crempog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh crempog.

Noun

crempog (plural crempogs)

  1. A Welsh pancake made with self-raising flour, salt, eggs, milk and salted butter.
    • 1947, Viscount Gwynedd, Dame Margaret: The Life Story of His Mother, page 194:
      But each time a great stack of freshly made Crempogs was brought from the kitchen and handed round you can guess how fervently I prayed my mother's insistence that she really could eat no more of anything might spare us both.

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • crempogen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛmpɔɡ/

Noun

crempog f (plural crempogau)

  1. pancake; fritter

Derived terms
  • crempogog (“like a pancake; wrinkled”, adj)
  • cramwyth (“pancakes, fritters”)
  • cramwyth wyau (“omelets”)
  • ffroes f (“pancakes, omelets, fried meat and eggs”)
  • pancosen f (“pancakes, fritters, omelets”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
crempog grempog nghrempog chrempog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “crempog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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