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• 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.

• gallice

• gallicism

• gallicize

• gallium

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