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Celtic /ˈkɛltɪk/

▶noun a group of languages including Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Manx, and Cornish. ▶adjective relating to Celtic or to the Celts.

– derivatives
Celticism /-sɪz(ə)m/ noun.

– origin C16: from L. Celticus (from Celtae ‘Celts’), or from Fr. Celtique (from Celte ‘Breton’).

usage: In standard English the normal pronunciation of Celt and Celtic is with an initial k- rather than an s-, except in the name of the Glaswegian football club Celtic.

'Celtic' also found in these Oxford entries:

Albion - Anglo-Celt - ass - bannock - bard - beak - beet - Belgae - Beltane - billet - bin - bodkin - bray - Breton - British - Briton - brock - Brythonic - bugaboo - car - Celt - Celtic Church - Celtic cross - Celtic fringe - Celtic harp - charr - coble - combe - Cornish - crag - down - Druid - fleadh - frown - Gaelic - galliard - gallon - garrotte - garter - Gaul - Gaulish - glean - gob - Goidelic - gombeen - Gorsedd - gouge - gull - Hibernian

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horned Celtic camp
Pronunciation: Celtic, celticism

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