Celtic

See also: celtic, and cèltic

English

Alternative forms

• Keltic (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: kĕlʹtĭk, sĕlʹtĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈkɛltɪk/, (dated outside sports) /ˈsɛltɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛltɪk

Proper noun

Celtic (countable and uncountable, plural Celtics)

1. A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

   Hyponyms: Brythonic, Goidelic

2. Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
3. (countable) A player for any of several teams named the Celtics.

   After the draft, Brown became a Celtic for six years.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation /s/, considered standard until the early 20th century, is conserved in a few proper names, notably in the names of some sports teams.

Derived terms

• Celticist
• Italo-Celtic
• Proto-Celtic

 

Translations

branch of languages

• Afrikaans: Kelties
• Armenian: կելտական (hy) (keltakan)
• Belarusian: ке́льцкія мо́вы ? (kjélʹckija móvy)
• Bulgarian: ке́лтски ези́ци pl (kéltski ezíci), ке́лтски (kéltski)
• Catalan: celta (ca) m, cèltic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱爾特語／凯尔特语 (kǎi'ěrtè yǔ)

• Czech: keltština f
• Danish: keltisk (da) ?
• Dutch: Keltisch (nl)
• Faroese: keltiskt n
• Finnish: kelttiläinen (fi)
• French: celtique (fr) m
• Galician: celta (gl) m or f, céltico (gl) m
• German: Keltisch (de) n
• Hungarian: kelta (hu)
• Irish: Ceiltis m
• Italian: celtico (it) m
• Latvian: ķeltu m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Keltisch, keltisk

  German Low German: Keltisch, keltisk

• Macedonian: келтски јазици pl (keltski jazici)
• Marathi: केल्टिक f (kelṭik)
• Persian: سلتیک (seltik)
• Polish: celtycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: celta (pt) m or f, céltico (pt) m
• Romanian: (limba) celtă (ro) f
• Russian: ке́льтский (ru) m (kélʹtskij), ке́льтский язы́к m (kélʹtskij jazýk)
• Scots: Celtic
• Spanish: celta (es) m
• Turkish: Kelt (tr)
• Ukrainian: ке́льтські мо́ви ? (kélʹtsʹki móvy)

See also

• Category:Terms derived from Celtic languages

Further reading

• ISO 639-5 code cel [1]

Adjective

Celtic (comparative more Celtic, superlative most Celtic)

1. Of or relating to the Celts.

Derived terms

• Celtic knot
• Celticness
• Celtic punk
• Celtic rock
• Celtic Sea

 

Related terms

• Celt

Translations

of the Celts; of the style of the Celts

• Afrikaans: Kelties
• Armenian: կելտական (hy) (keltakan)
• Belarusian: ке́льцкі (kjélʹcki)
• Breton: keltiek (br)
• Bulgarian: ке́лтски (kéltski)
• Catalan: cèltic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞爾特／塞尔特 (zh) (sài'ěrtè), 凱爾特／凯尔特 (kǎi'ěrtè)

• Cornish: keltek
• Czech: keltský (cs)
• Danish: keltisk (da)
• Dutch: Keltisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kelta (eo)
• Faroese: keltiskur
• Finnish: kelttiläinen (fi)
• French: celtique (fr), celte (fr)
• Galician: celta (gl), céltico (gl)
• German: keltisch (de)
• Greek: κελτικός (el) (keltikós)

  Classical: Κελτικός (Keltikós)

• Hungarian: kelta (hu)
• Icelandic: keltneskur
• Ido: Keltika
• Irish: Ceilteach
• Italian: celtico (it)
• Japanese: ケルト (keruto)
• Korean: 켈트 (kelteu)
• Latin: celticus, Celticus
• Latvian: ķeltu, ķeltisks
• Macedonian: келтски (keltski)
• Manx: Celtiagh
• Marathi: केल्टिक (kelṭik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: keltisk

  Nynorsk: keltisk

• Old English: wīelisċ
• Persian: سلتیک (seltik)
• Polish: celtycki (pl)
• Portuguese: céltico (pt), celta (pt)
• Romanian: celtic (ro)
• Russian: ке́льтский (ru) (kélʹtskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ceilteach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѐлтскӣ

  Roman: kèltskī (sh)

• Slovak: keltský (sk)
• Slovene: keltski
• Spanish: céltico (es), celta (es)
• Swedish: keltisk (sv)
• Welsh: Celtaidd (cy)
• Yiddish: קעלטיש (keltish)

Anagrams

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