ĉielo

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See also: cielo and çielo

Esperanto

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Blua ĉielo

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Etymology

From Italian cielo, from Latin caelum. Compare French ciel, Spanish cielo. Not related to Esperanto ĉiel.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ĉi‧e‧lo

Noun

ĉielo (accusative singular ĉielon, plural ĉieloj, accusative plural ĉielojn)

  1. sky (portion of atmosphere visible from Earth's surface)
    La ĉielo aspektas nuba hodiaŭ.
    The sky looks cloudy today.
  2. (religion) heaven
    Antonym: infero
    Patro nia, kiu estas en la ĉielo, Via nomo estu sanktigita.
    Our Father, who is in heaven, may Your name be made holy.
    • 1908, L. L. Zamenhof, La rabistoj: dramo en kvin aktoj, Paris: Hachette, translation of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller, page 10:
      Pli bone estas iri seninfana en la ĉielon, ol se ambaŭ, la patro kaj la filo, iras en la inferon.
      It's better to go childless into heaven, than if both, the father and the son, go into hell.

Derived terms

  • ĉiela (heavenly, celestial)
  • ĉielero (a little bit of Heaven)

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