pic ar y maen

• picen ar y maen

From pic (“small round cake, griddle cake”) +‎ ar (“on”) +‎ y (“the”) +‎ maen (“stone, griddle”).

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːn/

pic ar y maen m (plural picau ar y maen or picau maen)

1. (South Wales) Welsh cake

   Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, picen, picen ar y maen, picen fach, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc

There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area. Although pic ar y maen is the full singular form of plural picau ar y maen, these are usually referred to as just picen in the singular.