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cawl.

soup, pottage, broth; gruel

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kau̯l/
  1. soup, pottage, broth; gruel

    masculine · uncountable · usually
  2. soup, pottage, broth; gruel mixture, hodgepodge, mess

    figuratively · masculine · uncountable · usually
  3. cabbage, colewort, potherbs

    masculine · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cawl, from Proto-Brythonic *kawl, from Latin caulis (“stick or stem of a plant, cabbage-stalk, cabbage”). Cognate with Cornish kowl, Breton kaol.

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