Celtiberian
/ˌkɛlt.ɪˈbɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/noun, adjective
Celtiberian is a noun meaning “A member of a Celtic people living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during the Roman Empire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-E-L-T-I-B-E-R-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Celtiberian is Celtiberians.
What does Celtiberian mean?
noun
- 1
A member of a Celtic people living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during the Roman Empire.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to these people or their language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Celtiberian?
- /ˌkɛlt.ɪˈbɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
- /ˌkɛlt.aɪˈbɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
- /ˌsɛlt.ɪˈbɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-Celtiberian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Celtiberian
- Celtiberians plural
- Celt-Iberian
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Celtiberian?
Celtiberian appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Celtiberian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | celtibère |
| German | Keltiberer, Keltibererin |
| Portuguese | celtibero |
| Spanish | celtíbero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Celtiberian come from?
Blend of Celtic + Iberian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).