celeste

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See also: céleste, Celeste, and Céleste

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /səˈlɛst/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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.

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

  1. celesta

Adjective

celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

  1. celestial; heavenly

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈleste/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te

Adjective

celeste (plural celesti)

  1. Alternative form of celestu

References

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Related terms

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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/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈleste/
  • 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

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

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

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