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Celesta

Celesta

See also: celesta and célesta

English

Proper noun

Celesta

A female given name

celesta

celesta

See also: Celesta and célesta

English

a celesta or celeste

Alternative forms

celeste

Noun

celesta ‎(plural celestas)

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

Derived terms

celestist

Translations

musical instrument

Armenian: չելեստա ‎(čʿelesta)
Basque: zelesta
Bulgarian: челеста ‎(čelesta)
Catalan: celesta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鋼片琴 (zh), 钢片琴 (zh) ‎(gāngpiànqín)
Finnish: celesta (fi)
French: célesta (fr) m
Greek: τσελέστα ‎(tselésta)
Irish: ceileiste 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)

Portuguese

Noun

celesta f (plural celestas)

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