Celtic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Celtic \Celt"ic\ (s[e^]lt"[i^]k; k[e^]lt"[i^]k), a. [L.
     Celticus, Gr. Keltiko`s. See {Celt}.]
     Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes,
     literature, tongue. [Written also {Keltic}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Celtic \Celt"ic\, n.
     The language of the Celts.
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     Note: The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the
           Gaelic, the Erse or Irish; the Manx, and the Welsh and
           its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Celtic
       adj : relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: {Gaelic}]
       n : a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from
           inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over
           Europe in the pre-Christian era [syn: {Celtic language}]