Gaelic

gaèlic English Alternative forms en Galic obsolete Etymology en :af Gael -ic + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈɡælɪk/ RP when referring to Scottish Gaelic en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gaelic.wav Southern England en /ˈɡalɪk/ Scotland en /ˈɡeɪlɪk/ RP when referring to Irish Gaelic or Manx Gaelic en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gaelic2.wav Southern England en /ˈɡeɪlɪk/ GA for all senses en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Gaelic.wav US en eɪlɪk ælɪk 2 en Ireland Irish speaker Proper noun Goidelic; any Goidelic language. en Giles Milton 'The Riddle and the Knight' w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html 2001-12-02 By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419230810/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/chapters/the-riddle-and-the-knight.html en 2020 w:N. K. Jemisin w:The City We Became Orbit 342 She taught herself some Gaelic as a child. It’s hard to pronounce, and with no other Gaelic speakers around that she could practice on, she’s forgotten nearly all of what she learned. Irish Gaelic. Manx Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic. Classical Gaelic. Usage notes When used without any modifier, Gaelic refers most often to Scottish Gaelic. Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic are more commonly called simply en Irish and en Manx. Translations Goidelic any Goidelic language Faroese: fo gæliskt n Finnish: fi goideelinen kieli Italian: it lingua it gaelica f Japanese: ja ゲール語 gēru-go Polish: pl język gaelicki m Russian: ru гэльский m Spanish: es gaélico m Tajik: tg гаэлӣ Scottish Gaelic Swedish: sv gaeliska c, sv gäliska c Adjective - Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, or their languages. en Leslie Larson Up a family tree w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/living/up-a-family-tree-living 2012-08-13 I began to study coats of arms, visit the Web sites of portrait galleries and look up the etymology of Gaelic names. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008130046/https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/living/up-a-family-tree-living 8 October 2025 Derived terms en Gaelically Gaelicise Gaelicism Gaelicist Gaelicize Gaelicness Gaelic football Gaelic handball Translations relating to the Gaels or their language Breton: br gouezel Catalan: ca goidèlic, ca gaèlic Czech: cs gaelský Danish: da gælisk Dutch: nl Gaelisch Esperanto: eo gaela Faroese: fo gæliskur Finnish: fi goideelinen Galician: gl gaélico m Greek: el γαελικός Hungarian: hu gael Irish: ga Gaelach Italian: it gaelico m Japanese: ja ゲール族 gēru-zoku people, ja ゲール語 gēru-go language Macedonian: mk гелски m Polish: pl gaelicki Portuguese: pt gaélico m, pt gaélica f Russian: ru гэльский m Scottish Gaelic: gd Gàidhealach Spanish: es gaélico Swedish: sv gaelisk, sv gälisk Tagalog: tl Gaeliko Tajik: tg гаэлӣ Noun - en Gaelic football. en 1995 John Sugden; Alan Bairner Sport, Sectarianism and Society 42 Undoubtedly, the main reasons why many gifted young Irish sportsmen such as Niall Quinn, Kevin Moran and Frank Stapleton opted to play soccer instead of Gaelic is that soccer afforded them the opportunity to display and test their abilities in an international arena and earn a good living. Further reading Ethnologue file on the Gaelic languages Gaelic.com Dictionary en heteronyms en Languages Language families Scotland