Breton	English
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