Senedd

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/ˈsɛ.nɛð/

proper noun

The Welsh Parliament.

OriginWelsh Senedd ← Middle Welsh seneð ← Latin synodus →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Senedd
  1. The Welsh Parliament.

    [Keith] Starmer's premiership unravelled after he failed to halt a slide in Labour's polling and suffered a devastating series of setbacks in the May elections in the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English councils.

    2026 July 18, Jim Pickard, Lucy Fisher, “Burnham vows to be pro-business PM”, in FT Weekend (International section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sodós?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hodós
  10. Ancient Greekὁδός (hodós)
  11. Ancient Greekσῠ́νοδος (sŭ́nodos)
  12. Latinsynodus
  13. Middle Welshseneð
  14. Welshsenedd
  15. WelshSenedd
  16. EnglishSenedd

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Senedd, from senedd, from Middle Welsh seneð, borrowed from Latin synodus. Doublet of synod. Compare Middle Breton senez (“synod”) and phonetically Old English senoþ, Middle High German senet. Later likely influenced by or merged with Latin senātus.

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APA

Senedd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senedd

MLA

“Senedd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senedd. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Senedd,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senedd.

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