Android, iOS, and Amazon Fire apps
The apps for Apple and Android phones and tablets (including Amazon Fire) are a convenient way to access the wealth of information contained within Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.
You can retrieve information at any time and wherever you happen to be.
Developed with the financial assistance of the Welsh Government.
Download
You can download the app by clicking on the Apple App Store or Google Play icon here or by scanning the QR code with your device:
Short description
The GPC app includes all of the data from Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, a comprehensive Welsh-language dictionary equivalent to the Oxford English Dictionary. Every word is defined in Welsh with English synonyms and illustrative quotations, together with the word’s etymology, and grammatical information such as the gender and plurals of nouns.
Features
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru is the largest Welsh dictionary with:
- 91,234 entries
- 129,918 headwords
- 92,930 etymological sections
- 137,971 Welsh definitions
- 7,370 variants
- 35,164 collocations
- 424,295 illustrative quotations
- 6,014 different bibliographical sources
- over 9 million words in total
The headwords, variant forms, and collocations are searchable by word or phrase. Accents, numerals, and apostrophes are ignored to simplify input – instead all matches are listed for you to choose from.
Fuzzy searching: If the app fails to find the word you are searching for it will suggest similar words.
The app searches automatically for mutated forms in order to find additional results.
You can use wildcards (‘*’, ‘?’, ‘+’).
You can search the English synonyms, using the same wildcards.
The app contains two simple word games – an anagram game and a hidden-word game – with clues based on the definitions in the Dictionary. The selection of words can be confined to your recent searches – particularly useful for learners to practice new vocabulary.
There is a ‘Help’ section to answer frequently asked questions and to supply further information.
Support
For more information and answers to FAQ’s please click here or on the App Support link in the menu.