# celta
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛl.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsɛl.ta]

### Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtes)
* Celtic

### Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtes)
* Celt

### Noun

celta m (plural celtes)
* Celtic (language)

#### Derived terms

* celta comú
* protocelta

### Related terms

* cèltic

### Further reading

* “celta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “celta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “celta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “celta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈθɛltɐ]

### Adjective

celta m or f (plural celtas)
* Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
    Synonym: céltico

### Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)
* Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

#### Related terms

* Celta
* céltico
* Céltigos

### Further reading

* 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

## Italian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛl.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛlta
* Hyphenation: cèl‧ta

### Noun

celta m (plural celti)
* Celt

#### Related terms

* celtico

### Further reading

* 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

### Anagrams

* Tecla, calte

## Latin
### Etymology

From Celtica.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkel.ta/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃel.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪ä]

### Noun

celta m or f (genitive celtae); first declension
* a Celt

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* celticus

#### Descendants

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

## Latvian
### Participle

celta
* inflection of celts:
** genitive singular masculine
** nominative singular feminine

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Zelt. Compare Silesian celt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛl.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlta
* Syllabification: cel‧ta
* Homophone: Celta

### Noun

celta f
* tarpaulin (heavy-duty waterproof cloth)
    Hypernym: tkanina

#### Derived terms

* celtowy

### Further reading

* celta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛw.tɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛw.tɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛw.ta/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛl.tɐ/ [ˈsɛɫ.tɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛwtɐ, -ɛltɐ
* Hyphenation: cel‧ta

### Adjective

celta m or f (plural celtas)
* Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
    Synonym: céltico

### Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)
* Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)

### Noun

celta m (uncountable)
* Celtic (language family)
    Synonym: céltico

### Further reading

* “celta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “celta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “celta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “celta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “celta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Celta.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

celta m or f (masculine and feminine plural celtas)
* Celtic

#### Derived terms

* celtismo
* celtista
* mar Celta

### Noun

celta m or f by sense (plural celtas)
* Celt

### Proper noun

celta m
* Celtic (language family)
    Synonym: céltico

### Further reading

* “celta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Vilamovian
### Noun

celta
* plural of celt