celeste

See also: céleste, Celeste, and Céleste

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /səˈlɛst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

celeste (countable and uncountable, 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.
3. (heraldry) Bleu celeste.

Derived terms

• celestist

 

See also

• bleu celeste

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈles.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈles.te]

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

1. celesta

Adjective

celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

1. celestial; heavenly

Derived terms

• cos celeste

Related terms

• cel

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)

1. Alternative form of celestu

References

• “celestu, celeste, cilestu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

1. celestial
2. heavenly

Noun

celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)

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

Synonyms

• celtista

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈlɛ.ste/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛste
• Hyphenation: ce‧lè‧ste

Adjective

celeste (plural celesti)

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

Derived terms

• celestiale
• sopracceleste
• volta celeste

Noun

celeste m (plural celesti)

1. pale blue, sky blue

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

1. celestial; heavenly

Descendants

• French: céleste

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)

1. celestial; heavenly

Descendants

• Middle French: celeste
  • French: céleste

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈlɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

• Homophone: Celeste
• Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

1. celestial (relating to the sky)
2. (astronomy) celestial (relating to space)

   Synonyms: espacial, sideral, sidéreo, sidérico

3. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)

   Synonym: celestial

4. 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

• celestial
• céu

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈleste/ [θeˈles.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈleste/ [seˈles.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: ce‧les‧te

Adjective

celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

1. pale blue, sky blue
2. heavenly

Derived terms

• azul celeste
• bóveda celeste
• cuerpo celeste
• esfera celeste
• Imperio celeste

 

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

1. pale blue, sky blue

Noun

celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)

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

   Synonym: celtista

2. (soccer) the nickname for the Uruguay National Football Team

Related terms

• celestial
• cielo

 

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

Further reading

• “celeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28