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Welsh
Welsh W0090700 (wĕlsh, wĕlch)adj. Of or relating to Wales or its people, language, or culture.n.1. The people of Wales.2. The Celtic language of Wales. Also called Cymric.
[Middle English Walische, from Old English Wælisc, from Wealh, foreigner, Welshman, Celt, probably ultimately from a Celtic tribal name; akin to Latin Volcae, a confederation of Celtic tribes of the late first millennium bc, from a Celtic source perhaps akin to Welsh gwalch, hawk.]
welsh W0090700 (wĕlsh, wĕlch) also welch (wĕlch)intr.v. welshed, welsh·ing, welsh·es also welched or welch·ing or welch·es Informal 1. To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager: welsh on a bet.2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.
[Origin unknown.]
welsh′er n.welsh (wɛlʃ) or welchvb1. (Gambling, except Cards) to fail to pay a gambling debt2. to fail to fulfil an obligation[C19: of unknown origin] ˈwelsher, ˈwelcher n
Welsh (wɛlʃ) adj1. (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of Wales, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English2. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Wales, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English3. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of Wales, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of Englishn4. (Languages) a language of Wales, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family. Welsh shows considerable diversity between dialects5. (Peoples) the Welsh (functioning as plural) the natives or inhabitants of Wales collectively Also (rare): Welch [Old English Wēlisc, Wǣlisc; related to wealh foreigner, Old High German walahisc (German welsch), Old Norse valskr, Latin Volcae]
Welsh (wɛlʃ) n (Breeds) a white long-bodied lop-eared breed of pig, kept chiefly for baconwelsh (wɛlʃ, wɛltʃ) also welch
v.i. Sometimes Offensive. 1. to fail to pay what is owed (often fol. by on): welshed on his gambling debts. 2. to go back on one's word (often fol. by on): to welsh on a promise. [1855–60; perhaps special use of Welsh] welsh′er, n. usage.: Though any relationship between the words welsh “to renege” and Welsh referring to inhabitants or natives of Wales is uncertain, many people of Welsh origin find welsh to be offensive. Words such as renege or swindle can be substituted if desired. Welsh (wɛlʃ, wɛltʃ)
n. 1. (used with a pl. v.) a. the inhabitants of Wales. b. natives of Wales or persons of Welsh ancestry living outside Wales. 2. the Celtic language of Wales, now spoken mainly in the W and N parts. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Wales, its inhabitants, or the language Welsh. [before 900; Middle English Welische, Old English Welisc, derivative of Walh Briton, foreigner (compare Latin Volcae a Gallic tribe); c. German welsch foreign, Italian] welsh
Past participle: welshed
Gerund: welshing
| Present |
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| I welsh | | you welsh | | he/she/it welshes | | we welsh | | you welsh | | they welsh |
| Preterite |
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| I welshed | | you welshed | | he/she/it welshed | | we welshed | | you welshed | | they welshed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am welshing | | you are welshing | | he/she/it is welshing | | we are welshing | | you are welshing | | they are welshing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have welshed | | you have welshed | | he/she/it has welshed | | we have welshed | | you have welshed | | they have welshed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was welshing | | you were welshing | | he/she/it was welshing | | we were welshing | | you were welshing | | they were welshing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had welshed | | you had welshed | | he/she/it had welshed | | we had welshed | | you had welshed | | they had welshed |
| Future |
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| I will welsh | | you will welsh | | he/she/it will welsh | | we will welsh | | you will welsh | | they will welsh |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have welshed | | you will have welshed | | he/she/it will have welshed | | we will have welshed | | you will have welshed | | they will have welshed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be welshing | | you will be welshing | | he/she/it will be welshing | | we will be welshing | | you will be welshing | | they will be welshing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been welshing | | you have been welshing | | he/she/it has been welshing | | we have been welshing | | you have been welshing | | they have been welshing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been welshing | | you will have been welshing | | he/she/it will have been welshing | | we will have been welshing | | you will have been welshing | | they will have been welshing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been welshing | | you had been welshing | | he/she/it had been welshing | | we had been welshing | | you had been welshing | | they had been welshing |
