celta

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛl.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛl.ta]

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtes)

1. Celtic

celta m or f by sense (plural celtes)

1. Celt

celta m (plural celtes)

1. Celtic (language)

• celta comú
• protocelta

• “celta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “celta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “celta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “celta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈθɛltɐ]

celta m or f (plural celtas)

1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

   Synonym: céltico

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “celta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

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

celta m (plural celti)

1. Celt

• 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

• Tecla, calte

From Celtica.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛɫ.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛl.ta]

celta m or f (genitive celtae); first declension

1. a Celt

First-declension noun.

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

celta

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

• celtla

Derived from German [Term?].

celta f

1. flat cake (a type of pastry made from unleavened dough)
2. (pharmacology) pill (medication)

   Synonyms: pilula, pilulka

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “celta”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Borrowed from German Zelt. Compare Silesian celt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛl.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlta
• Syllabification: cel‧ta
• Homophone: Celta

celta f

1. tarpaulin (heavy-duty waterproof cloth)

   Hypernym: tkanina

• “celta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

• Rhymes: -ɛwtɐ, -ɛltɐ
• Hyphenation: cel‧ta

celta m or f (plural celtas)

1. Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

   Synonym: céltico

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

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

celta m (uncountable)

1. Celtic (language family)

   Synonym: céltico

• “celta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “celta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “celta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “celta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “celta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• celtňa (dialectal)

Inherited from Old Slovak celt (“tent”). First attested in the 18th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡selta/, [ˈt͡selta]
• Rhymes: -elta
• Hyphenation: cel‧ta

celta f (relational adjective celtový)

1. (colloquial) a tent tarpaulin or part of it that is made from it

   Hyponym: stan

• “celta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθelta/ [ˈθel̪.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈselta/ [ˈsel̪.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -elta
• Syllabification: cel‧ta

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtas)

1. Celtic

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)

1. Celt

celta m

1. Celtic (language family)

   Synonym: céltico

• “celta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

celta

1. plural of celt