Gallic

• gallic

From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), from Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”), used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡælɪk/
• Rhymes: -ælɪk

Gallic (comparative more Gallic, superlative most Gallic)

1. (historical) Of or related to Gaul or the Gauls.

   Synonyms: Gaulish, (obsolete) Gallian

2. (historical) Synonym of Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks.
3. Synonym of French, of or related to modern France or the French.
   • 1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13:

     This dislocation of gender roles in popular entertainment seems to have started with La Cage Aux Folles. This Gallic drag remake of You Can't Take It With You was a huge success at the box office while managing to present gay characters as comic though never foolish.

the Gallic

1. (geology) An epoch from 130.0 ± 1.5 to 89.3 ± 1.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cretaceous.

• “Gallic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.