cucumer
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French coucombre and its etymon Latin cucumeris (through Old French cocombre).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cucumer (plural cucumeres)
- cucumber (plant or vegetable)
Descendants edit
- English: cucumber
References edit
- “cū̆cǒmer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cucumer m (plural cucumers)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cucumis. Doublet of ciwcymbr.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞ˈkɨ̞mɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪˈkɪmɛr/
Noun edit
cucumer m (plural cucumerau or cucumeri or cucumeriaid or cucumers)
- (archaic) cucumber
- Synonyms: ciwcymbr, chwerwddwr
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cucumer | gucumer | nghucumer | chucumer |
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), “cucumer, ciwcwmbr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies