adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of Celtic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Celtic
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Celt
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kɛlt/
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/sɛlt/
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rhymes with -ɛlt
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K EH1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Acronym of Constrained Energy Lapped Transform: a royalty-free lossy audio compression format for use in low-latency audio communication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Keltoi
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kelt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
Narrower terms: Gael, Briton, Gaul
History
Etymology
From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí). 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.
From Latin celtis (“chisel”), very probably a ghost word originating from a copyist's error in the Vulgate Bible, but taken as genuine and subsequently used in Medieval Latin.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قِلْطِيّ (qilṭiyy) — ancient
- Armenian: կելտ (kelt) — ancient
- Breton: kelt — ancient
- Catalan: celta — ancient
- Chinese Mandarin: 凱爾特人 /凯尔特人 (Kǎi'ěrtèrén) — ancient
- Chinese Mandarin: 塞爾特人 /塞尔特人 (Sài'ěrtèrén) — ancient
- Cornish: Kelt — ancient
- Cornish: Keltes — ancient
- Czech: Kelt — ancient
- Danish: kelter — ancient
- Dutch: Kelt — ancient
- Faroese: kelti — ancient
- Finnish: keltti — ancient
- French: Celte — ancient
- Galician: celta — ancient
- German: Kelte — ancient
- Ancient Greek: Κελτός (Keltós) — ancient
- Hebrew: קלטי (qelti) — ancient
- Hebrew: קלטית (qeltit) — ancient
- Hungarian: kelta — ancient
- Irish: Ceilteach — ancient
- Italian: celta — ancient
- Japanese: ケルト人 (kerutojin) — ancient
- Kazakh: кельт (kelt) — ancient
- Korean: 켈트족 (kelteujok) — ancient
- Korean: 셀트족 (selteujok) — ancient
- Latvian: ķelts — ancient
- Latvian: ķeltiete — ancient
- Manx: Celtiagh — ancient
- Māori: Kereti — ancient
- Marathi: केल्ट (kelṭa) — ancient
- Marathi: सेल्ट (selṭa) — ancient
- Polish: Celt — ancient
- Portuguese: celta — ancient
- Romanian: celți — ancient
- Russian: кельт (kelʹt) — ancient
- Scottish Gaelic: Ceilteach — ancient
- Serbo-Croatian: Kȅlt — ancient
- Serbo-Croatian: Kȅltkinja — ancient
- Slovak: Kelt — ancient
- Slovene: Kelt — ancient
- Slovene: Keltinja — ancient
- Spanish: celta — ancient
- Swedish: kelt — ancient
- Tamil: கெல்ட்டியர் (kelṭṭiyar) — ancient
- Turkish: Kelt — ancient
- Welsh: Celt — ancient
- Welsh: Celtiad — ancient
- Breton: kelt — modern
- Chinese Mandarin: 凱爾特人 /凯尔特人 (Kǎi'ěrtèrén) — modern
- Chinese Mandarin: 塞爾特人 /塞尔特人 (Sài'ěrtèrén) — modern
- Cornish: Kelt — modern
- Cornish: Keltes — modern
- Danish: kelter — modern
- Finnish: keltti — modern
- Irish: Ceilteach — modern
- Manx: Celtiagh — modern
- Māori: Kereti — modern
- Marathi: केल्ट (kelṭa) — modern
- Marathi: सेल्ट (selṭa) — modern
- Russian: кельт (kelʹt) — modern
- Scottish Gaelic: Ceilteach — modern
- Swedish: kelt — modern
- Welsh: Celt — modern
- Welsh: Celtiad — modern