cawl

See also: ċawl

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Welsh cawl, itself borrowed from Latin caulis.

Noun

cawl (countable and uncountable, plural cawls)

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

Noun

cawl (plural cawls)

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

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kau̯l/

Noun

cawl m (diminutive cawlen)

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

Synonyms

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

Descendants

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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