mulfran

Welsh

Mulfran

Etymology

mul (“[unknown]”) +‎ brân (“crow”)

Noun

mulfran f (plural mulfranod or mulfrain)

1. great cormorant, cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
2. (by extension) any cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae)

Synonyms

• bilidowcar
• colier
• gloddestwr
• llanc Llandudno
• morfran
• wil wal waliog
• Wili bofran

 

Derived terms

• mulfran werdd, mulfran fechan, mulfran gopog, y mulfran leiaf (“shag”)
• corfulfran (“pygmy cormorant”)
• mulfran wen, mulfran lwyd (“gannet”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mulfran

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mulfran	fulfran	unchanged	unchanged

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