celeste
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French céleste (“heavenly”), from Latin caelestis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
celeste (countable and uncountable, plural celestes)
- (music) Alternative form of celesta, a musical instrument.
- (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
- (heraldry) Bleu celeste.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
celeste m (plural celestes)
Adjective edit
celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “celeste” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “celeste”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
celeste (plural celesti)
- Alternative form of celestu
References edit
- “celestu, celeste, cilestu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Adjective edit
celeste m or f (plural celestes)
Noun edit
celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)
- (soccer) A fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
celeste (plural celesti)
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Noun edit
celeste m (plural celesti)
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bianco | argento; grigio | nero |
rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone; bronzo | giallo; oro; 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; blu scuro |
violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Adjective edit
celeste m or f (plural celestes)
Descendants edit
- French: céleste
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Adjective edit
celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
celeste m or f (plural celestes)
- celestial (relating to the sky)
- (astronomy) celestial (relating to space)
- (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
- Synonym: celestial
- sky blue (of a pale blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day)
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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-água; verde-menta |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo |
azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
violeta, lilás |
magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin caelestis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈleste/ [θeˈles.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈleste/ [seˈles.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -este
- Syllabification: ce‧les‧te
Adjective edit
celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
celeste m (plural celestes)
Noun edit
celeste m or f by sense (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
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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, rosado |
Further reading edit
- “celeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014