| français | English | Cymraeg | Brezhoneg |
|---|---|---|---|
| la surabondance | superfluity | gormodedd | gourfaoter |
| superflu | superfluous | gormodol | didal; diouverus |
| le pari | a bet | bet; mentro arian | pariadenn |
| parier | to bet | betio; mentro; chwarae hap | pariañ |
| les futilités; les bagatelles | trivia | pethau dibwys/diwerth | raneoù |
| la dune de sable | sand dune | twyn tywod | tevenn (traezh) |
| le gage | pawn (in chess) | gwerinwr | gouestl |
| le paon [pɑ̃] | peacock | paun | paun |
| la paonne [pan] | peahen | peunes | paunez |
| la pantoufle | slipper | sliper; llopan; esgid nos | pañtoufl |
| pantoufler | to switch from civil servant to the private sector | luduenniñ | |
| pantouflard | stay-at-home | cartrefol; diantur; difenter | ludu |
| se relaxer | to chill out | ymlacio | dibrezañ; dizalc’hen |
| le soap; le feuilleton | soap opera | sioe sebon; opera sebon | heuliadenn |
| tour à tour | alternately | bob yn ail | a bep eil |
| l’échange | exchange | cyfnewid | eskemm |
| intermédiaire | go-between | canolwr | hanterour |
| le relais; l’auberge | hotel, inn | llety, gwesti | leti; ostaleri |
| le relais | (electronic) relay | relái | relae |
| français | English | Cymraeg | Brezhoneg |
|---|---|---|---|
| le gratte-papier | pen(cil)-pusher | clercyn | louf-torchenn |
| l’écurie (f) | stable (for horses) | ystabl | kraou (-kezeg) |
| la fausse couche | miscarriage | erthyliad (naturiol) | kolladenn |
| l’erreur judiciaire | miscarriage of justice | aflwyddiant cyfiawnder | fazi barnerezh |
| le mal d’altitude | altitude sickness | salwch pen mynydd | |
| le vertige | vertigo | pendro; pensyfrdandod | pennfoll |
As today is St Piran’s Day, here are a few Cornish words and phrases (provided by Sam Brown at the Polyglot conversation group), with equivalents in Welsh, Breton and French:
| Kernewek | English | Cymraeg | Brezhoneg | français |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goel Peran Lowen | Happy St Piran’s Day | Gwyl Peran Hapus | Gouel Peran laouenn | Joyeuse fête de Saint Péran |
| kerdhva | parade | parêd; rhodfa | prosesion | défilé |
| kebywi | party | parti | fest | fête |
| solempnyans | celebration | dathliad | fest | fête |
| solempnya | to celebrate | dathlu | goueliañ | célébrer; fêter |
| pasti (kernowek) | (Cornish) pasty | pastai/pasten (Gernyweg) | pastez (keneveg ?) | petit pâté (en croûte) (cornouaillais) / chausson à la viande et aux légumes |
| keus hag onyonenn | cheese and onion | caws a nionyn | keuz hag ognon | fromage et oignons |
- impressionnable; dégoûté = squeamish = dicra = santidig
- facilement dégoûté par = to be squeamish = bod yn ddicra = dic’hoantaat
- l’enterrement (m); les obsèques (fpl) = funeral = angladd = interamant; obidoù
- le piano droit = upright piano = piano unionsyth = piano eeun
- le piano à queue = grand piano = piano grand = piano lostek
- la gamme = (musical) scale = graddfa = skeulenn
- l’école maternelle (f); le jardin d’enfants = nursery school; kindergarten = meithrinfa = skol-vamm
- qui se ressemble s’assemble = it takes one to know one; birds of a feather flock together = tebyg at ei debyg
- le larron = thief (obsolete) = lleidr = laer
- l’occasion fait le larron = opportunity makes the thief
- (s’entendre) comme larrons en foire = (to be) thick as thieves = (bod yn) gryn lawiau = en em glevet d’ober droug
I wrote this song this week inspired by the fine weather we’ve been enjoying in Bangor. It’s been sunny and almost warm during the day with blue skies, and rather cold and frosty at night.
Hints of Blossom
On a cold frosty morning in the month of February
I stepped out from my doorway to see what I could see
The birds were all singing so sweetly in the trees
And the air was so still with barely a breeze.
The sun was shining brightly from a cloudless blue sky
And new lambs were frolicking in fields as I went by
The sea was like a mirror reflecting everything
And hints of blossom on the trees just made me want to sing.
The wheel of seasons was beginning to turn
And everywhere the signs of spring were to be discerned
So with a song in my heart and a smile on my face
I walked through the world at a leisurely pace.
