celeste

See also: céleste, Celeste, and Céleste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French céleste (heavenly), from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /səˈlɛst/

Noun

celeste (plural celestes)

  1. (music) Alternative form of celesta, a musical instrument.
  2. (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

  1. celesta

Adjective

celeste (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

  1. celestial; heavenly

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

  1. celestial
  2. heavenly

Noun

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

  1. (soccer) A fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caelestis / caeleste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈlɛste/
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Adjective

celeste (masculine and feminine plural celesti)

  1. celestial
  2. heavenly
  3. pale blue, sky blue

Derived terms

Noun

celeste m (plural celesti)

  1. pale blue, sky blue

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

  1. celestial; heavenly

Descendants


Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)

  1. celestial; heavenly

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis (celestial), from caelum (sky).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/, /se.ˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈlɛs.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes, comparable)

  1. celestial (relating to the sky)
  2. (astronomy) celestial (relating to space)
  3. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
  4. sky blue (of a pale blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste (plural celestes)

  1. pale blue, sky blue
  2. heavenly

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

  1. pale blue, sky blue
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