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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Celt·ic       [kel-tik, sel-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbreviation: Celt
–adjective
2.of the Celts or their languages.
Also, Keltic.


[Origin: 1600–10; < L Celticus, equiv. to Celt(ae) the Celts (see Celt) + -icus -ic]

Celt·i·cal·ly, adverb
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Celt·ic       (kěl'tĭk, sěl'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Insular and the Continental branches.

adj.   Of or relating to the Celtic people and languages.

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celtic

adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of the Celts 

noun
1. a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Celtic

Celt"ic\, a. [L. Celticus, Gr. ?. See Celt.] Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Celtic

Celt"ic\, n. The language of the Celts.

Note: The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.

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