- un compte courant = current account = cyfrif cyfredol = kont-red
- un compte d’épargne / de dépôt = savings account = cyfrif cynilion = kont-espern
- l’épargne, l’économie = savings = cynilion = arboell
- économiser = to save (money) = cynilo; arbed = armerzhañ
- l’intérêt (m) = interest = llog = laz
- le taux d’intérêt = interest rate = cyfradd llog = feur kampi
- l’assurance-vie (f) = life insurance = yswiriant bywyd = asurañs war ar vuhez
- les nouveaux visages (m); de nouvelles têtes (f) = new faces = gwynebau newydd = pennoù nevez
- retenir son souffle = to hold one’s breath (lit/fig) = dal dy wynt
- concorder = to fit (facts) = cytuno (efo ffeithiau)
- poseur (de tapis) = (carpet) fitter; poseur = fittiwr (carpedi)
- le pépin = glitch, snag, hitch; pip; umbrella = rhwystr; dincodyn; ymbarél = skoilh; disglavier
- greffer = to graft = impio = imboudañ
Here some of the words that came up this week at the polyglot conversation group, along with a few related words and expressions.
Kernewek
bulhorn = snail
gluthvelhwenn; melhwenn = slug
kowann; oula = owl
mordardha = to surf
modardh = surf
Cymraeg
malwoden; malwen (malwod, pl) = snail
gwlithen; malwen ddu = slug
tylluan; gwdihŵ = owl
brigdonni; brigo tonnau; reidio tonnau; syrffio = to surf
pori = to surf (the web)
brigdonnwr; brigwr tonnau; syrffiwr = surfer
ewyn môr; brig y don; ewyn y don = surf
talp = nugget, chunk, lump, byte
cnepyn = nugget, nodule, lump, pommel
gwrthrychedd; gwrthrycholdeb = objectivity
Brezhoneg
melc’houed; melc’hwed; mailgorn; melc’houedenn-grogennek = snail
melc’houed; melc’hwedenn; likoch = slug
penn-kazh; toud; korverig = owl
Français
doué(e); de talent = talented
avoir du talent = to be talented
un musicien de talent = a talented musician
aux talents multiples = multi-talented
avoir plusieurs cordes à son arc = to have many tricks up one’s sleeve (be multi-talented)
elle est extrêmement douée = she is extremely talented
l’escargot (f) = snail
la limace = slug
le hibou; la chouettte = owl
Deutsch
die Streichholzschachtel = matchbox
der Streichholzschächtelchen = little matchbox
die Schnecke = snail
das Schneckengehäuse = snail shell
die Nacktschnecke = slug (“naked snail”)
die Eule = owl
- une torche flambeau = flaming torch = ffagl = torch flamboz
- une lampe de poche = (pocket) torch = tortsh = kreuzeul
- en pincer pour qn = to carry a torch for sb = caru rhywun (o bell) yn ofer
- au point = in focus = mewn ffocws, yn eglur = en e reizh
- pas au point = out of focus = aneglur, allan ohoni
- mettre au point = to focus = canoli, ffocysu = fokusañ
- agité(e) = rough (sea) = garw, stormus, tymhestlog, tonnog = rust
- négociant, marchand = merchant = masnachwr = marc’hadour
- la télécommande = remote control = teclyn pell-reolaeth = pellurzhier
- le cireur de chaussures = shoeshiner = glanhäwr esgidiau
- mendiant = beggar = cardotyn, cardotwr = klasker
- s’entendre avec qn = to get on with sb = cyd-dynnu’n dda gyda rhywun = en em glevet
- le respect de soi, l’amour-propre (m) = self-esteem = hunan-barch, hunan-dyb = karantez an-unan
- la caisse (enregistreuse), le tiroir caisse = till / cash register = cofrestr arian = kefierez
- la caisse automatique = self-service till / self checkout = cofrestr arian awtomatig = kefierez emgefre
- casissier = checkout assistant = gweithiwr cofrestr arian
- vendeur (-euse) = shop assistant = gweithiwr siop = gwerzher
- l’hydromel (m) = mead = medd = chouchenn, dour-mel
- affolé = panic-stricken = llawn braw, rhuslyd, gwyllt
- affolant = disturbing = cynhyrfus, annifyr, cythryblus = da bennfollañ, braouac’hus
- affoler = to terrify = dychryn, brawychu, arswydo
- s’affoler = to (get into a) panic = cynhurfu, rhusio, dychryn = pennfollañ
- ne t’affole pas! = don’t panic = paid â chynhyrfu!
- apprenti(e) = apprentice = prentis = deskard
- apprentissage = apprenticeship = prentisiaeth = deskardelezh
- le porte-clefs/porte-clés = key ring / chain / fob = torch allwedd = doug alc’hwezoù
- l’anneaux porte-clefs = key ring = torch allwedd = (?)
- une clé/clef de rechange / une autre (clef) = spare key = allwedd sbâr = alc’hwez da drok (?)
- un roue de rechange/de secours = spare wheel = olwyn sbâr = rod-eskemm
- l’ouïe (f) = hearing = clyw = kleved / klev
- être dur(e) d’oreille = to be hard of hearing = bod yn drwm dy glyw = bezañ fall e gleved, bezañ teñvalglev
- la brasserie = brewery = bracty, bragdy = bierezh, breserezh
- (nez) camus = pug nose = trwyn smwt = fri-togn