Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary

Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary

The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary ( _cy. Geiriadur yr Academi) is the most comprehensive English-Welsh dictionary ever published. It is the product of many years' work by the editors Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Glyn Jones. The dictionary was published in 1995, with a second edition published in September 2003.

The complete volume comprising over 1700 pages (pp. lxxxi +1710) was published by the University of Wales Press on behalf of The Welsh Academy. It contains a large number of Welsh words and new terms in the fields of science, technology, computing, commerce, education, etc.

Publishing details

*Geiriadur yr Academi (University of Wales Press, 1995; new edition September 2003). ISBN 978-0-7083-1186-8


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