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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. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you discover any.

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...)
• 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
acina=area size
alauda=(sky-)lark (NL)
alba, alpes=mountain /top (#)
albiorix="king of the skys" (+)(=nickname for teutates)
alce=dash
alos, allos, alios= second^JM
allobroges"="other people": a non-Gaulish tribe
allo/s=second, other
alp/es, alba=mountain /top(#)
ambactus=servant
ambes=rivers (#)
ambi-=about
ambicatus,ambicatos=`he, who battles everywhere`, the name of an important leader
ambr=watercourse^AS
anagantios="indoors" (month) (m)^RW
and-=big- (eg: andarto/s =big bear)
anda=blind
ande-=against
anextlomarus="great protector"
anmatu=bad, incomplete
anuan(a)=name ^PS
apuldra=apple tree (NL)
ar=near (#)
arcantodran=mint-master pictures of celtic coins
ardvenna=high (#?)
are=rise
arganto=argent
arinca=corn
arjo=lord, noble
armorica=land near the sea (#)
artio=she-bear
arto/s=bear
arto-=pebble
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 BC)
ausia=ear
avalon=apple land (GB,#)
avent-=source (Plus des mots en Français-commencent avec "a")

B.

bagos=beech
balme=cave
bard/os=bard, singer, sort of druid (+)
barros=tuft
bata=gladiator, warrior
batuere, battuere=to hit
beber, bibru=beaver
beccus=beak
belenos / us=the shining, clear, sun-god(+)
belgae=belgians (GL)
belenuntia=henbane (poisonous!)
belesama, belisama=the shining goddess (=moon?) (+)
bellovesus=`he who can kill`, the name of an important leader 400 B.C.
benna=basket
bennicus=peak
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
bodvo-=evil, war, wrath
boiorix="king of the boii"
bona=building
bormo, borvo=warm, hot spa
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
branca=branch
bratto=cloak
bratu=to judge
brehon=judge, sort of druid ^?
briga=fortified height (#)
brigantia=birgit ^?
brigindo=Birgit (+)
brigindoni=brigantes (GB-Latin) ^PS
brihent=knight ^?
brihentin=elite-cavalry
broga=field
brogi-=country (#)
brogilo=hunting ground, enclosed ground^AS
brucus=heather
bulga=bag
bulgae=leather bags (>Belgians?They wore wide, long trousers, perhaps made of leather) (BB)
bunda=ground
bunia=inflated item
burdiga=cane fence

C.

cais=elegant
caio=hedge, fence ^PS
cambo=one-eyed
camisia=shirt (?)
camminus=walk
camo(i)x=chamois ^?
caneco=golden
cannene=leak, onion
cannenefates, canenefatae=lords of the leak
cantlos=song (month) (m)^RW
canto=white
canthus=eye's corner
captus=slave (R?)
carantus=beloved
carn=stone marking on a grave
carnu=corn, grain
carnyx=Celtic war-trumpet
carpento-=chariot
carruca=plough
carrus=cart, wagon (GL) ^PS
casamo=adsectator ^PS
cassi=love, joy ^?
catos=the name of a burgomaster, 1st century BC
cattos=cat
catu-=battle
cauaros, -res, rillus=champion, hero, giant (GL) ^PS
celicno=building
cen=head ^?
centum, kentum=100
cercun(n)o(s)=the horened, master of animals (+)
cervisia=beer
chariovalda=name of a frisii leader, 16 AD. ^?
chrotta=lyre, harp
ciallos=total, "this side time", intercalary month (month) (m)^RW
cingeto-=marching
cingetos=warriors (see picture)
cintu=first
cintuxo(s)=first^JM
cisiambos=the name of a burgomaster, 1st century BC
cleta=hurdle
colisata=two-wheeled chariot
comeimu=we go together
commios=the name of the king of the atrebati (BB!)
corma=wheaten beer (see 'kourmi'?)
corii=army
corio-=troops, clans (GL) ^PS
coule=woolen cloak with cap
counos=bright
crixsus=curley (GL) ^PS
cruptorix=name of a frisii leader, 28 AD. (a "quondam stipendiarius" according to Tacitus)
-cue=and
culcitra=carpet or roof coverer
cumba=valley
cuno-=high
cutios="dangerous month", "windy time" (November?) (m)^RW

D.

