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Welshwoman

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Welsh Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English Welshwoman From Welsh + -woman.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: galesa — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Catalan: gal·lesa — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Cornish: Kembres — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Czech: Velšanka — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Danish: waliser — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Dutch: Welshe — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Finnish: walesilainen — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Finnish: kymri — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Finnish: walesilaisnainen — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • French: Galloise — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Galician: galesa — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • German: Waliserin — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Hungarian: walesi nő — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Irish: Breatnach — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Latvian: velsiete — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Macedonian: Ве́лшанка (Vélšanka) — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Norwegian Bokmål: waliser — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: walisar — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Polish: Walijka — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Portuguese: galesa — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Romanian: galeză — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Russian: валли́йка (vallíjka) — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Spanish: galesa — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Swedish: kymriska — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Swedish: walesiska — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Turkish: Galli — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Ukrainian: валлі́йка (vallíjka) — female native or inhabitant of Wales
  • Welsh: Cymraes — female native or inhabitant of Wales