Definition of Celtic language

1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era.

Exact synonyms: Celtic
Generic synonyms: Indo-european, Indo-european Language, Indo-hittite
Specialized synonyms: Erse, Gaelic, Goidelic, Brittanic, Brythonic
Derivative terms: Celtic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celtic Language

Celsius scale
Celsus' area
Celsus' papules
Celsus' vitiligo
Celsus kerion
Celt
Celt-Iberian
Celt-Iberians
Celtchar
Celtiberian
Celtiberians
Celtic
Celtic Sea
Celtic cross
Celtic deity
Celtic language
Celticism
Celticisms
Celticize
Celticized
Celticizes
Celticizing
Celtis
Celtis australis
Celtis laevigata
Celtis occidentalis
Celto-Germanic
Celtogermanic
Celts
Cenchrus

Literary usage of Celtic language

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"On the Importance of the Study of the celtic language as exhibited by the Modern Celtic Dialects still extant. By Dr. CHARLES MEYER. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"THE HISTORY OF THE celtic language.* WE have long entertained a growing opinion that a knowledge of the celtic languages is essential to the study of ..."

3. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1886)
"... for convenience sake, classed together as forming the celtic language of the British Isles ; but the difference between them is marked and wide, ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... spoke a celtic language ; and that celtic language, whether Cymric or Gaelic, spread over the ..."

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