celeste
Spanish, noun/θeˈleste/
celeste is spelled C-E-L-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celeste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sky blue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Azul pálido”.
What does celeste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesky blue
- 2
femininemasculineheavenly
- 3
femininemasculinebleu celeste
noun
- 1
masculinesky blue
- 2
masculinebleu celeste
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea fan, player, or other person associated with Celta de Vigo, a football team from the Spanish town of Vigo
- 2
femininemasculinethe nickname for the Uruguay National Football Team
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que procede, o es propio, del cielo. 2. Propio o relativo a diversos equipos deportivos que usan un uniforme de color celeste₃.
noun: 1. Azul pálido. 2. Uno de los modos de designar el azul.^([cita requerida])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of celeste
- celestes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celeste?
- /θeˈleste/
- [θeˈles.t̪e]
- /seˈleste/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celeste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celeste in Spanish?
celeste appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).