celeste
/səˈlɛst/US/səˈlɛst/
celeste noun: an organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound. Also the alternative form of celesta.
Noun
celeste (countable and uncountable, plural celestes)
- An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
- Bleu celeste.
Proper noun capitalized: Celeste
Celeste
- A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
- A minor city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.
Also used as
celeste is also the alternative form of celesta.
celeste meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
celeste in Hindi
- सेलेस्टे, सेलेस्टी
celeste in Tamil
- செலெஸ்ட், செலேஸ்ட், செலஸ்ட்டே
celeste in Marathi
- सेलेस्टे
celeste in Urdu
- سیلیسٹی, سیلستے
More languagesFewer languages
- celeste in Bengali
- সেলেস্টে
- celeste in Telugu
- సెలెస్ట్
- celeste in Malayalam
- സെലസ്റ്റെ, സെലെസ്റ്റ്, സെലെസ്റ്റെ
- celeste in Kannada
- ಸೆಲೆಸ್ಟ್, ಸೆಲೆಸ್ಟೆ, ಸೆಲಸ್ಟೆ
- celeste in Punjabi
- ਸੈਲੇਸਟ, ਸੇਲਸਟੇ, ਸੈਲੇਸਟੇ
- celeste in Gujarati
- સેલેસ્ટે, સેલેસ્ટી
- celeste in Odia
- ସେଲେଷ୍ଟେ
- celeste in Nepali
- सेलेस्टे
Forms of celeste
| plural | celestes |
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Origin of celeste
Borrowed from French céleste (“heavenly”), from Latin caelestis.
Borrowed from French Céleste, ultimately from Latin caelestis (“heavenly”).
Words formed from celeste
Phrases with celeste
Words that rhyme with celeste
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
- unstressed
Questions about celeste
- What does celeste mean?
- Celeste means an organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
- What is celeste in Hindi?
- Celeste in Hindi is सेलेस्टे, सेलेस्टी. See Celeste meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is celeste?
- Celeste can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce celeste?
- Celeste is pronounced /səˈlɛst/ (US).
- What is the plural of celeste?
- The plural of celeste is celestes.
Words near celeste in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: celeste (page history and authors); Celeste (page history and authors); celeste (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeste (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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