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Gaeltacht

[ˈɡeɪltəxt]

Gaeltacht noun: an officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

gaeltacht: an officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use
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Noun

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí or Gaeltachts)

  1. (Ireland) An officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.

Forms of Gaeltacht

pluralGaeltachtaí
pluralGaeltachts

Origin of Gaeltacht

Borrowed from Irish Gaeltacht.

Words formed from Gaeltacht

Questions about Gaeltacht

What does Gaeltacht mean?
Gaeltacht means an officially recognised area where the Irish language is the predominant language in daily use.
What part of speech is Gaeltacht?
Gaeltacht is a noun.
How do you pronounce Gaeltacht?
Gaeltacht is pronounced [ˈɡeɪltəxt].
What is the plural of Gaeltacht?
The plural of Gaeltacht is Gaeltachtaí.

Words near Gaeltacht in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gaeltacht (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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