Definitions for Welsh
wɛlʃ, wɛltʃWelsh

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1. Welsh, Welsh Black(noun)

   a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales

2. Welsh, Cymric(noun)

   a Celtic language of Wales

3. Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry(noun)

   a native or resident of Wales

4. welsh, welch(verb)

   cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

5. Welsh, Cambrian(adj)

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

   "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"

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1. Welsh(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to Wales.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

2. Welsh(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the Welsh language.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

3. Welsh(ProperNoun)

   The people of Wales.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

4. Welsh(ProperNoun)

   The Welsh language.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

5. Welsh(ProperNoun)

   for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

6. Welsh(ProperNoun)

   A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

7. welsh(Verb)

   to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt

   Etymology: Welische, from wilisc, from walhiskaz (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch, German (Swiss) welsch, Danish vælsk), from (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir, Old High German walaha), from tribal name Volcae, from volcos (compare Old Irish folg). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ, Byzantine Greek Βλάχος).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Welsh(adj)

   of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants

   Etymology: [AS. wlisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. wlsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See Walnut.]

2. Welsh(noun)

   the language of Wales, or of the Welsh people

   Etymology: [AS. wlisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. wlsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See Walnut.]

3. Welsh(noun)

   the natives or inhabitants of Wales

   Etymology: [AS. wlisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger, foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael; akin to OHG. walh, whence G. wlsch or welsch, Celtic, Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from the name of a Celtic tribe. See Walnut.]

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1. Welsh

   Welsh is a town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,226 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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1. Welsh

   welsh, adj. pertaining to Wales or its inhabitants.—n.pl. the inhabitants of Wales:—sing. their language.—ns. Welsh′-harp, a large instrument, furnished with three rows of strings, two tuned in unison and in the diatonic scale, the third in the sharps and flats of the chromatic; Welsh′-hook, an old weapon, like the bill; Welsh′man, a native of Wales; Welsh′-on′ion, the cibol, a perennial plant with a garlic taste; Welsh′-rabb′it (see Rabbit). [A.S. welisc, foreign—wealh (pl. wealas), a foreigner, esp. the Celts or Welshmen.]

2. Welsh

   welsh, v.t. and v.i. to run off from a race-course without settling or paying one's bets—also Welch.—ns. Welsh′er, Welch′er. [Perh. in allusion to the alleged bad faith of Welshmen.]

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1. Welsh

   or Welch, John, a Scottish divine, a Nithsdale man; became Presbyterian minister of Ayr, and was distinguished both as a preacher and for his sturdy opposition to the ecclesiastical tyranny of James VI., for which latter he suffered imprisonment and exile; he was an ancestor of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and was married to a daughter of John Knox, who, when the king thought to win her over by offering her husband a bishopric, held out her apron before sovereign majesty, and threatened she would rather kep (catch) his head there than that he should live and be a bishop; she figures in the chapter in "Sartor" on Aprons, as one of Carlyle's apron-worthies (1570-1625).

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Welsh' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2742

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Welsh' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3156

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Welsh' in Adjectives Frequency: #363

How to pronounce Welsh?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Welsh in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Welsh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Welsh in a Sentence

1. Hefin David:

   The Welsh Labour campaign that I am running in Caerphilly is about the bread and butter issues of health, education and social services, if people want to vote to get out of Europe they can do that on June 23. This is the Assembly campaign and I think they should be separate ... I'm not thinking past May 5.

2. Josh Marion:

   While his brother and many other male royals chose not to wear a ring, Harry is wearing a platinum ring with a textured, sophisticated finish, the fact that he chose to wear a wedding band is very modern, which goes against tradition within the royal family. His band is also platinum and not Welsh gold, which runs contrary to royal tradition as well.

3. Donnie Brasco:

   Donnie Brasco Forget about it is like if you agree with someone, you know, like Raquel Welsh is one great piece of ass, forget about it. But then, if you disagree, like A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac Forget about it you know But then, it's also like if something's the greatest thing in the world, like mingia peppers, forget about it. But it's also like saying Go to hell too. Like, you know, like Hey Paulie, you got a one inch pecker and Paulie says Forget about it Sometimes it just means forget about it

4. Toby Perkins:

   It has often seemed incongruous to me that when England has played against other home nations on the football or rugby field, that while the Welsh or Scots sing an anthem that reflects their nation's identity, England should sing about Britain, it reflects the sense that we see Britain and England as synonymous and this not only denies us English an opportunity to celebrate the nation that is being represented but is also a cause for resentment among other countries within the British isles who feel that England have requisitioned the British song.

5. Jonathan Perry:

   It's really important that people see a language like Welsh as something they can interact with and use on modern devices, it brings the language up to date with modern technology usage which is absolutely so essential that a language feels fresh and used.

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