crempog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh crempog.

Noun

crempog (plural crempogs)

  1. A Welsh pancake made with self-raising flour, salt, eggs, milk and salted butter.
    • 1947, Viscount Gwynedd, Dame Margaret: The Life Story of His Mother, page 194:
      But each time a great stack of freshly made Crempogs was brought from the kitchen and handed round you can guess how fervently I prayed my mother's insistence that she really could eat no more of anything might spare us both.
    • 1973, Kyffin Williams, Across the Straits: An Autobiography:
      We used to visit farms for crempog teas and I used to eye the huge pot of melted butter, in which lurked the small round pancakes, with apprehension.

Anagrams

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • crempogen

Etymology

Related to English crumpet; it is unclear which language borrowed from which. Compare also Breton krampouezh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛmpɔɡ/

Noun

crempog f (plural crempogau)

  1. pancake; fritter

Derived terms

  • crempogog (like a pancake; wrinkled, adjective)
  • cramwyth (pancakes, fritters)
  • cramwyth wyau (omelets)
  • ffroes f (pancakes, omelets, fried meat and eggs)
  • pancosen f (pancakes, fritters, omelets)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crempog
radical soft nasal aspirate
crempog grempog nghrempog chrempog

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