#separator:tab #html:false #columns:Front Back demat hello, good day salud hello donemat welcome kenavo goodbye; until next time yec'hed mat cheers! (a toast) deiz-ha-bloaz laouen happy birthday mar plij please trugarez thanks, thank you ya yes nann no setu here is, there you are, voilà kaozeal a rit saozneg do you speak English? da garout a ran I love you me da gar I love you (alternative phrasing) da garan I love you (alternative phrasing) brezhonek Breton (of or in the Breton language) galleg French gouezel Gaelic okitan Occitan me I, me te you (singular, familiar) eñ he, him eñv he, him (variant of eñ) hi she, her ni we, us c'hwi you (plural, or polite singular) int they, them az you (singular, object form) ma my va my (variant of ma) da your (singular) e his he her (possessive) hon our hor our (variant of hon) ho your (plural) o their din to me (inflected form of the preposition da) dit to you sg. (inflected form of da) dezhañ to him (inflected form of da) dezhi to her (inflected form of da) dimp to us (inflected form of da) deoc'h to you pl. (inflected form of da) dezho to them (inflected form of da) ganin with me (inflected form of the preposition gant) ganit with you sg. (inflected form of gant) gantañ with him (inflected form of gant) ganti with her (inflected form of gant) ganimp with us (inflected form of gant) ganeoc'h with you pl. (inflected form of gant) ganto with them (inflected form of gant) piv who petra what pelec'h where pe which, what se that, this re those, the ones den ebet nobody nép nobody a that, which, who — the relative particle before an inflected verb ar the (the usual form) an the (before n, d, t and vowels) al the (before l) ur a, an (the usual form) un a, an (before n, d, t and vowels) ul a, an (before l) ne not — the pre-verbal half of the negation ne … ket ket not — the post-verbal half of the negation ne … ket ra verbal particle marking the subjunctive or optative ha and hag and (before a vowel) met but pa when, if rak because; also 'before' as a preposition kentañ ma as soon as bennak any, some ebet no, none (used with the negation) eus from, of war on, over dindan under etre between, among gant with hep without evit for evel as, like eget than (in comparisons) ouzh towards, to, against kén until rag before penn-da-benn from end to end, all along unan one (the counting form) daou two (with masculine nouns) div two (with feminine nouns) tri three (with masculine nouns) teir three (with feminine nouns) pevar four (with masculine nouns) peder four (with feminine nouns) pemp five c'hwec'h six seizh seven eizh eight nav nine dek ten unnek eleven daouzek twelve trizek thirteen pevarzek fourteen pemzek fifteen c'hwezek sixteen seitek seventeen triwec'h eighteen (literally 'three sixes') eitek eighteen (variant of triwec'h) naontek nineteen ugent twenty unan warn-ugent twenty-one daou warn-ugent twenty-two tregont thirty daou-ugent forty (literally 'two twenties') hanter-kant fifty (literally 'half a hundred') tri-ugent sixty (literally 'three twenties') pevar-ugent eighty (literally 'four twenties') kant hundred mil thousand kentañ first eil second trede third hanter half kantved century milved millennium hiziv today dec'h yesterday warc'hoazh tomorrow arc'hoazh tomorrow (variant of warc'hoazh) bremañ now bremaik soon, in a moment dizale soon emberr soon, later today neuze so, then atav always, at all times bemdez every day alies often a-wezhioù sometimes morse never nepred never (emphatic) biken never (of future time) adarre again c'hoazh still, yet, again dija already gwezhall formerly, once devezh day, daytime mintin morning lein breakfast; lunch hañv summer diskar-amzer autumn, fall munutenn minute munut minute eilenn second (of time) montr watch (a wearable timepiece) horolaj clock dihuner alarm clock ehan pause, break hun sleep hast haste mall haste den human being; person, man; husband gwaz man; husband; also 'goose' maouez woman; companion itron lady mab son tad father mamm mother; female animal; womb tadig dad, daddy tad-kozh grandfather mamm-gozh grandmother; also 'chin' tad-kaer father-in-law tadeg father-in-law tad-kuñv great-grandfather deuñv son-in-law leztad stepfather lezvamm stepmother lezvab stepson lezverc'h stepdaughter eontr uncle moereb aunt kar relative, kinsman kerentiad family tiegezh family; household hendad ancestor, forefather gevell twin mignon friend mignonez female friend kelenner teacher kemener tailor kaner singer liver painter lemmer knife sharpener, knife grinder beleg priest drouiz druid barzh poet, bard maer mayor martolod sailor kouer peasant, farmer gov smith toer roofer marc'heg horseman, rider, knight embanner editor, publisher test witness enezad islander enezour islander korrigan korrigan — a sprite of Breton folklore; also a very short person korr dwarf, gnome, sprite mezvier drunkard kristen Christian tiern prince; sovereign kont count (the noble title) markiz marquis konsul consul dogan cuckold doganenn unfaithful wife gast whore (vulgar; also Brittany's most common swear word) tal forehead fri nose genoù mouth; face; river mouth; opening teod tongue elgezh chin karvan jaw barv beard gar leg dorn hand ivin fingernail; claw; also 'yew' divrec'h the two arms (dual of brec'h) divskouarn the two ears (dual of skouarn) kof belly tor belly, stomach, abdomen kalon heart; courage; appetite gwad blood; essence kroc'hen skin; crust empenn brain begel navel mouezh voice lost tail kell testicle; also 'cell' (of a prisoner or monk) kalc'h penis marv death nerzh force, strength; energy loskadur a burn devadenn a burn (injury) halo saliva ti house kambr bedroom leur floor, ground, surface; area; deck dor door moger wall mur wall taol table kador chair bank bench; bank gwele bed; also 'placenta' gwele-kloz box-bed — the enclosed wooden bed of the traditional Breton house loa spoon loa-vañson trowel (a mason's tool) kontell knife hanaf cup, goblet kelorn bucket listrier sideboard lestr container, vessel; ship lestr-spluj submarine maneg glove dilhad clothes kordenn rope bazh stick bazh-loaek crutch bazh-krog harpoon bazh-eskob crosier nadoz needle gevel pliers, tongs kantol candle kompoder computer banniel flag delwenn statue levr book dornlevr manual, handbook geriadur dictionary holloueziadur encyclopedia lizher letter (a written message) lizherenn letter (of the alphabet) kartenn card; map kartenn-bost postcard kartenn-vank bank card ti-bank bank (the building) leti hotel, inn marc'had market karter district, quarter kab cape, promontory hent way, road, path hent-houarn railway marc'h-houarn bicycle (literally 'iron horse') divrod two-wheeler tramgarr tram bag boat tour tower kroaz cross; also 'pain' moskeenn mosque garzh hedge liorzh garden kraou cattle shed, stable, pigsty; also the Christmas crib neizh nest diamant diamond dir steel houarn iron; a horseshoe; a clothes iron litiom lithium kaliom potassium hidrogen hydrogen dornerez thresher, threshing machine bara bread bara-mel gingerbread dour water; also rain, tears, sweat, saliva te melen yellow tea kafe coffee; the coffee bean or plant kig meat, flesh keuz cheese; also 'regret' holen salt greun grain heiz barley kolo straw had seed diwan germ, seed krampouezh crêpes (collective) krampouezhenn a single crêpe (singulative of krampouezh) krampouezher crêpe-maker (the person) krampouezherezh crêperie, pancake house ti-krampouezh crêperie kouign cake, bun, brioche kouign-amann kouign-amann — the Breton butter cake gachen cake, pie gwadegenn black pudding, blood sausage gwadegenn wenn white pudding banne a drop; a glass (of a drink) died drink, beverage frouezh fruit (collective) frouezhenn a single fruit (singulative of frouezh) kraoñ nuts (collective) kraoñenn a single nut (singulative of kraoñ) mez acorns (collective) mezenn a single acorn (singulative of mez) bananez bananas (collective) bananezenn a single banana (singulative of bananez) hogan haw, the fruit of the hawthorn kabell-touseg mushroom (literally 'toad's cap') mor sea enez island tir land douar earth, soil; the Earth; land, country bed world; universe kevandir continent heol sun loar moon galaksienn galaxy koumoul clouds (collective) koumoulenn a single cloud (singulative of koumoul) kanevedenn rainbow erc'h snow kouign-erc'h snowball gwent wind; also 'gas, flatulence' gwalarn the northwest; the northwesterly wind kornôg west taran thunder luc'hed lightning tan fire ludu ash; fertilizer huzel soot maen stone maen-hir menhir — a single tall standing stone traezh sand traezhenn beach; sandbank; a grain of sand lenn lake; also 'cover' geot grass (collective) geotenn a blade of grass (singulative of geot) gwelt grass (collective, variant of geot) gweltenn a blade of grass (singulative of gwelt) del foliage, leaves (collective) delienn a leaf (singulative of del); also a slice derv oak tann sessile oak tannoed oak plantation, oakwood