coed
English
editAdjective
editcoed (not comparable)
- Alternative form of co-ed
- 2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1694: Like A Hampshire Bathroom [comment]
- It was always one of the more awkward moments back in college when you would go into one of the (coed) restrooms and there’d be a couple people clearly goin’ at it in the shower.
- 2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1694: Like A Hampshire Bathroom [comment]
Noun
editcoed (plural coeds)
- Alternative form of co-ed
Anagrams
editWelsh
editEtymology
editFrom Old Welsh coit, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with English heath.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /koːɨ̯d/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kɔi̯d/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /koːd/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
Noun
editcoed f or f pl (plural coedydd or coedau, singulative coeden)
- (collective) wood, timber
- (collective) trees
Synonyms
edit- (South Wales) colfenni
- (literary) gwŷdd
- (literary) prennau
Derived terms
edit- Betws-y-Coed
- coedio
- coediog
- coedredyn (“tree ferns”)
- coedwig (“forest, wood”)
- sgrech y coed (“Eurasian jay”)
- tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed (“to swear blind”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
coed | goed | nghoed | choed |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Rhymes:Welsh/oːɨ̯d
- Rhymes:Welsh/oːɨ̯d/1 syllable
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- cy:Trees
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