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celeste

See also: céleste, Celeste, and Céleste

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

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celeste (countable and uncountable, plural celestes)

  1. (music) Alternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).
  2. (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
  3. (heraldry) Bleu celeste.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

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celeste m (plural celestes)

  1. celesta

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celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

  1. celestial; heavenly

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Corsican

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈleste/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te

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celeste (plural celesti)

  1. alternative form of celestu

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Galician

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂i-lom
Proto-Italic *kailom?
Latin caelum
Latin terrestris
Latin -estris
Latin caelestislbor.
Galician celeste

    Learned borrowing from Latin caelestis.

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    celeste m or f (plural celestes)

    1. celestial
    2. heavenly

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    celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes)

    1. (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

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    Etymology

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    From Latin caelestis.

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    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈlɛs.te/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛste
    • Hyphenation: ce‧lè‧ste

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    celeste m or f by sense (plural celesti)

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

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    celeste m (plural celesti)

    1. pale blue, sky blue

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    Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
         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

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    From Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.

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    celeste m or f (plural celestes)

    1. celestial; heavenly

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    • French: céleste

    Old French

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    Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

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    celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)

    1. celestial; heavenly

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    Portuguese

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

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    celeste m or f (plural celestes)

    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

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    Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
         branco, alvo      cinza, gris,
    cinzento     		     preto, negro
                 vermelho,
    encarnado, rubro,
    salmão; carmim     		             laranja,
    cor de laranja; castanho,
    marrom     		             amarelo; creme,
    ocre
                 verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
                 ciano,
    turquesa; azul-petróleo     		             azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
                 violeta,
    lilás     		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
    cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂i-lom
    Proto-Italic *kailom?
    Latin caelum
    Latin terrestris
    Latin -estris
    Latin caelestisbor.
    Spanish celeste

      Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

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      celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)

      1. sky blue
      2. heavenly
        Synonym: célico
      3. (heraldry) bleu celeste

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      celeste m (plural celestes)

      1. sky blue
      2. (heraldry) bleu celeste

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      celeste m or f by sense (plural celestes) (soccer)

      1. a fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
        Synonym: celtista
      2. the nickname for the Uruguay National Football Team
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      Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
           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

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