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{{also|Cwm|CWM}}
==English==
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[[File:Cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr - geograph.org.uk - 42111.jpg|thumb|A cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr, in Wales.]]

===Etymology===
{{ubor|en|cy|cwm||[[valley]]}}. {{doublet|en|combe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kuːm/|/kʊm/|a=UK,US}}<ref>The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003</ref><ref>{{R:Collins English Dictionary}}</ref><ref>{{R:Lexico}}. Accessed 7 September 2013.</ref><ref>{{R:American Heritage Dictionary}}</ref>
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cwm.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{homophones|en|combe|coom|khoum}} ''(some pronunciations)''
* {{rhymes|en|uːm|s=1}}
{{rfap|en|especially a Welsh pronunciation}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[valley]] head created through [[glacial]] [[erosion]] and with a shape similar to an [[amphitheatre]].
#: {{syn|en|cirque|combe|corrie}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|valley head created through glacial erosion}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|山側凹地|tr=shāncè āodì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kar|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|keteldal|n}}, {{t+|nl|kaar|n}}, {{t|nl|U-dal|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|cirkvalo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|onsilo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cirque}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kar|n}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|カール|tr=kāru}},{{t|ja|圏谷|tr=kenkoku}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|no|botn|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|botn|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|cyrk lodowcowy|m}}, {{t+|pl|kar|m}}, {{t+|pl|kocioł|m}}
* Russian: ({{t+|ru|ледниковый}}) {{t+|ru|цирк|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|krnica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|circo}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cwm}}
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===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|cirque}}

{{cln|en|terms with vocalic W|three-letter words}}
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==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cy|wlm|cwm}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*komm}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kumbā}}.

See also {{cog|br|komm||trough}}, {{cog|ga|com}}, {{m|ga|coim||chest cavity}}, {{cog|fr|combe}}, {{cog|en|coomb}} and {{cog|ang|cumb||hollow; narrow valley}}, {{cog|nl|kom||bowl, basin}}, {{cog|de|Kumpf||vessel}}, {{cog|grc|κύμβη||hollow}},{{cog|sa|कुम्भ||a pot, jug}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/kʊm/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ʊm|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|cymau|pl2=cymoedd|pl3=cymydd}}

# [[valley]], [[dale]], [[glen]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|cwm|bor=1}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===References===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

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