Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaelscoil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gaelscoil
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A school in which Irish is the working language.

Etymology

From Irish, from Gael (“Gael, Gaelic person”) + scoil (“school”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

gaelscoileanna (plural)

Questions

What does gaelscoil mean?: A school in which Irish is the working language.
Where does gaelscoil come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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