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CELTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
Synonyms:
Celtic; Celtic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Celtic" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Celtic"):
Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)
Brittanic; Brythonic (a southern group of Celtic languages)
Derivation:
Celtic (relating to or characteristic of the Celts)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of the Celts
Synonyms:
Celtic; Gaelic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Celt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)
Derivation:
Celt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)
Celtic (a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era)
