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gaelic

/ˈɡeɪlɪk/

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What does gaelic mean?

adjective

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

noun

  1. Ellipsis of Gaelic football.

proper noun

  1. Goidelic; any Goidelic language.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. Irish Gaelic.
  2. Manx Gaelic.
  3. Scottish Gaelic.
  4. Classical Gaelic.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡeɪlɪk/

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The borderland of the brain, where all the monsters are made, moved horribly in the Gaelic O’Brien.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
After a little more discourse about Ossian, the old gentleman asked me if there was any good modern Gaelic poetry.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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He understood Gaelic as well as English, but he did not comprehend his father's words.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
The sermon and perhaps the prayers were quite as enjoyable in Gaelic as in English, and the singing was a great improvement.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
He learned to dance a Highland reel, and began the study of Gaelic; but that speech proved too stubborn, craggy, and impregnable even for Jenkin.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979