celeste
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French céleste (“heavenly”), from Latin caelestis.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /səˈlɛst/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
celeste (plural celestes)
- (music) Alternative form of celesta, a musical instrument.
- (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
See also
- bleu celeste
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /səˈles.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /seˈles.te/
Noun
celeste m (plural celestes)
- celesta
Adjective
celeste (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
- 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, 2023
- “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 (plural celestes)
- (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)
- celestial
- heavenly
- pale blue, sky blue
Derived terms
- celestiale
- sopracceleste
- volta celeste
Noun
celeste m (plural celesti)
- pale blue, sky blue
See also
bianco | grigio | nero |
rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone | giallo; 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 |
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)
- celestial; heavenly
Descendants
- French: céleste
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Adjective
celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)
- celestial; heavenly
Descendants
- Middle French: celeste
- French: céleste
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈlɛs.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈlɛʃ.t(ɨ)/
- 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
- celestial
- céu
See also
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 claro | |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo | azul céu, 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) /seˈleste/ [seˈles.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -este
- Syllabification: ce‧les‧te
Adjective
celeste (plural celestes)
- pale blue, sky blue
- heavenly
Derived terms
- bóveda celeste
- cuerpo celeste
- Imperio celeste
Noun
celeste m (plural celestes)
- pale blue, sky blue
Noun
celeste m or f (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
- celestial
- cielo
See also
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 |
Further reading
- “celeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014