"celeste" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˈlɛst/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-celeste.wav Forms: celestes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: Borrowed from French céleste (“heavenly”), from Latin caelestis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|céleste||heavenly}} French céleste (“heavenly”), {{der|en|la|caelestis}} Latin caelestis Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} celeste (countable and uncountable, plural celestes)
  1. (music) Alternative form of celesta (“musical instrument”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: celesta (extra: musical instrument)
    Sense id: en-celeste-en-noun-GCBG1WXp Categories (other): Musical instruments Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-celeste-en-noun-pKIYJQov Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (heraldry) Bleu celeste. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-celeste-en-noun-uUlbdtF1 Categories (other): Heraldic tinctures, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 16 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 1 0 11 2 4 12 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 13 13 0 3 1 1 1 0 12 1 12 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 0 8 2 4 15 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 0 1 0 16 1 16 3 4 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: celestist Related terms: bleu celeste

Inflected forms

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