Celt
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí).
English Celts is from the 17th century. Until the mid 19th century, /sɛlt/ is the only recorded pronunciation. A consciously archaizing pronunciation /kɛlt/ was advocated during Irish and Welsh nationalism beginning in the 1850s.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
Noun edit
Celt (plural Celts)
- (historical) A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
- Synonym: (plural) Keltoi
- A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
- Coordinate term: Gael
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Translations edit
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Adjective edit
Celt (comparative more Celt, superlative most Celt)
- Synonym of Celtic.
- 1972 spring–summer, John Tripp, “Anglo-Welsh Testimony”, in Transatlantic Review, number 42/43, →ISSN, page 89:
- In the thick of parties we become very Celt, disgusting the dull.
- 2006, Stephanie Laurens, What Price Love?, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, published 2011, →ISBN, page 5:
- Like Pris, he took after their mother, more Celt than English, wild and dramatic and mercurially alive.
- 2009, M. K. Hume, King Arthur: Dragon’s Child, London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 340:
- But his bitch queen was Saxon to the bone and her legacy showed in the sons that Vortigern bred off her. Katigern Minor might be young, but he has become what his grandfather never was – more Saxon than Celt.
- 2010, Delle Jacobs, Loki’s Daughters, Las Vegas, Nev.: Montlake Romance, →ISBN, page 159:
- She answered with a smile and a nod. The woman was more Celt than Arienh had thought, and had clearly been deprived of women too long.
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Celt m pers (female equivalent Celtyjka)
Declension edit
Declension of Celt
Further reading edit
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Celt m (plural Celtiaid, feminine Celtes)
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Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Celt | Gelt | Nghelt | Chelt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Celt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies