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 →

2) Celtic is a family of languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. tree →

3) Celtic is the name of a famous football club in Glasgow, Scotland. tree →

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 →
• We drew Celtic knots in art class. tree →
• Welsh is a Celtic language. tree →
• The band plays Celtic music with fiddles and pipes. tree →
• A Celtic cross stood in the churchyard. tree →
• My cousin supports Celtic, the Glasgow football team. tree →

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.
• Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival at the end of the harvest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «celtic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.