Here in Wales, nearly 30% of the population can speak Welsh, which is around 891,800 people Welsh speakers. But, not everyone speaks the same sort of Welsh - while we understand each other, we ...

“Calennig”, a New Year’s Day gift, and “Iechyd da” — for good health as well as a popular drinking toast — also make the cut. As does “Ych i fi” for disgusting — for the times when the sglods and cawl ...

Cwtches were a common sight in hit BBC show Gavin and Stacey, about the love affair between an Essex boy and Barry Island girl The popular Welsh word cwtch has been used for the first time in the UK ...

Ten Welsh words have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been announced. The OED is updated quarterly with new words, senses and revisions to entries, to reflect ...

In Wales, nearly 30% of the population, approximately 891,800 people, are Welsh speakers. However, not everyone speaks the same type of Welsh - while we understand each other, we sometimes use ...

A decision to grant a trademark for cariad, the Welsh word for love, has been criticised. Cariad, another Welsh word hiraeth, and Welsh cake, have all been registered by candle maker Fizzy Foam. They ...

‘Cwtch’ has no literal English translation, but is an emotionally significant embrace and an intrinsically Welsh word that evokes a sense of home. I’m a quarter Welsh. My darling grandmother grew up ...

The OED is a big historical database, which contains more than 500,000 words, phrases and their meanings, from over 1000 years of English language. The dictionary updates its list four times a year, ...

TEN Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary — including “sglods” for chips and “cawl”, a soup. Compilers have also included “twp”, which means stupid, in the respected official ...

The Welsh language has been placed in the spotlight in recent days - so we’ve decided to celebrate some of the most glorious words that Wales has given us. New legislation, outlined in a white paper ...

It's no secret that us Welsh people have all sorts of quirky words we use day to day, and one of them is "mun". One Welsh man ...