We therefore recommend that, if you wish to search for a part of a word or phrase, you include as many letters as possible and, if possible, restrict the search to a particular part of speech using the 'Nature of Terms to search' control.

EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSLATE TERMS CONTAINING A SINGLE LETTER OR A VERY COMMON CLUSTER, FOR EXAMPLE 'aeth' IN WELSH WORDS OR 'ed' IN ENGLISH WORDS. THE DICTIONARY IS A VAST LEXICAL RESOURCE AND SHOULD YOU SEARCH FOR AN ITEM WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE INCLUDED IN AN EXTREMELY LARGE NUMBER OF RESULTS, THEN THE SEARCH WILL TAKE TOO LONG AND MAY NOT BE SATISFACTORY. For example a search for 'near' as part of a word will also provide translations for 'nearly, nearby, near to, to get near', and many others, whilst 'multi' as part of a word will return more that 55 offerings, but multi as a whole world will only suggest one form It may be more fruitful to search for part of a word rather than for a whole word since the alternate versions that appear will provide greater choice. You should bear in mind that an adverb in one language may appear as a phrase in another language etc.ĭecide whether the form you have entered constitutes a whole word, the beginning of a word, part of a word or the end of a word. If you are unsure then search 'Everything'. If you recognise the part of speech e.g noun or verb etc, then you may select from the drop down list provided under the heading 'Nature of terms to search'. The dictionary will then search for the Welsh equivalent. If you are entering an English word then you need to change the first box labeled 'Translate from' to 'English-Welsh'. Type the form that you would like translated into the box labeled 'SearchTerm'īy default the dictionary expects you to enter a Welsh word and to search for the English equivalent. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THESE BEFORE USING THE LATEST VERSION OF THE DICTIONARY. This growth has necessitated certain changes in the search mechanism and in Search tool incorporating over 250,000 items and handling in excess of 300,000 Over the past three years this on-line dictionary has been developed as a powerful Please read these simple suggestions before interrogating the dictionary. Hope that you will enjoy the increased efficiency of this substantial resource. Welcome to the latest version of the On-line Welsh-English English-Welsh Dictionaryĭeveloped within the Department of Welsh, University of Wales Lampeter.

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