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• Gael
  Gael

  noun

  a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
• Gael.
  Gael.

  abbreviation

  Gaelic.

Gael

¹ American  

[geyl] / geɪl /

noun

1. a Scottish Celt or Highlander.

2. a Gaelic-speaking Celt.

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Gael. ² American  

Or Gael

abbreviation

1. Gaelic.

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Gael British  

/ ɡeɪl /

noun

1. a person who speaks a Gaelic language, esp a Highland Scot or an Irishman

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Other Word Forms

• Gaeldom
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Gael

1590–1600; < Scots Gaelic Gaidheal, Old Irish Goidel

Example Sentences

“My mom sent me an article where it said the last Mexican actor to have two films simultaneously at the festival was the master Gael García Bernal,” he says excitedly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Gael García Bernal stars in the director’s epic—full of beautiful, often static imagery—about the Portuguese explorer, now streaming on the Criterion Channel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I have a big pile of old cookbooks that inspired a lot of the specific dishes in the book, but the best resource was the New York magazine archives, particularly Gael Greene’s old columns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Despite scoring five tries -- with backs Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Thomas Ramos, debutant Gael Drean and Emilien Gailleton also crossing the whitewash -- Galthie was happier with the defensive effort than the attacking one.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

But there were no longer any organized traces of the chivalry of the Gael Merlyn met the King as he rode back from Sorhaute—a magician rather tired, and still unmounted.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White