céleste
French, adjective/se.lɛst/
céleste is spelled C-É-L-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Céleste is a French adjective meaning “celestial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre”.
What does céleste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
celestial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour l’espace qui semble former une voûte au-dessus de la terre. 2. Qui appartient au ciel, pris pour le séjour des bienheureux. 3. Qui est divin, qui vient de Dieu. 4. Ce qui est d’une nature excellente, supérieure.
noun: 1. Synonyme d'uranoscope de l'Atlantique (poisson). 2. Bleu céleste, bleu clair.
noun: 1. Habitant ou habitante du Céleste-Empire, la Chine de l’époque impériale.
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 céleste
- célestes plural
- cæleste alternative obsolete
- Célestes plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce céleste?
- /se.lɛst/
- \se.lɛst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to céleste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is céleste in French?
céleste appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).