dagda=the name of the god `who can make everything` (+) ^?
dago/s=good, acceptable
dagovassa=good servant ^PS
dagodurnus=good fist / hand ^PS
damus=deer
dasia=pine branch
dau= two^JM
dea=woman
deca= ten^JM
decametos=tenth^{also JM}
decumates agri=land, devided in 10 pieces (#)
dede=he placed
dedicare=bandage
delgu=hold, be holding ^PS
deprosagilos=who has / provides generous meals ^PS
dervo=oak
dervogenos=son of the oak
deuoxtonion=of gods and men
devo, devos, dive=god, divinity (+)
devognata=born out of a god (+)
di bolg="the two bags": bellows (BB), maybe also `trousers`
dith=dead, destruction
dive=god, divinity (+)
divertomu="we put aside (the month) and start a new one" (m)
donno, donnus=brown
-dorii=doors
doula=leaf
drappo=wool
dravoca=wheat
dru=much
druide/s, druvida=a learned man, a priest (+)
drunemeton=holy oak forest, where the highest judges (druids) speak justice about important cases (#)
drungus=people, tribe
dubno=universe, world
dubron, dubrum=water (pl: dubra) (#)
dugijontijo=who serves
dum=cape (#)
dum(m)an(nios)="the dark month" (m)^RW
dumnorix="king of the world" (name of leader of the belgae 50 B.C., but a very common name. "Dumnoreix" was the Mediterranian spelling)
duno=heights
dunum, durum=fortress, fortification (#)
dur=water^AS
durnacos=fist-  ^PS
durnomagus=fist-field? ^PS
duxtir=daughter

E.
eburos=yew (-tree) with poisonous needles and seeds, but eatable berries
eburones="people who are protected by the yew-tree" (until the Romans killed them 50 BC)
eclaï=she set (past)
edrin(ios)="hot period" (month) (m)^RW
elembiu(ios)="many fences" (month) (m)^RW
enigeno=girl
epona=goddess, protectress of horses, riders and travellers (+)
epos=horse, `horse-month` (m)
equos=horse (older word?), `horse-month`, equity (m)^RW
eri-=in front of
es, ex=out of, un-
esus=god (+)
etos=fifth ^PS

F.

fata=male tree-nymph (pl: fatae)(+) ^?
file=kind of druid, poet, philosopher, historian (+) ^?
fo=under ^?
frame=spear with small, short, iron point (pl:framaea)
furt, foort=fordable place (#)

G.

gabi=take
gabro/s=goat
gabromagus=goat field ^PS
gaiso(n)=javelin, dart, sting ^OS
gall=strength
gallus=Gaul
garanus=crane (bird)
garra=back of the heel or "leg"
garrito=femur, upper leg
gauta=cheek
genos=son
gessa=what a king is never allowed to do/ say (pl: geissi) (GB)
gestlos=hostage
gia, giam, giamo, giamon, giamoni=winter (month) (m) ^PS
giamillus=winter
giamoni/os=winter-time, "wintery-end", "shoots-time" (month) (m)^RW
gilvus=yellowish
gisel=hostage
glastum=ford, woad (GL) ^PS
gnata=born
gobann-=smith
grennos=hair, beard
gunna=fur cloak
gutu=voice (L), to call
gutuatri=he/ she who speaks with the divinity (L,+)

H.

hal,hall=salt (eg: Hallstatt)
hand=hand (NL)
h/atir=father (500 BC)
(h)at(t)enux=period of 14 days working, 1 day resting (m)
hel=river-meadow (#)
hen=the old - ^?
hoofd=head (NL)

I.

-i=daughter of -
-ialum=field, plain (R?,#)
iantu=jealousy
iesin=shining, beautiful (GL) ^PS
iesta=foam (GL) ^PS
ieuri=I dedicated
ieuru=he dedicated
imi=I am ^PS
imbas forosnai=king`s consecration, "to tell the truth"(GB)
in=in
incoctilia="carries casted metal"=tinned copper (looks like silver)
indas=these ^PS
inio=a certain place (#)
inter=between
-io=son of -
iouincillus=young ..... ^PS
iourus=they dedicated
isara=the swift (river name) (#)
isarno=iron
iugera=a measure of an area, 10 iugera=2,5 hectare
iugo=yoke ^PS
iurca=roe-deer (name) ^PS

J.

jovinc-=young

K.

karnitu="I heaped up" or "he placed"
konan=king
kourmi=beer (see 'corma'?)

L.

labara=the loudly-rustling (#)
labro=to speak
laina=wool
lal=moist dirt^AS
lancia=lance
langa=lizard
lanum=plain
lat=day (m)
lautro=bath
leeuwerik=lark (NL)
legasit=he placed
lemos=elm
ler=sea (GB?,#)
leukos=forest
ligita=mud
linda=? ^PS
linna=light cloak
litanos=broad
litavicos=the name of a military leader 52 v.C. (BB)
lubi=love
luega, leuga=1 Gaulish mile=1,5 Roman mile=2,22km
lugh=sun-god

This dictionary continues with M - W

I hereby also wish to thank Andrea De Vecchi and mr. Xavier Delamarre for adding many Gaulish words to this list.
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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'