sianel
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English channel.
Noun
[edit]sianel f (plural sianeli, not mutable)
- channel (of sea)
- (as y Sianel) the English Channel
- Synonym: y Môr Udd
- (as y Sianel) the English Channel
- communications channel
- Synonym: dull cyfathrebu
- (broadcasting) channel (e.g. of television or radio)
Derived terms
[edit]- allsianel (“out-channel”)
- amlsianel (“multichannel”)
- Sianel San Siôr (“St George's Channel”)
- sianelu (“to channel”)
- Twnel y Sianel (“the Channel Tunnel”)
- Ynysoedd y Sianel (“the Channel Islands”)
Further reading
[edit]- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “channel”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sianel”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sianel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies