Gallic

adjective

Gal·​lic ˈga-lik 

: of or relating to Gaul or France

Examples of Gallic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For me, the M.V.P. of the Bru Zane team is the tenor Cyrille Dubois, an impeccable purveyor of Gallic style. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

The stateside monastery has a Gallic feel—the cloister was imported from France, for instance—but offers panoramic vistas of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025

These aren’t Scotch clones—they’re expressions of French terroir, barrel aging expertise, and yes, a little Gallic flair. —Emily Price, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025

Fluent in French, Foster has appeared in a handful of Gallic productions across her career, but this marks her first French-language role in two decades after Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s wartime romance A Very Long Engagement in 2005. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin Gallicus, from Gallus "a gaul" + -icus -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Gallic

• alack
• hallock
• malic
• malik
• phallic
• salic
• sialic
• bimetallic
• nonmetallic
• brachycephalic
• intermetallic
• polymetallic

Kids Definition

Gallic

adjective

Gal·​lic ˈgal-ik 

: of or relating to Gaul or France