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cawl

cawl

See also: ċawl

English

Noun

cawl

  1. A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with salted bacon or beef with potatoes, swedes, carrots and other seasonal vegetables.

Etymology 2

Noun

cawl ‎(plural cawls)

  1. Alternative spelling of caul ‎(“membrane or veil, especially over a baby's head”)

Welsh

Etymology

A borrowing from Latin caulis ‎(“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaul/

Noun

cawl m ‎(diminutive cawlen)

  1. soup, pottage, broth; gruel
    1. (figuratively) mixture, hodgepodge, mess
  2. cabbage, colewort, potherbs

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cawl gawl nghawl chawl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

Borrowing from Welsh [Term?].

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