Celtic

See also: celtic and cèltic

English

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Celtic

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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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• Audio (Southern England, soft C):

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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,^[1] 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

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)

References

1. H. W. Fowler (1926) A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 72: “The spelling C-, & the pronunciation s-, are the established ones, & no useful purpose seems to be served by the substitution of k-.”

Anagrams

• lectic