celtic

/ˈkɛltɪk/

name 4adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, brown, cultural, fond, germanic, many, present, slavonic

She has always been fond of celtic music and traditional Irish dancing.

VERB + CELTIC

became, fascinating, like, listening, love, play

I love listening to celtic music when I'm relaxing at home.

CELTIC + NOUN

ancestry, artifacts, country, era, festival, languages, music, tribes

The Celtic festival in Dublin attracts thousands of visitors from around the world every year.

PREP.

in, on

The ancient stone carvings displayed intricate Celtic patterns carved deeply into the rock.

ADV.

originally

The band originally played Celtic music before they switched to rock and roll.

Definitions

name

A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.

A player for any of several teams named the Celtics.

After the draft, Brown became a Celtic for six years.

Celtic F.C., a football club from Glasgow, Scotland.

adj

Of or relating to the Celts.

Of the languages spoken by Celts.

Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — relating to or characteristic of the Celts

gaelic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Celtic curse

Hemochromatosis.

Example Bank

After the draft, Brown became a Celtic for six years.

Wiktionary

Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].

Wiktionary

The museum has a fascinating collection of Celtic artifacts.

Tatoeba · #44498

That museum has a superb collection of Celtic era cultural artifacts.

Tatoeba · #373247

This museum displays a fascinating collection of Celtic objects.

Tatoeba · #640618

Celtic is still present in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.

Tatoeba · #841117

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