EISTEDDFOD (eisteddfodau)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: eisteddfodau   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does eisteddfod mean? 

• EISTEDDFOD (noun)
  The noun EISTEDDFOD has 1 sense:

1. any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)

  Familiarity information: EISTEDDFOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EISTEDDFOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("eisteddfod" is a kind of...):

festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))

Domain category:

singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eisteddfod"):

Royal National Eisteddfod (an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts)