efan

See also: ẹfan

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ehang, from Proto-Celtic *exs-angus. Cognate with Welsh eang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfan/

Adjective

efan

1. broad, expansive, vast, wide

   Synonym: ledan

Derived terms

• efander (“expanse, space”)
• efanhe (“enlarge”, verb)
• efani (“elaborate, expand”, verb)
• efanvos (“space (astronomy)”)
• efanyans (“expansion”)
• media efan (“mass media”)
• yn efan (“extensively”)

Adverb

efan

1. broadly, plainly, vastly, widely

   Synonyms: ledan, yn les