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Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty quickly that it's beneficial to learn the language, because if you're going to the pub or a cafe you need to be a part of the local life.
Bryn Terfel

Meaning of "welsh" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WELSH

Of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WELSH

welsh  [wɛlʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELSH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Welsh is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb welsh in English.

WHAT DOES WELSH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of welsh in the English dictionary

The definition of welsh in the dictionary is to fail to pay a gambling debt. Other definition of welsh is to fail to fulfil an obligation.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WELSH

PRESENT

Present
I welsh
you welsh
he/she/it welshes
we welsh
you welsh
they welsh
Present continuous
I am welshing
you are welshing
he/she/it is welshing
we are welshing
you are welshing
they are welshing
Present perfect
I have welshed
you have welshed
he/she/it has welshed
we have welshed
you have welshed
they have welshed
Present perfect continuous
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I welshed
you welshed
he/she/it welshed
we welshed
you welshed
they welshed
Past continuous
I was welshing
you were welshing
he/she/it was welshing
we were welshing
you were welshing
they were welshing
Past perfect
I had welshed
you had welshed
he/she/it had welshed
we had welshed
you had welshed
they had welshed
Past perfect continuous
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will welsh
you will welsh
he/she/it will welsh
we will welsh
you will welsh
they will welsh
Future continuous
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
Future perfect
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 perfect continuous
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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would welsh
you would welsh
he/she/it would welsh
we would welsh
you would welsh
they would welsh
Conditional continuous
I would be welshing
you would be welshing
he/she/it would be welshing
we would be welshing
you would be welshing
they would be welshing
Conditional perfect
I would have welsh
you would have welsh
he/she/it would have welsh
we would have welsh
you would have welsh
they would have welsh
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been welshing
you would have been welshing
he/she/it would have been welshing
we would have been welshing
you would have been welshing
they would have been welshing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you welsh
we let´s welsh
you welsh
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to welsh
Past participle
welshed
Present Participle
welshing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WELSH


welch
wɛlʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELSH

welly
welly boot
Wellywood
Wels
Welsbach burner
Welsh Assembly
Welsh Black
Welsh corgi
Welsh dresser
Welsh harp
Welsh Mountain
Welsh mountain pony
Welsh Nationalism
Welsh Nationalist
Welsh Office
Welsh poppy
Welsh rabbit
Welsh springer spaniel
Welsh terrier
welsher

WORDS THAT END LIKE WELSH

ash
at a push
Bangladesh
British
cash
crash
Danish
English
fetish
finish
fish
flash
fresh
hush
Irish
on the parish
polish
publish
the Welsh
Walsh

Synonyms and antonyms of welsh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «welsh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WELSH

Find out the translation of welsh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of welsh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «welsh» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

威尔士的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

galés
570 millions of speakers

English

welsh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेल्श
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَيْلِزيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

валлийский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

galês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

welsh
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gallois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Welsh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

walisisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウェールズの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웨일스의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Welsh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc xứ Wales
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெல்ஷ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Welsh
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sözünü tutmamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gallese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

walijski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Уельський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

galez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουαλικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

welsh
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

walesisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

walisisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of welsh

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELSH»

The term «welsh» is very widely used and occupies the 9.777 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELSH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «welsh» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «welsh» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about welsh

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «WELSH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word welsh.
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Bryn Terfel
Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty quickly that it's beneficial to learn the language, because if you're going to the pub or a cafe you need to be a part of the local life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELSH»

Discover the use of welsh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to welsh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Filth: a novel
At last, a novel that lives up to its name. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Irvine Welsh, 1998
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Trainspotting
Loud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real McCoy' Herald 'A novel perpetually in a starburst of verbal energy - a vernacular spectacular. The stories we hear are retched from the gullet' Scotland on Sunday
Irvine Welsh, 2008
3
The Syntax of Welsh
An engaging guide to all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists and Celticists alike.
Robert D. Borsley, Maggie Tallerman, David Willis, 2007
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Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar
An accessible and comp guide to the Welsh language as it is spoken today. The book is organised to enable a thorough understanding of Welsh grammar and is an ideal reference source for both the user and learner of Welsh.
Gareth King, 2005
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Glue
Follows the lives of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh projects, bound together by loyalty and friendship as they struggle with class conditioning, peer pressure, and their parents' hopes for their future.
Irvine Welsh, 2001
6
Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance
Three stories explore different aspects of love, with a bedridden romance writer exacting revenge on her husband, a flawed beauty trying to get back at the man who marketed the drug that crippled her from birth, and the changing ...
Irvine Welsh, 1996
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Irvine Welsh
This is the first full-length study of Irvine Welsh's fiction and provides a sustained textual and contextual analysis and evaluation of his work
Aaron Kelly, 2005
8
Welsh retrospective
In this revealing new book book he writes movingly about the Cardiff of his childhood, home of his beloved Bluebirds football team, and also about the small village of Ogmore-by-Sea, location of early holidays and for many years his home in ...
Dannie Abse, 1997
9
Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania
Rich in historical and genealogical material about these New World pioneers and their descendants.
Charles H. Browning, 2009
10
Medieval Welsh poems
This anthology of Welsh poems from c.575 to c.1525 offers the general reader the most substantial collection of medieval Welsh verse yet rendered into English, in translations that will support the claim that this poetry is one of the ...
Joseph P. Clancy, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELSH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term welsh is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two die in Welsh lightning strikes
Two die in Welsh lightning strikes. 5 July 2015 Last updated at 21:59 BST. Two people have died and two others are in hospital, following separate lightning ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Welsh wizard Gareth Bale claims goal against Belgium was the most …
Welsh wizard Gareth Bale claims goal against Belgium was the most important of his career. 12:30, 13 June 2015; By Darren Lewis ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
The Welsh ban on vaping indoors makes no sense
Contrast this with the casual manner in which the Welsh government has proposed a ban on e-cigarette use (vaping) indoors and you will that the harm principle ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Ross Moriarty & Tomas Francis in Wales' World Cup training squad
Moriarty, 21, has played for England Under-20s, but qualifies for Wales through his father - former dual code Welsh international Paul - while his uncle Richard is ... «BBC Sport, Jun 15»
5
Premiership: London Welsh 17-68 Saracens
Welsh lost Matt Corker to the sin-bin after just four minutes and the visitors capitalised immediately with Billy Vunipola crossing and Owen Farrell converting. «BBC Sport, May 15»
6
Welsh international rugby league player, Danny Jones, 29, dies …
A 29-year-old Welsh international rugby player has died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a league match. Danny Jones, who is the father of ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
7
'Real Madrid fans are clueless': Welsh supporters have their say as …
But he remains the darling of the Welsh national team and whatever he touches turns into gold. And following another excellent performance - which included an ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Mar 15»
8
English genomes share German and French DNA while Romans …
The Welsh are the true pure Britons, according to the research that has produced ... like the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Vikings ventured into the Welsh lands. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
9
Six Nations 2015: Welsh hopes clouded by injury concerns
“We are a better team than we were before the [2011] World Cup,” Shaun Edwards, whose work as the Welsh defence coach received the severest examination, ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
10
Wales v Ireland Six Nations ratings: How the Welsh heroes rated in …
Alun Wyn Jones - A big one armed tackle on Rob Kearney that forced a knock on as Ireland threatened before break, carried well, in the van of the Welsh drives ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»

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