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Gaelic

//ˈɡælɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or characteristic of the Celts wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Irish Gaelic.
  3. 3
    Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Manx Gaelic.
  4. 4
    Goidelic; any Goidelic language.; Scottish Gaelic.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Gael + -ic.

Etymology 2

From Gael + -ic.

Etymology 3

From Gael + -ic.

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