clustffon

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • clust-ffôn

Etymology

Calque of English earphone. Analysable as clust (“ear”) +‎ ffôn (“phone”)

Noun

clustffon m (plural clustffonau)

  1. earphone, headphone

Mutation

Mutated forms of clustffon
radical soft nasal aspirate
clustffon glustffon nghlustffon chlustffon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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