Signs

1. MYNEDFA

   Entrance

   Usage

   On the entrance of buildings, stations and venues, paired with "Entrance"

2. ALLANFA

   Exit

   Usage

   On the exit of buildings, stations and venues, paired with "Exit"

3. ALLANFA DÂN

   Fire Exit

   Usage

   The green fire-exit sign; "tân" (fire) mutates to "dân" after the feminine noun "allanfa"

4. AR AGOR

   Open

   Usage

   The door card of a shop or venue; covers both "open" and "trading now"

5. AR GAU

   Closed

   Usage

   The door card of a shop or venue; Welsh does not distinguish "closed" from "not yet open"

6. TOILEDAU

   Toilets

   Usage

   Directional sign for toilets at stations, pubs and parks

7. DYNION

   Men

   Usage

   On the door of the men's toilets or changing room

8. MERCHED

   Women

   Usage

   On the door of the women's toilets or changing room

9. DIM MYNEDIAD

   No Entry

   Usage

   On doors and passages closed to the public

10. DIM YSMYGU

    No Smoking

    Usage

    All indoor public places are smoke-free; posted in pubs, stations and buses

11. ARDAL YSMYGU

    Smoking Area

    Usage

    Marks the designated outdoor area where smoking is allowed

12. GRISIAU

    Stairs

    Usage

    Directional sign for stairs in stations and buildings

13. GWTHIWCH

    Push

    Usage

    On doors; the polite plural imperative of "gwthio" (to push)

14. TYNNWCH

    Pull

    Usage

    On doors; the polite plural imperative of "tynnu" (to pull)

15. GWAITH FFORDD

    Roadworks

    Usage

    Marks a roadworks zone, usually with a diversion or single-lane control

16. ALLAN O WASANAETH

    Out of Service

    Usage

    Taped to ticket machines, cash machines and lifts that are broken or stopped

17. ARAF

    Slow

    Usage

    Painted on the road surface; in Wales it reads "ARAF" above "SLOW"

18. PERYGL

    Danger

    Usage

    Warning sign at cliffs, building sites and high-voltage equipment

19. DIM PARCIO

    No Parking

    Usage

    Posted at kerbsides and private entrances where parking is prohibited

20. TALU AC ARDDANGOS

    Pay and Display

    Usage

    Car-park sign: buy a ticket and leave it visible inside the windscreen

21. LLWYBR CYHOEDDUS

    Public Footpath

    Usage

    Waymarks a right of way across private land; very common on Welsh hill walks

22. EIDDO PREIFAT

    Private Property

    Usage

    On gates and farm tracks; means you may not enter

23. HEDDLU

    Police

    Usage

    Written on police stations and on the side of police vehicles

24. YSBYTY

    Hospital

    Usage

    Road sign for a hospital; A&E is signed "Damweiniau ac Achosion Brys"

25. CROESO I GYMRU

    Welcome to Wales

    Usage

    The border sign from England; "Cymru" mutates to "Gymru" after the preposition "i"

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