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See also: gaèlic

English

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːlɪk/ or IPA^(key): /ɡælɪk/ (when referring to Scottish Gaelic)
• IPA^(key): /ɡalɪk/ (in Scots and Scottish English)
• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪlɪk/ (when referring to Irish Gaelic or Manx Gaelic).
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪk

Proper noun

Gaelic

1. Goidelic; any Goidelic language.
2. Scottish Gaelic.

Translations

Goidelic

• Afrikaans: Gaelies
• Breton: gouezeleg (br) m
• Catalan: goidèlic m, gaèlic m
• Danish: gælisk
• Dutch: Gaelisch n
• Faroese: gæliskt n
• Irish: Gaeilis f
• Italian: gaelico m

• Japanese: ゲール語 (gēru-go)
• Macedonian: гелски m (gélski)
• Norwegian: gælisk
• Polish: celt (pl)
• Portuguese: gaélico (pt) m
• Russian: Гэльский футбол (Gel'skiy futbol), Гэльский (ru) (Gel'skiy)
• Spanish: gaélico (es) m

any Goidelic language

• Afrikaans: Gaelies
• Breton: gouezeleg (br) m
• Catalan: goidèlic m, gaèlic m
• Danish: gælisk
• Faroese: gæliskt n
• French: gaélique (fr) m

• Irish: Gaeilge (ga) f
• Italian: gaelico m, lingua (it) gaelica f
• Macedonian: гелски m (gélski)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig f
• Spanish: gaélico (es) m

Scottish Gaelic — see Scottish Gaelic

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• Swedish: gaeliska (sv) c, gäliska (sv) c

See also

• Irish

Adjective

Gaelic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.

Translations

relating to the Gaels or their language

• Breton: gouezel
• Catalan: goidèlic, gaèlic
• Czech: gaelský
• Danish: gælisk
• Esperanto: gaela
• Faroese: gæliskur
• Greek: γαελικός (gaelikós)
• Irish: Gaelach

• Italian: gaelico m
• Japanese: ゲール族 (gēru-zoku) (people), ゲール語 (gēru-go) (language)
• Macedonian: гелски m (gélski)
• Polish: celtycki (pl)
• Portuguese: gaélico (pt) m, gaélica f
• Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig
• Spanish: gaélico (es)
• Swedish: gaelisk (sv) , gälisk (sv)

External links

• Ethnologue file on the Gaelic languages
• Gaelic.com Dictionary