Definitions and meaning of celeste celeste
Etymology
Borrowed from French céleste ( “ heavenly ” ) , from Latin caelestis .
Pronunciation
( US ) IPA(key) : /səˈlɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst
Noun
celeste (countable and uncountable , plural celestes )
( music ) Alternative form of celesta , a musical instrument.
( music ) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
( heraldry ) Bleu celeste .
See also
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis .
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : ( Central, Balearic ) [səˈles.tə]
IPA(key) : ( Valencian ) [seˈles.te]
Noun
celeste m (plural celestes )
celesta
Adjective
celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes )
celestial; heavenly
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“celeste” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició , Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“celeste”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“celeste” in Diccionari normatiu valencià , Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“celeste” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Corsican
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /t͡ʃeˈleste/
Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te
Adjective
celeste (plural celesti )
Alternative form of celestu
References
“celestu, celeste, cilestu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis .
Adjective
celeste m or f (plural celestes )
celestial
heavenly
Noun
celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes )
( soccer ) A fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin caelestis .
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /t͡ʃeˈlɛ.ste/
Rhymes: -ɛste
Hyphenation: ce‧lè‧ste
Adjective
celeste (plural celesti )
celestial
heavenly
pale blue, sky blue
Derived terms
celestiale
sopracceleste
volta celeste
Noun
celeste m (plural celesti )
pale blue, sky blue
See also
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French celeste , borrowed from Latin caelestis .
Adjective
celeste m or f (plural celestes )
celestial; heavenly
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis .
Adjective
celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste )
celestial; heavenly
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese celeste , borrowed from Latin caelestis ( “ celestial ” ) , from caelum ( “ sky ” ) .
Pronunciation
Homophone: Celeste
Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te
Adjective
celeste m or f (plural celestes )
celestial ( relating to the sky )
( astronomy ) celestial ( relating to space )
Synonyms: espacial , sideral , sidéreo , sidérico
( religion ) heavenly ( relating to heaven )
Synonym: celestial
sky blue ( of a pale blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day )
Synonyms: cerúleo , cérulo
Coordinate terms
( heavenly ) : infernal , terreno
Related terms
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis .
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : ( Spain ) /θeˈleste/ [θeˈles.t̪e]
IPA(key) : ( Latin America ) /seˈleste/ [seˈles.t̪e]
Rhymes: -este
Syllabification: ce‧les‧te
Adjective
celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes )
pale blue, sky blue
heavenly
Derived terms
Noun
celeste m (plural celestes )
pale blue, sky blue
Noun
celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes )
( soccer ) a fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
Synonym: celtista
( soccer ) the nickname for the Uruguay National Football Team
Related terms
See also
Further reading
“celeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición , Real Academia Española, 2014
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