coed

See also: co-ed and COED

English

Adjective

coed (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of co-ed
   • 2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1694: Like A Hampshire Bathroom [comment]

     It was always one of the more awkward moments back in college when you would go into one of the (coed) restrooms and there’d be a couple people clearly goin’ at it in the shower.

Noun

coed (plural coeds)

1. Alternative form of co-ed

Anagrams

• Deco, code, Code, deco, OECD, ecod

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh coit, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with English heath.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /koːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kɔi̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /koːd/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯d

Noun

coed f or f pl (plural coedydd or coedau, singulative coeden)

1. (collective) wood, timber
2. (collective) trees

Synonyms

• (South Wales) colfenni
• (literary) gwŷdd
• (literary) prennau

Derived terms

• Betws-y-Coed
• coedio
• coediog
• coedredyn (“tree ferns”)
• coedwig (“forest, wood”)
• meligwellt y coed (“wood melick”)
• pig-yr-aran y coed (“wood cranesbill”)
• sgrech y coed (“Eurasian jay”)
• tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed (“to swear blind”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of coed

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coed	goed	nghoed	choed

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies