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welsh

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for welsh.

Editorial note

In a parliamentary election, adding some PR like in the devolved Scottish and Welsh assemblies makes more sense, and means AV was only a tiny improvement.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of welsh gathered in one view.

noun

A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

noun

An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

noun

An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for welsh.

noun

An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

noun

A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.

Example sentences

1

In a parliamentary election, adding some PR like in the devolved Scottish and Welsh assemblies makes more sense, and means AV was only a tiny improvement.

2

Yep most brits won't even be able to distinguish between welsh and klingon most of the time.

3

Because for Swiss people like you, Welsh people like us don't like doing business with Bavarians who call us English.

4

It has never been the accepted way to refer to Scottish as English or Welsh as English or Northern Irish as English.

5

The database is not run by the judiciary, by the Welsh Assembly Government or by one of the commercial publishers that pride themselves on keeping their subscribers up to date with English law.

6

Half my family is Welsh and I have coal-mining ancestors -- only my great-grandparents, I think, as my Taid ran a pub.

7

(For one thing health is devolved in Scotland so you have seperate English, Scottish, and Welsh NHSs.

8

An example of this might be Jack Welsh who was given credit for GE Capital and now years later they want to get rid of that part of the company and return to their roots.

9

Only English, Welsh and Northern Irish pay in Scotland (Northern Irish seem to have the option to take up an Irish passport then qualify for the free tuition too - I'm sure someone else on HN will explain the mechanics of that).

Quote examples

1

In the modern day, the English, Scots and Welsh are not typically discriminated against for their racial "traits".

2

'The Welsh government statement continued: "'ach ghotvam'e' QI'yaH devolve qaS."' That's not Welsh?

3

"He could make 10 jokes about the English/Scotts/Welsh and nobody would bat an eyelash." Context.

4

I always wondered what was up with the Welsh sneaking their language into famous phrases, like "Klaatu barada nikto" and "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".

Proper noun examples

1

He could make 10 jokes about the English/Scotts/Welsh and nobody would bat an eyelash.

2

The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish (plus islanders and whatnot) tend to get pretty peeved when you refer to them as English.

3

Welsh has been largely abandoned in Cardiff and southern Wales, but there are large sections of the country where at least a quarter of the population speaks Welsh, and in other places 65-80% of people speak Welsh.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use welsh in a sentence?

In a parliamentary election, adding some PR like in the devolved Scottish and Welsh assemblies makes more sense, and means AV was only a tiny improvement.

What does welsh mean?

A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

What part of speech is welsh?

welsh is commonly used as noun.