celta

See also: CELTA, Celta, and celtā

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛl.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛl.ta]

Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtes)

1. Celtic

Noun

celta m or f (plural celtes)

1. Celt

Related terms

• cèltic

Further reading

• “celta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “celta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “celta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “celta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celtae, from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí), Κελταί (Keltaí), Herodotus’ word for the Gauls, from Proto-Celtic *kel-to, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθɛltɐ]

Adjective

1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

   Synonym: céltico

Noun

celta m or f (plural celtas)

1. Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

Related terms

• Celta
• céltico
• Céltigos

 

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “celta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛl.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛlta
• Hyphenation: cèl‧ta

Noun

celta m (plural celti)

1. Celt

Related terms

• celtico

Anagrams

• Tecla, calte

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Latin

Etymology

From Celtica.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkel.ta/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪ä]

Noun

celta m or f (genitive celtae); first declension

1. a Celt

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celta	celtae
Genitive	celtae	celtārum
Dative	celtae	celtīs
Accusative	celtam	celtās
Ablative	celtā	celtīs
Vocative	celta	celtae

Related terms

• celticus

Descendants

• English: Celt
• French: celte
• Italian: celta
• Portuguese: celta
• Spanish: celta

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Latvian

Participle

celta

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular masculine form of celts
2. (deprecated template usage) nominative singular feminine form of celts

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.tɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.tɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.ta/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.tɐ/ [ˈsɛɫ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: cel‧ta

Adjective

celta m or f (plural celtas)

1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

   Synonym: céltico

Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

1. Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Celta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθelta/ [ˈθel̪.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselta/ [ˈsel̪.t̪a]

Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtas)

1. Celtic

Derived terms

• celtismo
• celtista
• mar Celta

Noun

celta m or f (plural celtas)

1. Celt

Further reading

• “celta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Vilamovian

Noun

celta

1. plural of celt