- of or relating to the Celts or their languages, which constitute a branch of the Indo-European family and include Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Manx, Cornish, and several extinct pre-Roman languages such as Gaulish（与）凯尔特人（有关）的; （与）凯尔特语（有关）的（指印欧语系分支, 包括爱尔兰语、苏格兰盖尔语、威尔士语、布列塔尼语、马恩岛语、康沃尔语以及几种已灭绝的前罗马时期语言, 如高卢语）。
USAGE
Celt and Celtic can be pronounced either with an initial k- or s-, but in standard English the normal pronunciation is with a k-, except in the name of the Glaswegian football club.
派生词
Celticism
/-sɪzəm/ noun词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin Celticus （from Celtae 'Celts'）， or from French Celtique （from Celte 'Breton'）.