability

prop

to reform

hateful

to reproduce

memory

to remind )

reminder

to refer

to resupply

reinforcement

to reinforce

resurrection

athematic

athletics

teacher

home

teacher

slander

to slander

slanderous

slanderer

atmosphere

to add

affix

schedule

affixed

atom

atomic

echo

to echo

power of attorney

to grow

attraction

attractive

to attract

gold

eagerness

to sharpen

to desire

eager

A long poem written in Welsh using cynghanedd and one of twenty-four strict meters.

author

authority

authoritarian

to authorize

authoritative

authoritarian

authoress

to author

authorial

fresh water

breeze

airy

muse

suggestion

suggestion

suggestive

suggestive

to suggest

hour

aura

autism

autistic

automatic

autopsy

desire

eager

air

aerology

airway

aeroplane

atmosphere

to air

litter

tillage

abbreviation of benywaidd

abbreviation of berf anghyflawn

baby

infancy

baby

baboon

small

guy

boy

young girl

dated spelling of bachgennyn

to hook

hooker

to back

bacteria

bacon

boat

bay

boar

to beat

bag

crowd

baguette

crook

bachelor

baccalaureate

to trip

blame

load

venture

effluent

a balaclava

Balkan

to Balkanise

Balkanising

proud

pride

ballad

balladeer

balm

Baltic

Balt

balloon

bamboo

peak

broom

banana

bank

to banc

banker

band

flag

large church

banjo

banjo

stage

article

banneret

female

bar

wrath

food

barbaric

barbarian

barbecue

to barbecue

barbet

bark

kite

poet

poetry

poetry

beard

bearded

to bargain

a bargain

barrel

to barrel

barium

barley

opinion

to try

judge

hoar frost

greedy

baron

barony

baronet

base

Basque man

Basque

basket

a bass viol

dripping

basin

bassoon

kind

bath

coin

mint

badge

To mint

mattock

battery

dirt

to foul

claw

flood

balm

to worry

bakery

grave

grave

charnel house

birches

birch grove

baptism

beggar

to beg

to beg

beacon

bike

to low

pregnant

to conceive

pregnancy

burdensome

to bike

cyclist

daring

to dare

lane

critic

criticism

critical

to criticise

bale

marten

Belgica

head/top (soft-mutated form of pen)

blessed

blessed

to bless

grace

to bless

benzene

loan

loan

woman

female

spit

berkelium

verb

wheelbarrow

verbal noun

verbal

berry

Bermudian

fair

boiled

boiling point

to boil

cress

bird of prey

beryllium

what

chapel

cowshed

daily

abbreviation of berf gyflawn

bias

biased

to bias

beaker

dagger

to behave

bill

builder

bin

binomial

binomial

biodiversity

biochemistry

biodegradable

to biodegrade

biology

biological

biologist

biscuit

bismuth

dung

bureaucrat

bureaucracy

blackmail

to blackmail

tip

flanker

to prefix

An inhabitant of an upland area

prominent

sharp-tipped

to sharpen

elder

to lead

priority

previous

to lead, advance, point or sharpen

to forward

buds

budding

to bud

wolf

colt

blanket

taste

herb Robert

blastomere

to taste

tasty

flour

grey

where

blind

untidy

to untidy

fur

fine or wispy hairs

hairy

a hair

ballista

tired

tedium

tired

wearying

tired

to skin

to tire

milch

block

flowers

flowering

to flower

flowery

flowery

cauliflowers

floury

flower

shout

to shout

to lisp

hoarseness

blog

to blog

blogger

lard

nitrogen

nitric (= nitrig)

nitrous (= nitrus)

acid (= asid)

blot

to blot

blouse

box

year

yearbook

year

year

yearly

greed

to lust

abbreviation of benthyciad

cheek

hamster

rosy-cheeked

gray-cheeked

box

to box

boxer

to be

ontology

consent

contentment

satisfactory

to please

to drown

ontology

ontological

willing

to satisfy

contentment

real

life

to exist

a being

boss

to burst

bohrium

guy

tummy

belly

bolete

glutton

bolt

to constipate

bomb

base

cuff on the ear

cuff on the ear

to box someone's ears

trunk

hardly mentionable

eaves

origin

noble

a noblewoman

bonnet

torso

noble

nobleman

rump

big-boned

aunt

side

morning

good morning

boron

boss

boast

to boast

botany

hub of a wheel

to bowl

bouncer

open

bract

treason

to waste

traitor

betrayal

to betray

rotten

to rot

fine

malt

bragget

to brew

moorland grass or hay

arm

privilege

large

bran

crow

large

approximation

to approximate

to lope

sketch

to sketch

fat

fatty

rag

bite

to bite

Debased language

loose

fright

friar

sentence

friendly

brotherhood

fright

frightening

terrorism

to fear

terrifying

terrorist

hill

brake

to brew

rash

sandwich

vaccination

vaccine

to vaccinate

breakfast

to breakfast

a bleat

to bleat

joint

fragile

bribe

to grant

charter

immunity

tow

hemlock water-dropwort

queen

kingdom

royal

king

breast

cabbages

cabbagy

cloth

handmill

trachea

dream

to dream

alder buckthorn

a nobleman (variant of brëyr)

a nobleman

esteem

cowslips

brick

bricks

apricots

breed

bridge

to breed

a solemn oath in which God is taken as a witness

to injure

hair

brigade

stamens

hairy

grey

black spotted

snakeshead

trout

cut

stonecrop

mince

to wound, bruise, hurt

to crumb

vale

sea wrack

badger

storm

blustering

broccoli

native

friary

brotherhood

native

frog

boast

a blurb

to boast

bromide

bromine

breast

red-breasted

bluethroat

barechested

robin

least weasel

white-breasted

to mutter

brown

A history

eager

enthusiasm

brimstone

dirty

brush (variant of brwsh)

brush

to brush

battle

to battle

battler

sorrow

to gather rushes

drunk

mottled

aim

pennyroyal

hill

hillock

hill-fort

bryophyte

speed

to hurry

an ancient Briton

Brittonic

bison

fast

speed

speed

yard

life

to immunise against cowpox

bovine

benefit

churn

seemly

to invest

victorious

victorious

victory

victorious

victor

vile

shepherd

to shepherd

cowbane

corncockle

barm

business

ox

to bungle

bile

cow

bow

phantom

bucket

bucketful

a buck

bogey

a buffet

ghost

a round

gap

bulletin

owl

buzzard

to bungle

bunch

burgess

table

borough

relating to a borough

purpose

intentional

to intend

bubble

to hit

bus

boot

butanoic

a cabin

cottage

butylamine

food

menu

to feed

axe

beast

beast

beastly

to eat

edible

eater

restaurant

little

small

to belittle

small quantity

world

deaf

deaf

to deafen