coed
English
Adjective
coed (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]
Welsh
Etymology
From 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
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /koːɨ̯d/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kɔi̯d/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /koːd/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d
Noun
coed f or f pl (plural coedydd or coedau, singulative coeden)
Synonyms
- (South Wales) colfenni
- (literary) gwŷdd
- (literary) prennau
Derived terms
- 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
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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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