cwm

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kuːm/, /kʊm/ Homophones: combe, coom, khoum (some pronunciations) Rhymes: -uːm === Noun === cwm (plural cwms) A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. Synonyms: cirque, combe, corrie ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cirque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh cwm, from Proto-Brythonic *komm, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā. See also Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), French combe, English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”), Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), German Kumpf (“vessel”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʊm/ Rhymes: -ʊm === Noun === cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd or cymydd) valley, dale, glen ==== Descendants ==== → English: cwm === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies