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Celeste
celeste
celeste
English
Noun
celeste (plural celestes)
- (music) A celesta (a musical instrument).
- (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
Catalan
Noun
celeste m (plural celestes)
Adjective
celeste m, f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
Related terms
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
celeste m, f (plural celestes)
Noun
celeste m, f (plural celestes)
- (soccer) A fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin caelestis / caeleste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃe'lɛste/
Adjective
celeste m, f (masculine and feminine plural celesti)
Derived terms
- celestiale
- volta celeste
Noun
celeste m (plural celesti)
- pale blue, sky blue
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celeste, from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/, /se.ˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈlɛs.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/
Adjective
celeste m, f (plural celestes, comparable)
- celestial (relating to the sky)
- (astronomy) celestial (relating to space)
- (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
- sky blue (of a pale blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day)
Synonyms
- (relating to space): espacial, sideral, sidéreo, sidérico
- (heavenly): celestial
- (sky blue): cerúleo, cérulo