cucumer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cucumber, cucumbre, kykombre

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coucombre and its etymon Latin cucumeris (through Old French cocombre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkum(b)ər/, /kuːˈkum(b)ər/, /ˈkukum(b)ər/, /ˈkuːkum(b)ər/

Noun

cucumer (plural cucumeres)

1. cucumber (plant or vegetable)

Descendants

• English: cucumber
  • Tok Pisin: kukamba
  • → Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎹ (gagama)
  • → Plains Cree: kohkompaninawak
  • → Spanish: cacombra
  • → Welsh: ciwcymbr
  • → Zulu: îkhukhámba

References

• “cū̆cǒmer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• cucumera (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Noun

cucumer m (plural cucumers)

1. (Puter, Vallader) cucumber

Welsh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cucumis. Doublet of ciwcymbr.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨ̞ˈkɨ̞mɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪˈkɪmɛr/

Noun

cucumer m (plural cucumerau or cucumeri or cucumeriaid or cucumers)

1. (archaic) cucumber

   Synonyms: ciwcymbr, chwerwddwr

Mutation

Mutated forms of cucumer

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cucumer	gucumer	nghucumer	chucumer

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), “cucumer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies