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This language was spoken in Gaul and Belgium before the Romans conquered the land. That happened when Vercingetorix lost the battle of Alesia, in 52 B.C. This knowledge is based on Roman, Greek, early medieval and present researches on this subject.
The Gauls did hardly write a word; or at least there is hardly any evidence they did write, just a few inscriptions here and there, like the inscriptions on the Coligny calendar.

I've done extensive research; each word in this list has its source in at least one of the books in the literature list below. But there still can be some misinterpretations in this list.

Tips:
• Pronounce `c` mostly as `k`.
• `-` means you must add another word.
• words with (NL) are possible originally ancient `Dutch`.
• words with (GB) and (BB) are `Islandceltic`/`Belgian` (because of the flight of Belgians to England)
• words with (GL) are probably Gallo-Latin / Gallo-Roman
• words with (#) are (part of) geographic names.
• words with (R?) are possibly just Latin.
• words with (L) are possibly pre-gaulish (=Ligurian).
• words with (+) are also names of gods/ religious comprehensions.
• words with (m) are names of chronology and other information according to the `moon-calendar` from Coligny,France. There has also been found a Coligny-like calendar in Knowth, Ireland...)
• words with (pC) are possibly proto- (=reconstructed) Celtic, written phonetically
• pl=plural, eg=for example
• /, () and , =spelling unsure, perhaps depending on dialect, case or place in the text.
• the "U" can also indicate a "V" and vice versa.
• the ^notes refer to remarks at the end of this dictionary or to a source in the literature list.
• Il y a aussi des mots gauloises traduisez en Français

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A.

ab = river (#)
aballo = apple
aboculus = blind (GL) ^HM
acina = area size
ad-, ate- = to, very ^{HL, JM}
alauda = (sky-)lark (NL)
alba, alpes = mountain /top (#)
albiorix = "king of the skys" (+)(=nickname for teutates)
alce = dash
Alesia = Alise Ste.Reine, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
alos, allos, alios = second^JM , other (foreign)
allobroges" = "other people": a non-Gaulish tribe
alp/es, alba = mountain /top(#)
ambactus = servant
ambes = rivers (#)
ambi- = about
ambi = around (pC) ^HM
ambi = butter ^{HL, JM}
ambiagto-, ambagto- = "one who goes around" (pC) ^HM
ambicatus,ambicatos=`he, who battles everywhere`, the name of an important leader
ambr = watercourse^AS
anagantios = "indoors" (month) (m)^RW
Ancyra = Ankara, Turkey (#) ^{BC, JM}
and- = big- (eg: andarto/s =big bear)
anda = blind
ande- = against
ande- = used before personal pronouns, Irish ind-; to, very ^{HL, JM}
anextlomarus = "great protector"
anmatu = bad, incomplete
anuan(a) = name ^PS
apuldra = apple tree (NL)
Aquileia (I) (#) ^{BC, JM}
Aquincum = Budapest, H (#) ^{BC, JM}
ar=near (#)
arcantod(r)an = mint-master, mint warden ^{HL, JM} pictures of celtic coins
ardvenna = high (#?)
are = rise
are- = before (prefix)^HM
are- = on, in, at ^{HL, JM}
are- = for ^{HL, JM}
Arelate = Arlet, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
arganto(s) = silver ^{HL, JM}
ari = before (not a prefix) ^HM
arinca = corn
arjo = lord, noble
armorica = land near the sea (#)
artio = she-bear
artioni = bear ^{HL, JM}
arto- = pebble
arto/s = bear
artogenos = son of the bear
ascia = axe ^?
asiam = fruit or grain ^PS
ate- = re-
aten(o)ux = (see "hattenux"), see image right
atir = father (500 B.C.)
Augusta Treverorum = Trier, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
ausia = ear ^{HL, JM}
avalon = apple land, GB (#)
Avaricum = Bourges, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
avent- = source (Plus des mots en Français-commencent avec "a")

B.

bagos = beech
balme = cave
Balodurum = Balleure, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
bard/os = singer, sort of druid, poet, bard (+) ^{HL, JM}
bardo- = bard, poet (pC) ^HM
barros = tuft
bata = gladiator, warrior
batuere, battuere = to hit
beber, bibru = beaver
beccus = beak
belenos / us=the shining, clear, sun-god(+)
belenuntia = henbane (poisonous!)
belesama, belisama = the shining goddess (=moon?) (+)
belgae = Belgians (GL)
bellovesus = `he who can kill`, the name of an important leader 400 B.C.
benna = basket
benna = wagon ^{HL, JM}
bennicus = peak
Bergamum = Bergamo, I (#) ^{BC, JM}
berula = water-cress ^{HL, JM}
Bibracte = Mont Beuvray, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
bibru = beaver
bille = tree-stump, gold/ silver/ bronze-ingot
birgit, brigit, brigindo=goddes of the marriage, protectress of the smiths, and the techniques, druide (bard), female warrior (+) ^?
birrus=short coule
bitu=world, existence
Bituriges = Bourges, F (#), world-kings ^{BC, JM}
Bodiocasses = Bayeux, F (#) ^{BC, JM}
Boduus, Boduo(s) = scald-crow, a war-goddess in the form of a scald crow (+) ^{HL, JM}
bodvo-=evil, war, wrath
boiorix="king of the boii"
bolg = leather sack (pC) ^HM
bona=building
bormo, borvo=warm, hot spa
bormo(s), boruo(s) = beer ^{HL, JM}
boud(i)=victory ^?
boudicca = the victorious, name of a female warrior 50 A.D. (GB) ^OS
brac = marshy grass-land^AS
braca(e)=trousers ^OS
bracca=short trousers (not below the thighs)
brace, brakis=malt ^PS
bracem (acc.) = malt ^{HL, JM}
branca=branch
bratronos = brother ^{HL, JM}
bratto=cloak
bratu=to judge
brehon=judge, sort of druid ^?
bretus, bratus = mind, judgement ^{HL, JM}
briga = fortified height (#)
briga- = strife (pC) ^HM
briga = town, hill (#) ^{HL, JM}
brigantia = Birgit ^?
Brigantium = La Coruna, Spain-Galicia (#) ^{BC, JM}
brigindo = Birgit (+)
brigindoni = brigantes (GB-Latin) ^PS
brigo- = strength (pC) ^HM
brihent = knight ^?
brihentin = elite-cavalry
briua = bridge ^{HL, JM}
Brixia = Brescia, I (#) ^{BC, JM}
broga = field
brogae = ager ^{HL, JM}
brogi- = country (#)
brogilo = hunting ground, enclosed ground ^AS
-brogos = district (GB) (pC) ^HM
brucus = heather
bruko, brucos = heather  ^HM
buggo- = flexible (pC) ^HM
bulga = bag
bulga = leather bag ^{HL, JM}
bulgae = leather bags (>Belgians?They wore wide, long trousers, perhaps made of leather) (BB)
bunda = ground
bunia = inflated item
burdiga = cane fence

I hereby wish to thank Andrea De Vecchi, mr. J. Mascitelli and mr. X. Delamarre for adding many Gaulish words to this list.

More info about the writer / editor

Index Dutch bronze age
Index first farmers in the Netherlands

Plus des mots en Français -commencent avec "a"- : (fait par mr. Xavier Delamarre)

 aballo- 'pommier'
 aballo(n)- 'pommeraie'
 abalos 'pomme'
 abona 'rivière'
 acaunon 'pierre'
 acito- 'plaine, champ'
 acros, axros 'haut'
 actinos 'ajonc'
 ad- 'vers'
 adarca 'écume de roseau'
 adgarios 'invocateur'
 adiant(u)- 'empressement, désir'
 adsagsona 'l'Atteignante, l'Intercédante' (?)
 adsedo-, assedo- 'résident, établi'
 aedrini, edrini 'nom du 11e mois'
 aganntobo '?'
 agedo- 'aspect, manière, face'
 agranio- 'prunelle'
 agro- 'bataille, carnage'
 aidu- 'feu, ardeur'
 alauda 'alouette'
 alausa 'alose'
 albios 'monde d'en haut, monde lumineux'
 albos 'blanc'
 albolon 'menthe-pouliot' bot.
 alisia 'alisier' ou bien 'rocher'
 allos 'autre, deuxième'
 allobrog- 'étranger, exilé'
 alus 'symphytum' bot.
 amarco- 'vision, vue, regard'
 ambactos 'serviteur, envoyé'
 ambe 'rivière'
 ambi- 'autour, alentour, des deux côtés'
 an- 'in-, non-' préfixe privatif
 ana 'marais'
 anagantio- 'nom du 4e mois'
 anandogna 'non indigène, étrangère'
 anatia 'les âmes'
 anauo- 'richesse, inspiration'
 ancorago 'un poisson' ?
 and-, ande-, ando- 'très-', particule intensive
 andabata 'combattant aveuglé'
 andamica '(de qualité) inférieure'
 andedios 'inférieur'
 andernad- 'ce qui est en-bas'
 anderos 'inférieur, infernal'
 andoedo (<*andosedon) 'mobilier'
 andogna 'indigène, du pays'
 andouna 'source, eau d'en-bas'
 anepsa 'hellébore blanc, vératre' bot.
 anextlo- 'protection'
 aniateios 'à ne pas emporter'
 anmatu- 'défavorable, incomplet'
 anto- 'limite, borne'
 antumnos 'Autre Monde, monde des morts'
 anuan 'nom'
 arausio- 'tempe, joue'
 arduos 'haut'
 are- 'devant'
 aremoricos 'qui habite devant la mer'
 arepennis 'bout de terrain, arpent'
 aretisia 'ardoise'
 arganton 'argent'
 argantodanos 'magistrat monétaire'
 argios 'blanc' (> 'neige' ?)
 argos 'champion'
 aricanos 'excellent'
 arinca 'sorte de blé'
 arios 'homme libre, seigneur'
 artos 'ours'
 arueriatis 'qui donne satisfaction' ?
 ate- 're-' préfixe itératif et intensif
 atenoux(-) 'renouvellement' ?
 atir 'père'
 atrebat- 'habitant'
 attegia 'cabane, hutte'
 aua 'petite fille'
 auantia 'source'
 aui- 'désir, faveur'
 auot 'a fait'
 aus(i)- 'oreille'
 autagis 'bordereau'
 axat 'qu'il emmène'