stŵr

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sduːr/, [stuːr]
  • Rhymes: -uːr

Noun

stŵr m (usually uncountable, plural styrau, not mutable)

  1. commotion, uproar, fuss, row
    Synonyms: cynnwrf, mwstwr, ffwdan
  2. telling off, rebuke
    Synonyms: cerydd, dwrdiad
    Ces i stŵr.
    I was told off.
    (literally, “I had a telling off.”)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “commotion”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “noise”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “stŵr”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “stŵr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies