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Meaning of Gaelic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡælɪk

Definitions

  1. Goidelic; any Goidelic language.
  2. Ellipsis of Gaelic football.
  3. Irish Gaelic.
  4. Manx Gaelic.
  5. Scottish Gaelic.

Equivalents

العربية اللغة الغيلية
Català gaèlic goidèlic
Čeština gaelský
Dansk gælisk
Deutsch Gälisch
Ελληνικά γαελικός
Español gaélico
Français Gaëlic
Gaeilge Gaelach
Magyar gael
Italiano gaelico
Nederlands Gaelisch
Polski gaelicki
Português gaélica gaélico
Русский гэльский
Svenska gaelisk gälisk

Examples

“By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon.”
“She taught herself some Gaelic as a child. It’s hard to pronounce, and with no other Gaelic speakers around that she could practice on, she’s forgotten nearly all of what she learned.”
“Undoubtedly, the main reasons why many gifted young Irish sportsmen such as Niall Quinn, Kevin Moran and Frank Stapleton opted to play soccer instead of Gaelic is^([sic]) that soccer afforded them the opportunity to display and test their abilities in an international arena and earn a good living.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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