Welsh Meaning

/ˈwɛlʃ/
B1

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verbTo cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

adjOf or pertaining to Wales.

Celtic is still present in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
Welsh is a beautiful language.
Welsh is an official language in Wales and Chubut.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ rugby team from Wales sang their national anthem before the big match.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the national and traditional language of Wales, though most of the people there also speak English today.

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.

"The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent." — 1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War:
""He can weasel out if^([sic]) it." Ibanez massaged her knuckles. "He can say Couch welshed on a deal, and didn't show, and that's why Karen got got. It isn't conclusive. I have another thing I can lay on him, but even the two combined won't do. We need a third smoking gun if we're really gonna smoke this son of a bitch."" — 2023 September 28, HarryBlank, “Hooking Up”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ rugby team from Wales sang their national anthem before the big match.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the national and traditional language of Wales, though most of the people there also speak English today.

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