adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to Gaul or the Gauls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gaulish, Gallian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Gallic
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡælɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Synonym of French, of or related to modern France or the French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: French, of or related to modern France or the French
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of, pertaining to, or derived from galls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Of or pertaining to gallic acid or its derivatives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Alternative letter-case form of Gallic: Of or related to ancient Gaul, the medieval Frankish kingdom, or its successor states.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Of, related to, or containing gallium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 8
An epoch from 130.0 ± 1.5 to 89.3 ± 1.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cretaceous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or pertaining to France or the people of France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- French cooking
- a Gallic shrug
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: French
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 10
of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Ancient Gallic dialects
- Gallic migrations
- the Gallic Wars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), from Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”), used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France.
Etymology tree English gall Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English gallic From gall + -ic.
From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), also used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to France.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: gal — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Catalan: gàl·lic — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Chinese Mandarin: 高盧的 /高卢的 (gāolú de) — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Czech: galský — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Danish: gallisk — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Finnish: gallialainen — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- French: gaulois — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- French: gallique — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- German: gallisch — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Irish: Francach — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Italian: gallico — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Latin: Gallicus — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Norwegian Bokmål: gallisk — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gallisk — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Polish: galijski — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Russian: галльский (gallʹskij) — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- Spanish: galo — of or relating to ancient Gaul or its inhabitants
- French: gallique — Translations
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