cwm

English

WOTD - 23 July 2010    

Wikipedia

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

Etymology

From Welsh cwm (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͞om, IPA: /kuːm/, SAMPA: /ku:m/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

cwm (plural cwms)

1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

Synonyms

• (valley): cirque, coombe, corrie

Translations

valley head created through glacial erosion

Chinese: Mandarin: 山側凹地 (cmn), 山侧凹地 (cmn) (shāncè āodì) Finnish: onsilo (fi) French: cirque (fr) German: Kar (de) n. Norwegian: Bokmål: botn (no) m. Nynorsk: botn (nn) m.

Russian: (ледниковый (ru)) цирк (ru) m. Serbian: krnica f. Spanish: circo (es)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kumbās.

Noun

cwm m. (plural cymau or cymoedd)

1. valley, dale, glen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwm	gwm	nghwm	chwm

Descendants

• English: cwm