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Welsh
Etymology
From bron (“breast”) + coch (“red”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
brongoch (feminine singular brongoch, plural brongochion, equative brongoched, comparative brongochach, superlative brongochaf)
- red-breasted
Noun
brongoch m or f (plural brongochiaid)
- robin, redbreast (Erithacus rubecula)
- Synonyms: robin goch, robin, bronrhuddyn, cochgam, rhuddog
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brongoch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies