eisteddfod
Americannoun
plural
eisteddfods, eisteddfodaunoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of eisteddfod
1815–25; < Welsh: literally, session, equivalent to eistedd sitting + fod, variant (by lenition) of bod being
Example Sentences
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She said the upcoming eisteddfod performance meant she was learning "a bit more welsh", and even learning the language on her phone.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2023
Ms King said the eisteddfod site had been "freshened up" and its redesign wass "the biggest thing that we've changed and tried to update for this year".
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022
The musical reply came from the mighty Treorchy Male Choir, the winners of that year’s eisteddfod, and a group that traces its history back to 1883.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
He has spoken in the past – surly/amused – of an "eisteddfod of hostility", as if his detractors were the excitable participants in a provincial arts festival.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014
Shortly after his accession to the throne of Gwynedd, of which he was the rightful heir, he proclaimed an eisteddfod, or poetical sessions.
From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry
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