balan broom, the shrub Genista balanenn a single broom plant (singulative of balan) banal broom; bramble draen thorn; fishbone; the point of a sharp object; a snag or difficulty kouarc'h hemp, cannabis kanab cannabis krec'h height, eminence; a mound loen animal ki dog kiez female dog, bitch gwadgi bloodhound dourgi otter (literally 'water dog') kolen puppy, cub marc'h horse ebeul foal ebeulez filly tarv bull leue calf gavr goat maout ram moc'h pigs, swine (collective); also gluttons, egoists logod mice (collective); also meatballs logodenn a mouse (singulative of logod) logod-dall bats (literally 'blind mice') logodenn-dall a bat (singulative of logod-dall) louarn fox goz mole (the animal) mol mole draeneg hedgehog; also the sea perch konikl rabbit karv deer leon lion erer eagle kaouenn owl gwalc'h hawk; falcon; also 'washing, ablution' houad duck douryar moorhen kog rooster; cuckoo; a tap; a shell; a cook naer snake touseg toad maligorn snail balafenn butterfly; moth gwenan bees (collective) gwenanenn a single bee (singulative of gwenan) morvleiz shark (literally 'sea wolf') morvil cetacean, whale gavr-vor spiny lobster (literally 'sea goat') grilh-mor spiny lobster beg-botez shoebill marbluñv down — soft, fluffy feathers (collective) marbluñvenn a single piece of down (singulative of marbluñv) bezañ to be kaout to have; to get ober to do, to make; also the auxiliary used to conjugate any verb mont to go dont to come donet to come (variant of dont) gallout can, to be able gouzout to know (a fact) fellout to want karout to love komz to speak; to express oneself kaozeal to speak, to talk, to converse klevout to hear; to smell; to grant; to agree, to get along gwelet to see; to keep an eye on, to watch gwelout to see (variant of gwelet) sellout to watch, to look at; to see; to concern; to consider debriñ to eat evañ to drink sistra to drink cider kousket to sleep chom to stay, to remain azezañ to sit, to sit down sevel to rise, to erect; to build; to lift; to compose; to earn lakaat to put, to set, to arrange, to make reiñ to give kas to send kavout to find; to meet up with; to be at a place klask to search, to look for; to try; to cope enklask to search, to investigate deskiñ to learn kelenn to teach skrivañ to write studiañ to study soñjal to think krediñ to believe; to think kanañ to sing kana to sing (variant of kanañ) dañsal to dance korolliñ to dance c'hoari to play bevañ to live; to feed maga to feed, to nourish mervel to die genel to bear a child, to give birth koshaat to age, to grow old prenañ to buy gwerzhañ to sell kargañ to load (a vehicle) lestrañ to board, to load a vehicle dilestrañ to disembark, to debark beajiñ to travel nijal to fly neuñviñ to swim roeñvat to row fiñval to move, to shift, to twitch kregiñ to start, to begin gourfennañ to end, to finish, to conclude digeriñ to open, to open up dibab to choose, to opt dilenn to choose, to elect diuz to choose, to select choaz to choose kinnig to offer, to propose kemenn to announce kemmañ to change, to modify, to edit treiñ to turn; to translate krouiñ to create moulañ to print pellgomz to telephone ouzhpennañ to add, to append gwalc'hiñ to wash dilouzañ to clean disaotrañ to clean glanaat to cleanse, to purify saotrañ to pollute louzañ to pollute, to dirty; to deceive, to trap lousaat to dirty gwriat to sew hadañ to sow mala to grind rosta to roast pouezañ to weigh maha to press deviñ to burn merglañ to rust livañ to colour, to paint dilivañ to strip the paint from diwiskañ to undress teurel to throw laza to kill taga to attack barn to judge doujañ to respect touellañ to deceive freuzañ to destroy tarzhañ to burst, to explode; to appear, to show oneself; to surge berañ to flow, to move as a liquid perc'hennañ to own, to possess; to adopt chadennañ to chain, to shackle dichadennañ to unchain hasta to hurry fallaat to worsen heñvelaat to assimilate, to become similar disheñvelaat to differentiate melenaat to become yellow; to make yellow dua to blacken rakwelet to foresee, to predict, to preview spia to spy sina to signal gwildronañ to twist gwilc'hañ to wink; to ogle leat to lick pika to prick konikleta to hunt rabbits pennekaat to stand up to, to express objection doganiñ to cuckold mat good mad good (variant of mat) fall bad drouk bad, evil gwall bad, mean, wicked; also 'very' as an adverb bras big bihan small, little hir long berr short ledan broad, wide enk narrow, cramped uhel high don deep