celeste
English
/səˈlɛst/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instrument) (alternative form of) celesta, a musical instrument.
- (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
Etymology
Borrowed from French céleste (heavenly) derived from Latin caelestis (celestial, heavenly, sky, heaven).
Origin
Latin
caelestis
Gloss
celestial, heavenly, sky, heaven
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
天
Emoji
☁️ ✈️ ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌪️ 🌬️ 🔭 🚁 🛩️ 🛫 🛬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- celest English
- celestist English
- celestite English
- caelestialis Latin
- caelestinus Latin
- caelestis Latin
- caelestiālis Latin
- celeste Italian
- céleste French
- célestement French
- celeste Spanish, Castilian
- celeste Old French
- celestien Old French
- celeste Catalan, Valencian
- celeste Galician
- xistra Galician
- celeste Middle French
- celeste Old Portuguese
- celestre Old Spanish
- cialieste Istriot