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cawod.

shower (short rainfall)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkau̯.ɔd/

  1. shower (short rainfall)

    feminine

  2. shower (bathing device, or an instance of using this device)

    broadly · feminine
    Dw i'n mynd i gael cawod.

  3. swarm

    feminine · obsolete

  4. blight, mildew

    feminine

  5. rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)

    North-Wales · feminine

  6. fit or attack of sickness or pain

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cawat, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos (compare Cornish kowas, Breton kaouad), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“cold, rainy; north”); compare Latin caurus (“northwestern wind”), Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”), Russian се́вер (séver, “north”).

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