celesta

celesta

See also: Celesta and célesta

English

a celesta or celeste

Alternative forms

• celeste

Etymology

From French célesta.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /səˈlɛstə/

Noun

celesta (plural celestas)

1. (music) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.

   Synonym: celeste

Derived terms

• celestist

Translations

musical instrument

Armenian: չելեստա (hy) (čʿelesta) Basque: zelesta Bulgarian: челеста (čelesta) Catalan: celesta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 鋼片琴／钢片琴 (zh) (gāngpiànqín) Finnish: celesta (fi) French: célesta (fr) m German: Celesta (de) f Greek: τσελέστα (tselésta) Irish: ceileiste f Italian: celesta f Japanese: チェレスタ Korean: 첼레스타 (chelleseuta) Occitan: celeste Polish: czelesta (pl) Portuguese: celesta (pt) f Romanian: celestă (ro) Russian: челе́ста (ru) f (čelésta) Slovak: čelesta Slovene: čelesta Spanish: celesta (es) Swedish: celesta (sv) Ukrainian: челеста (čelesta)

Further reading

• celesta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Casteel, Escatel, Lecates, Salcete, acelets

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• celeste

Etymology

Borrowed from French célesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃeːˈlɛs.taː/, /seːˈlɛs.taː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ce‧les‧ta

Noun

celesta f (plural celesta's)

1. celesta (musical pipe instrument)

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Finnish

Etymology

From French célesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃelestɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃe̞le̞s̠t̪ɑ]
• Syllabification^(key): ce‧les‧ta

Noun

celesta

1. (music) celesta (instrument)

Declension

Inflection of celesta (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		celesta	celestat
genitive		celestan	celestoiden celestoitten celestojen
partitive		celestaa	celestoita celestoja
illative		celestaan	celestoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		celesta	celestat
accusative	nom.	celesta	celestat
	gen.	celestan
genitive		celestan	celestoiden celestoitten celestojen celestainrare
partitive		celestaa	celestoita celestoja
inessive		celestassa	celestoissa
elative		celestasta	celestoista
illative		celestaan	celestoihin
adessive		celestalla	celestoilla
ablative		celestalta	celestoilta
allative		celestalle	celestoille
essive		celestana	celestoina
translative		celestaksi	celestoiksi
instructive		—	celestoin
abessive		celestatta	celestoitta
comitative		—	celestoineen

Possessive forms of celesta (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	celestani	celestamme
2nd person	celestasi	celestanne
3rd person	celestansa

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Italian

Noun

celesta f (plural celeste)

1. (music) celesta

   Synonym: tipofono

Anagrams

• Alceste, celaste

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Portuguese

Noun

celesta f (plural celestas)

1. (music) celesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)