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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s??l?st/

Noun

celeste (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.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s??les.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se?les.te/

Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)

1. celesta

Adjective

celeste (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

1. 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.
• “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.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)

1. celestial
2. heavenly

Noun

celeste m or f (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

• celtista

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caelestis / caeleste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??e?l?s.te/

Adjective

celeste (plural celesti)

1. celestial
2. heavenly
3. pale blue, sky blue

Derived terms

• celestiale
• sopracceleste
• volta celeste

Noun

celeste m (plural celesti)

1. pale blue, sky blue

See also

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

• Middle French: celeste
  • French: céleste

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.?l?s.t??i/, /se.?l??.t??i/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.?l?s.te/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.?l??.t?/

Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes, comparable)

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

• (heavenly): infernal, terreno

Related terms

• celestial
• céu

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e?leste/, [?e?les.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se?leste/, [se?les.t?e]

Adjective

celeste (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 (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

Related terms

• celestial
• cielo

See also

English

Alternative forms

• cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?st???l/, /s??l?sti?l/
• Hyphenation: ce?les?tial

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).

Adjective

celestial (not comparable)

1. Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
2. Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
3. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.

Synonyms

• (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

1. An inhabitant of heaven.

Etymology 2

From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

Alternative forms

• Celestial (native of China)

Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

1. (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
2. (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

References

• celestial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.

Anagrams

• cistellae

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)

1. celestial

Related terms

• ceo

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestials)

1. celestial

Related terms

• cel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.les.t??i.?aw/, /se.le?.t??i.?aw/, /se.les.?t??jaw/, /se.le?.?t??jaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?l???tja?/

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais, comparable)

1. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)

   Synonym: celeste

Coordinate terms

• (heavenly): infernal, terreno

Related terms

• celeste
• céu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?eles?tjal/, [?e.les?t?jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seles?tjal/, [se.les?t?jal]

Adjective

celestial (plural celestiales)

1. celestial

Related terms

• celeste
• cielo