| Conditional |
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| I would welsh | | you would welsh | | he/she/it would welsh | | we would welsh | | you would welsh | | they would welsh |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have welshed | | you would have welshed | | he/she/it would have welshed | | we would have welshed | | you would have welshed | | they would have welshed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Welsh - a native or resident of WalesCymry, Welshman, CambrianCambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as CambriaEuropean - a native or inhabitant of Europe | | 2. | Welsh - a Celtic language of WalesCymricBrittanic, Brythonic - a southern group of Celtic languagesCambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria | | 3. | Welsh - a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in WalesWelsh BlackBos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" | | Verb | 1. | welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debtwelchcheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | Adj. | 1. | Welsh - of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"Cambrian |
Translationswelsh → 威尔士人zhCN, 威尔士的zhCNIdiomsSeewelsh onWelsh
Welsh1 a language of Wales, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family. Welsh shows considerable diversity between dialects
Welsh2 a white long-bodied lop-eared breed of pig, kept chiefly for bacon Welsh a people living on the peninsula of Wales of Great Britain. The Welsh population is about 900,000, according to the 1970 estimate. Their native language is Welsh. Almost all Welsh people speak English. A significant number of believers belong to the Anglican Church; the other believers belong to nonconformist sects, mainly the Methodist Church. The ancestors of the Welsh people were the Celtic tribes, the Cymru and Britons, which were driven into the hills of Wales by the Anglo-Saxons in the seventh century. Over the course of several centuries the Welsh steadily resisted their conquerors and were finally subdued only in the late 13th century. In southern Wales the people work mainly in industry (principally in the coal mines). In northern Wales the main occupation is agriculture (cattle raising). In the northern area, the Welsh language has been preserved to a certain degree, as well as indigenous features of material and spiritual culture. REFERENCENarody zarubezhnoi Evropy, vol. 2. Moscow, 1965. (Bibliography.)I. N. GROZDOVA
Welsh Cymraeg, the language of the Welsh, who inhabit the peninsula of Wales, Great Britain. There are approximately 900,000 Welsh (1970 estimate). Most are bilingual. Welsh, together with Cornish and Breton, belongs to the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages. All of these languages trace back to Common British and separated in the fifth and sixth centuries. Welsh is divided historically into Old (eighth to 11th centuries), Middle (12th to 14th centuries), and Modern (since the 15th century) Welsh. The Modern Welsh language has four dialects: Venodotian (northwestern), Powysian (northeastern, central), Demetian (southwestern), and Gwentian (southeastern). The Welsh literary language developed from the southern and central dialects. Characteristic features of Welsh include, mor-phophonologically, a well-developed system of initial consonant sound shifts and vowel alternations and a fairly simple noun system. The verb system is highly developed; a tendency to replace old synthetic forms with new analytic constructions is observed in Modern Welsh. There are many lexical borrowings from Latin. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, Welsh began to acquire official status in Wales. (Books and periodicals are published, and Welsh is taught at the university level.) REFERENCESMorris-Jones, J.An Elementary Welsh Grammar. Oxford, 1953.
Collins-Spurrell Welsh Dictionary. Reedited by H. Lewis. London, 1960.A. A. KOROLEV MedicalSeeWelchAcronymsSeeWWelsh
Related to Welsh: WalesSynonyms for Welshnoun a native or resident of WalesSynonymsRelated Words- Cambria
- Cymru
- Wales
- European
noun a Celtic language of WalesSynonymsRelated Words- Brittanic
- Brythonic
- Cambria
- Cymru
- Wales
noun a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in WalesSynonymsRelated Words- Bos taurus
- cattle
- cows
- kine
- oxen
verb cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debtSynonymsRelated Wordsadj of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their languageSynonyms |