tev big, thick; fat; dense; opaque moan thin, slender teusk meagre, stingy, slim, weak pounner heavy kreñv strong gwan weak nevez new kozh old, ancient hen old, ancient yaouank young kaer beautiful brav beautiful, fine tek pretty, attractive laouen happy, glad trist sad aes easy diaes difficult eeun straight; right, fair; loyal; naive, simple gwir right, true, correct ret necessary, obligatory leun full; complete kevan entire, whole holl all all other arall other (variant of all) heñvel similar, the same disheñvel different, dissimilar nes close, next, intimate digor open klañv ill, sick bev alive, living maro dead mezv drunk, intoxicated mezo drunk naet clean lous dirty lor dirty glan pure tomm warm tomm-berv boiling hot yen cold teñval dark gorrek slow diwezhat late pinvidik rich, wealthy kér dear plijus fun, pleasant; interesting dispar fantastic, outstanding dous sweet kuñv sweet, gentle chugonus juicy, succulent lemm sharp ront round kromm curved moal bald dall blind bouzar deaf mud mute barvek bearded kabac'h senile rok arrogant; hard pennek stubborn, obstinate froudennek capricious uvel humble kevrin mysterious, secret kevrinus mysterious, secret santel holy, sacred prizius precious hewel visible diwel invisible diwelus invisible fraezh clear, distinct; clear (of skies); clean, healthy (of food) eizik critical kleiz left gwenn white du black; also 'swollen', 'starved' ruz red ru red melen yellow glas blue; green (of natural things) gwer green (of artificial things) gell brown louet grey; mouldy arc'hlas bluish, greyish, greenish damc'hlas bluish, greyish, greenish arvelen yellowish damvelen yellowish azvelen yellowish gourel masculine benel feminine gwregel feminine broadel national bonreizhel constitutional keodedel civil, civilian foran public, open hollek general; universal penna main, principal naturel natural divyezhek bilingual leonek of or from Léon, one of the four Breton dialect regions brezhon Breton galian Gaulish albanek Albanian rusian Russian eskobel episcopal douarek earthy; earthly dourek watery, aquatic, hydrated; humid traezhek sandy houarnek ferrous, ferruginous atomek atomic izotopek isotopic neutronek neutronic loaek spoon-shaped dibluñv featherless unsilabennek monosyllabic divsilabennek disyllabic pedersilabennek quadrisyllabic pempsilabennek pentasyllabic amañ here aze there pell far tre very kalz many, a lot nebeut a bit, few nebeud few, a small quantity a-walc'h quite, enough ken so, as — the equality adverb; also exclamative and negative uses ivez also zoken even a-bezh completely, entirely, totally peurliesañ generally, mostly, usually peurvuiañ generally, mostly, usually siwazh unfortunately, alas kemmadur mutation — the change to a word's initial consonant kemm change gramadeg grammar distagadur pronunciation; also separation, detachment lizherjedoniezh algebra liester plural lostger suffix kentel lesson; the moral of a story kentanv given name moranv nickname ger word kan song kanaouenn song kaniri hymn bagad bagad — a Breton pipe band barzhoniezh poetry livadur painting eoullivadur oil painting istor history keloù a piece of news titour information implij use liamm link lezenn law emglev agreement, pact emglev keodedel a gengred civil solidarity pact (the French PACS) kengred solidarity kevredigezh association koñje military service koñje keodedel civil service doujañs respect disoc'h result, outcome diwezh end digoradur introduction, opening korvigell trick, tip kresk growth tolz mass tolz eizik critical mass derc'han atomic nucleus neutron neutrons (collective) neutronenn a single neutron (singulative of neutron) izotop isotope dle debt ekonomiezh economy jedoniezh mathematics naturoniezh physics dourennoniezh chemistry douaroniezh geography henoniezh archaeology denoniezh anthropology loenoniezh zoology moroniezh oceanography morvevoniezh marine biology maenoniezh mineralogy kreginoniezh conchology doueoniezh theology kenedoniezh aesthetics epistemologiezh epistemology dendrokronologiezh dendrochronology gremmoniezh energetics heñvelsoniezh homophony belegiezh priesthood denelezh humanity madelezh goodness, goodwill divyezhegezh bilingualism naetadurezh cleanliness diegi idleness taeroni indignation tostoni stinginess, parsimony froudenn caprice, whim mezventi drunkenness karantez love trec'h victory; a victor; superior tamm a piece, a part; a crumb tammig a little bit begad a bit tra thing judo judo echedoù chess