GALLIC

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to France or the people of France

Example:

a Gallic shrug

Synonyms:

French; Gallic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

France (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Derivation:

Gaul (a person of French descent)

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls

Example:

the Gallic Wars

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Gaul (an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands)

Derivation:

Gaul (a Celt of ancient Gaul)