Goidelic
/ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/adjective, noun
Goidelic is an adjective meaning “Relating to the Gaels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-I-D-E-L-I-C, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Goidelic mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to the Gaels.
noun
- 1
Division of the Celtic languages including Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Goidelic?
- /ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Goidelic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is Goidelic?
Goidelic appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd 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).
Goidelic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | goïdelique , gaélique |
| German | Goidelisch, Gälisch |
| Portuguese | gaélico, goidélico |
| Spanish | goidélico, gaélico |
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 Goidelic come from?
From Goidel + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).