célesta
French, noun/se.lɛs.ta/
célesta is a French masculine noun meaning “celesta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique de la famille des percussions, muni d’un clavier dont les touches actionnent des…”.
What does célesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecelesta
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique de la famille des percussions, muni d’un clavier dont les touches actionnent des marteaux qui vont frapper des lames métalliques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of célesta
- célestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce célesta?
- /se.lɛs.ta/
- \se.lɛs.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to célesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is célesta in French?
célesta appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).