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Appendix:Variations of "celt"
English
+s
Etymology
From en la Celtae (singular la Celta) from en grc Κελτοί.
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
Names of the +s#Pronunciation
en /kɛlt/ /sɛlt/
en en-us-Celt.ogg US
en ɛlt 1
Noun
en historical A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans. en Celtic tribes
en Keltoi plural
en Scottie Andrew The bizarre history of Groundhog Day w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec 2023-02-01 The holiday evolved over centuries as it was observed by different groups, from the Celts to Germans to the Pennsylvania Dutch and eventually, by those in other parts of the US. https://web.archive.org/web/20240718154044/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec/
A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
en Gael
Derived terms
en Anglo-Celt Celtdom Celtify Celtism Celtist Celtize Celto- Celtology
Related terms
en Celtic
Translations
ancient
Arabic: ar قِلْطِيّ
Armenian: hy կելտ
Breton: br kelt m
Catalan: ca celta m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 凱爾特人 Kǎi'ěrtèrén, cmn 塞爾特人 Sài'ěrtèrén
Cornish: kw Kelt m, kw Keltes f
Czech: cs Kelt m
Danish: da kelter c
Dutch: nl Kelt m
Faroese: fo kelti m
Finnish: fi keltti
French: fr Celte m
Galician: gl celta m
German: de Kelte m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Κελτός m
Hebrew: he קלטי m (qelti), he קלטית f (qeltit)
Hungarian: hu kelta
Irish: ga Ceilteach m
Italian: it celta m f
Japanese: ja ケルト人 kerutojin
Kazakh: kk кельт
Korean: ko 켈트족(族), ko 셀트족(族)
Latvian: lv ķelts m, lv ķeltiete f
Manx: gv Celtiagh m
Māori: mi Kereti
Marathi: mr केल्ट, mr सेल्ट
Polish: pl Celt m
Portuguese: pt celta m f
Romanian: ro celți p
Russian: ru кельт m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ceilteach m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Kȅlt m, sh Kȅltkinja f
Slovak: sk Kelt m
Slovene: sl Kelt m, sl Keltinja f
Spanish: es celta m
Swedish: sv kelt c
Tamil: ta கெல்ட்டியர்
Turkish: tr Kelt
Welsh: cy Celt m, cy Celtiad m
modern
Breton: br kelt m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 凱爾特人 Kǎi'ěrtèrén, cmn 塞爾特人 Sài'ěrtèrén
Cornish: kw Kelt m, kw Keltes f
Danish: da kelter c
Finnish: fi keltti
Irish: ga Ceilteach m
Manx: gv Celtiagh m
Māori: mi Kereti
Marathi: mr केल्ट, mr सेल्ट
Russian: ru кельт m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ceilteach m
Swedish: sv kelt c
Welsh: cy Celt m, cy Celtiad m
Adjective
en Celtic.
en John Tripp Anglo-Welsh Testimony https://www.jstor.org/stable/41513223 Transatlantic Review 42/43 spring–summer 1972 89 0041-1078 In the thick of parties we become very Celt, disgusting the dull.
en w:Stephanie Laurens What Price Love? London Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group 2006 2011 5 https://archive.org/details/whatpricelove0000laur/page/5/mode/1up 978-0-7499-3712-6 Like Pris, he took after their mother, more Celt than English, wild and dramatic and mercurially alive.
en M. K. Hume King Arthur: Dragon’s Child London Headline Review 2009 340 https://archive.org/details/kingarthurdragon0000hume/page/340/mode/1up 978 0 7553 4865 7 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.
en Delle Jacobs Loki’s Daughters Las Vegas, Nev. Montlake Romance 2010 159 https://archive.org/details/lokisdaughters0000jaco/page/159/mode/1up 9781612184869 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
en celt -lect lect lect.
Polish
pl:+owie
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Celt.wav
Noun
m-pr Celtyjka
Celt
Declension
Celt Celtowie Celta Celtów Celtowi Celtom Celta Celtów Celtem Celtami Celcie Celtach Celcie Celtowie
Further reading
Welsh
Alternative forms
cy Celtiad
Etymology
From cy la Celta.
Noun
m ~iaid ~es
en Celt member of ancient people
en Celt person of Celtic ancestry
Related terms
cy Celtaidd, cy Celtig a Celtic
cy Celteg Celtic language
Mutation
Further reading
cy Celtic tribes