celta

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See also: CELTA, Celta, celtā, and celtą

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtes)

  1. Celtic

Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtes)

  1. Celt

Noun

celta m (plural celtes)

  1. Celtic (language)

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celtae, from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí), Κελταί (Keltaí), Herodotus’ word for the Gauls, from Proto-Celtic *kel-to, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (to strike, beat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

celta m or f (plural celtas)

  1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
    Synonym: céltico

Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

  1. Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

Further reading

  • celta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • celta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlta
  • Hyphenation: cèl‧ta

Noun

celta m (plural celti)

  1. Celt

Further reading

  • celta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • celta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • celta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • cèlta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • cèlta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Celtica.

Pronunciation

Noun

celta m or f (genitive celtae); first declension

  1. a Celt

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative celta celtae
Genitive celtae celtārum
Dative celtae celtīs
Accusative celtam celtās
Ablative celtā celtīs
Vocative celta celtae

Descendants

  • English: Celt
  • French: celte
  • Italian: celta
  • Portuguese: celta
  • Spanish: celta

Latvian

Participle

celta

  1. inflection of celts:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zelt. Compare Silesian celt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛl.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlta
  • Syllabification: cel‧ta
  • Homophone: Celta

Noun

celta f

  1. tarpaulin (heavy-duty waterproof cloth)
    Hypernym: tkanina

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • celta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

celta m or f (plural celtas)

  1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
    Synonym: céltico

Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

  1. Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

Proper noun

celta m

  1. Celtic (language family)
    Synonym: céltico

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθelta/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈselta/
  • Rhymes: -elta
  • Syllabification: cel‧ta

Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtas)

  1. Celtic

Derived terms

Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

  1. Celt

Proper noun

celta m

  1. Celtic (language family)
    Synonym: céltico

Further reading

Vilamovian

Noun

celta

  1. plural of celt