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Gaelic

/ˈɡælɪk/

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Scotland/ˈɡalɪk/

Gaelic proper noun: goidelic; any Goidelic language. Also the ellipsis of Gaelic football.

Proper noun

Gaelic

  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.2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022
    • She taught herself some Gaelic as a child. It’s hard to pronounce, and with no other Gaelic speakers around that she could practice on, she’s forgotten nearly all of what she learned.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 342
    1. Irish Gaelic.
    2. Manx Gaelic.
    3. Scottish Gaelic.
    4. Classical Gaelic.

Adjective

Gaelic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, or their languages.
    • I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names.2012 August 13, Leslie Larson, “Up a family tree”, in CNN

Also used as

Gaelic is also the ellipsis of Gaelic football.

Gaelic meaning in Tagalog

Gaelic in Tagalog

relating to the Gaels or their language
Gaeliko

Forms of Gaelic

alternative form (obsolete)Galic

Origin of Gaelic

From Gael + -ic.

Words formed from Gaelic

Phrases with Gaelic

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with Gaelic

Questions about Gaelic

What does Gaelic mean?
Gaelic means goidelic; any Goidelic language.
What is Gaelic in Tagalog?
Gaelic in Tagalog is Gaeliko. See Gaelic meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Gaelic?
Gaelic can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Gaelic?
Gaelic is pronounced /ˈɡælɪk/.

Words near Gaelic in the dictionary

  1. Gaekwars
  2. Gael
  3. Gaeldom
  4. gaelgóir
  5. gaelgóirs
  6. Gaelic
  7. Gaelic coffee
  8. Gaelic coffees
  9. Gaelic football
  10. Gaelic games
  11. Gaelic handball

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gaelic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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