Gael
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Gael
- /ɡeɪ̯l/
- /ɡeɪ̯l/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɡæɪ̯l/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ɡel/ Scotland
- /ɡeːl/ India
- /ɡɛjl/ India
- /ɡeː(j)l/ India
Sounds like gale, Gail, Gayle · Rhymes with -eɪl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel. False cognate of English Gaul, Gallia.
Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word.
noun Gaels
- A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic. For the great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, And all their songs are sad.
proper noun Gaels
- A male given name.
Translations
Talk about this word "Gael." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gael. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Gael. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gael "Gael." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gael.Cite this
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title = {Gael},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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