celestine

See also: Celestine and célestine

English

Etymology 1

From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest +‎ -ine.

Adjective

celestine (comparative more celestine, superlative most celestine)

(obsolete) Synonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.

Noun

celestine (plural celestines)

(obsolete) A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.

Etymology 2

Celestine

From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.

Noun

celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)

(mineralogy) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.

Synonyms

celestite

Translations

mineral

Catalan: celestina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天青石 (zh) (tiānqīngshí)
Finnish: selestiini
French: célestine (fr) f
German: Coelestin m
Hungarian: cölesztin
Italian: celestina f, celestite f
Polish: celestyn (pl) m
Portuguese: celestina (pt) f, celestita f
Spanish: celestina (es) f, celestita f

References

“† celestine, adj. and n.¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889.
“celestine, n.³.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889.
David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Celestine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“celestine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Anagrams

telecines

Italian

Adjective

celestine

feminine plural of celestino