cucumer

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === cucumber, cucumbre, kykombre === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French coucombre and its etymon Latin cucumeris (through Old French cocombre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈkum(b)ər/, /kuːˈkum(b)ər/, /ˈkukum(b)ər/, /ˈkuːkum(b)ər/ === Noun === cucumer (plural cucumeres) cucumber (plant or vegetable) ==== Descendants ==== English: cucumberTok Pisin: kukamba→ Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎹ (gagama)→ Cornish: kukomber→ Plains Cree: kohkompaninawak→ Samoan: kukama→ Spanish: cacombra→ Welsh: ciwcymbr→ Zulu: îkhukhámba ==== References ==== “cū̆cǒmer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Romansh == === Alternative forms === cucumera (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) === Noun === cucumer m (plural cucumers) (Puter, Vallader) cucumber == Welsh == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cucumis. Doublet of ciwcymbr. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞ˈkɨ̞mɛr/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪˈkɪmɛr/ === Noun === cucumer m (plural cucumerau or cucumeri or cucumeriaid or cucumers) cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Synonyms: ciwcymbr, chwerwddwr === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cucumer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies