cartref
/ˈkartrɛv/masculine
In Welsh, 'home' is translated as cartref.
The word cartref is a noun used to refer to the place itself, such as a house or a structure where someone lives.
Meaning: house or structure in which someone lives (noun)
Which one should you use?
Use cartref when referring to the noun 'home' (the place itself), whereas adre is used as an adverb meaning 'home' (the direction or destination). To express the specific meaning of being 'at home', you can use gartref or gartre.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
cartref is a masculine noun. When used to mean 'at home', the variant gartref is common.
How do you pronounce it?
/ˈkartrɛv/
Did you know?
- The root word câr in cartref can translate to 'kin', 'family' or even 'friend', suggesting that home is wherever one's closest companions reside.
- In Welsh, the word for 'home' changes its first letter from c to g when you say you are 'at home' (gartref). This is a grammatical process called soft mutation.
- The word tref, which forms the second half of cartref, can mean a 'town' in modern Welsh, but in older contexts it referred to a small 'homestead' or 'settlement'.
Examples in context
- Daeth hi adre a gwnaeth hi ei gwaith cartref.She came home and did her homework.This sentence shows how to use the form cartref in a practical context.Tatoeba #8679426 by loch_nessie, translation #7387092 by CH
- Croeso i fy tŷWelcome to my home
- Mae fy cartref yn fach.My home is small.
- Mae'r cartref yn lliwgar.The home is colorful.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “home” translations and entries cartref, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
