Gaelic
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of Gaelic football. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"Undoubtedly, the main reasons why many gifted young Irish sportsmen such as Niall Quinn, Kevin Moran and Frank Stapleton opted to play soccer instead of Gaelic is^([sic]) that soccer afforded them the opportunity to display and test their abilities in an international arena and earn a good living."
- 2 any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland wordnet
- 1 Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages. not-comparable
"I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names."
- 1 relating to or characteristic of the Celts wordnet
- 1 Goidelic; any Goidelic language.
"By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon."
- 2 Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Irish Gaelic.
- 3 Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Manx Gaelic.
- 4 Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Scottish Gaelic.
Example
More examples"Celtic is still present in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic."
Etymology
From Gael + -ic.
Related phrases
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.