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)

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

Noun

celestine (plural celestines)

1. (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)

1. (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 (1997–2024) “Celestine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “celestine”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• telecines

Italian

Adjective

celestine

1. feminine plural of celestino