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gaelscoil

gaelscoil noun: a school in which Irish is the working language.

Noun

gaelscoil (plural gaelscoileanna)

  1. (Ireland) A school in which Irish is the working language.

Forms of gaelscoil

pluralgaelscoileanna

Origin of gaelscoil

From Irish, from Gael (“Gael, Gaelic person”) + scoil (“school”).

Questions about gaelscoil

What does gaelscoil mean?
Gaelscoil means a school in which Irish is the working language.
What part of speech is gaelscoil?
Gaelscoil is a noun.
What is the plural of gaelscoil?
The plural of gaelscoil is gaelscoileanna.

Words near gaelscoil in the dictionary

  1. Gaelicness
  2. Gaelism
  3. Gaelophone
  4. Gaelophones
  5. Gaels
  6. gaelscoil
  7. gaelscoileanna
  8. Gaeltacht
  9. Gaeltachtaí
  10. Gaeltachts
  11. gaem

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