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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaɪstɛðˈvɒdaɪ/, enPR: ī'stĕth-vŏdʹī
- (chiefly Wales) IPA(key): /ˌeɪstɛðˈvɒdaɪ/, enPR: ā'stĕth-vŏdʹī
- Hyphenation: ei‧stedd‧fod‧au
Noun
eisteddfodau pl
- plural of eisteddfod
- Synonym: eisteddfods
Quotations
Welsh
Etymology
From eisteddfod + -au.
Pronunciation
Noun
eisteddfodau f pl
- plural of eisteddfod
1822, Morgan Williams, Collectaneous Epitaphs: Chiefly Designed to Assist Surviving Relations in Fixing Upon Suitable…, page 71:Yr oedd llafur Owain Myfyr, Gwilym Owain, ac yntau, yn dechreu dwyn ffrwyth yn niwedd ei oes ef; ac nid oes nemawr o achos ammheuaeth, mai i’w llafur hwy yr ydym yn ddyledus am adfywiad yr Eisteddfodau yn yr hanner canrif diweddaf.- The labours of Owain Myfyr, Gwilym Owain, and he, were beginning to bear fruit at the end of his life; and there is no cause to doubt, that it is to their work that we are indebted for the revival of the Eisteddfodau in the last half century.
Mutation
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