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# celtic

«celtic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Celtic describes the Celts, ancient peoples of Europe…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Celtic); noun (Celtic — the group of languages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Celtic describes the Celts, ancient peoples of Europe, and the peoples and cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#m1)

2) Celtic is a family of languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#m2)

3) Celtic is the name of a famous football club in Glasgow, Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons it names ancient tribes, their art (knots and spirals) and their languages. In everyday life it appears in music, festivals and sport. Phrases: «Celtic music», «Celtic cross», «Celtic knot», «the Celtic languages».

### examples

- The Celts lived in Britain long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x1)
- We drew Celtic knots in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x2)
- Welsh is a Celtic language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x3)
- The band plays Celtic music with fiddles and pipes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x4)
- A Celtic cross stood in the churchyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x5)
- My cousin supports Celtic, the Glasgow football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/#x6)

### note

Write with a capital C: Celtic. Usually said «KEL-tik»; the football club is said «SEL-tik». Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are Celtic; English is not.

### In the corpora

- [Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the start of winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/5/)
- [Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival at the end of the harvest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «celtic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celtic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.