cwm

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See also: Cwm and CWM

English

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A cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr, in Wales.

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (valley). Doublet of combe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cwm (plural cwms)

  1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
    Synonyms: cirque, combe, corrie

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  2. ^ cwm”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ cwm”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.. Accessed 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ cwm”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh cwm, from Proto-Brythonic *komm, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā.

See also Breton komm (trough), Irish com, coim (chest cavity), French combe, English coomb and Old English cumb (hollow; narrow valley), Dutch kom (bowl, basin), German Kumpf (vessel), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, hollow),Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, a pot, jug).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd or cymydd)

  1. valley, dale, glen

Descendants

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  • English: cwm

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwm gwm nghwm chwm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies