# celeste
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /səˈlɛst/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Noun

celeste (countable and uncountable, plural celestes)
* (music) Alternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”).
* (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
* (heraldry) Bleu celeste.

#### Derived terms

* celestist

### See also

* bleu celeste

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈles.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈles.te]

### Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)
* celesta

### Adjective

celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
* celestial; heavenly

#### Derived terms

* cos celeste

#### Related terms

* cel

### Further reading

* “celeste” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “celeste”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃeˈleste/
* Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te

### Adjective

celeste (plural celesti)
* Alternative form of celestu

### References

* “celestu, celeste, cilestu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caelestis.

### Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)
* celestial
* heavenly

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* celtista

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* celesto, cilestro

### Etymology

From Latin caelestis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃeˈlɛ.ste/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛste
* Hyphenation: ce‧lè‧ste

### Adjective

celeste (plural celesti)
* celestial
* heavenly
* pale blue, sky blue

#### Derived terms

* celestiale
* sopracceleste
* volta celeste

### Noun

celeste m (plural celesti)
* pale blue, sky blue

### See also

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
### Etymology

From Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.

### Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)
* celestial; heavenly

#### Descendants

* French: céleste

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

### Adjective

celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)
* celestial; heavenly

#### Descendants

* Middle French: celeste
** French: céleste

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈlɛs.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈlɛʃ.tɨ/
* Homophone: Celeste
* Hyphenation: ce‧les‧te

### Adjective

celeste m or f (plural celestes)
* celestial (relating to the sky)
* (astronomy) celestial (relating to space)
    Synonyms: espacial, sideral, sidéreo, sidérico
* (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
    Synonym: celestial
* sky blue (of a pale blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day)
    Synonyms: cerúleo, cérulo

#### Coordinate terms

* (heavenly): infernal, terreno

#### Related terms

* celestial
* céu

### See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text) :
| 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-bebê, azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
| violeta, lilás | magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeˈleste/ [θeˈles.t̪e]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈleste/ [seˈles.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -este
* Syllabification: ce‧les‧te

### Adjective

celeste m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestes)
* pale blue, sky blue
* heavenly
    Synonym: célico

#### Derived terms

* azul celeste
* bóveda celeste
* cuerpo celeste
* esfera celeste
* Imperio celeste

### Noun

celeste m (plural celestes)
* pale blue, sky blue

### Noun

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
* the nickname for the Uruguay National Football Team

#### Related terms

* celestial
* cielo

### See also

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 |

### Further reading

* “celeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10