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cefn.

back, rear

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɛvn/North-Wales, South-Wales, colloquial, standard[ˈkʰɛvn̩]North-Wales, South-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈkeːvɛn/South-Wales, colloquial/ˈkɛvɛn/South-Wales, colloquial

  1. back, rear

    masculine

  2. back, rear back, support

    figuratively · masculine

  3. ridge ridge (ploughed land between two parallel furrows)

    masculine

  4. ridge vertical furrow, fissure or fault in a rock

    masculine

  5. ridge garden bed

    masculine

  6. ridge furlong (unit of length equivalent to a stadion)

    masculine

  7. middle, center

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh keuen. Related to Breton kein (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes).

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