Celt

See also: celt, célt, and celt.

English

Etymology

From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí) from Proto-Celtic *kel-to from *kellāko- (“fight, war”).

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

• IPA^(key): /kɛlt/, /sɛlt/

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Rhymes: -ɛlt

Proper noun

Celt

1. A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
2. A member of one of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages. (Compare Gael.)

Related terms

• Celtic

Translations

ancient

• Armenian: կելտ (kelt)
• Breton: kelt m
• Catalan: celta (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱爾特人 (zh), 凯尔特人 (zh) (Kǎi'ěrtèrén), 塞爾特人, 塞尔特人 (Sài'ěrtèrén)

• Cornish: Kelt m, Keltes f
• Czech: Kelt (cs) m
• Danish: kelter c
• Dutch: Kelt (nl) m
• Faroese: kelti m
• Finnish: keltti
• French: Celte (fr) m
• Galician: celta m
• German: Kelte (de) m
• Greek: Κέλτης (el) m (Kéltis)
• Hebrew: קלטי‎‎ m (qelti), קלטית‎‎ f (qeltit)
• Hungarian: kelta (hu)

• Irish: Ceilteach m
• Japanese: ケルト人 (kerutojin)
• Korean: 켈트족 (ko) (kelteujok) (kelteujok); 셀트족 (selteujok) (selteujok)
• Latvian: ķelts m, ķeltiete f
• Manx: Celtiagh m
• Maori: Kereti
• Polish: Celt (pl) m
• Portuguese: celta (pt) m, f
• Romanian: celți pl
• Russian: кельт (ru) m (kelʹt)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ceilteach m
• Serbo-Croatian: Kȅlt m, Kȅltkinja f
• Slovak: Kelt m
• Slovene: Kelt (sl) m, Keltinja f
• Spanish: celta (es) m
• Welsh: Celt m

modern

• Breton: kelt m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱爾特人 (zh), 凯尔特人 (zh) (Kǎi'ěrtèrén), 塞爾特人, 塞尔特人 (Sài'ěrtèrén)

• Cornish: Kelt m, Keltes f
• Danish: kelter c
• Finnish: keltti
• Irish: Ceilteach m

• Manx: Celtiagh m
• Maori: Kereti
• Scottish Gaelic: Ceilteach m
• Welsh: Celt m

Anagrams

• -lect, lect

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛlt/

Noun

Celt m pers

1. Celt

Declension

declension of Celt

	singular	plural
nominative	Celt	Celtowie
genitive	Celta	Celtów
dative	Celtowi	Celtom
accusative	Celta	Celtów
instrumental	Celtem	Celtami
locative	Celcie	Celtach
vocative	Celcie	Celtowie