1. a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era; [syn: Celtic, Celtic language]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Celtic language
n 1: a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from
inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe
in the pre-Christian era [syn: Celtic, Celtic language]