celesta
Portuguese, noun/seˈlɛs.tɐ/
celesta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “celesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical com um teclado, com lâminas de metal (habitualmente aço, percutidas por martelos, à…”.
What does celesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecelesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical com um teclado, com lâminas de metal (habitualmente aço, percutidas por martelos, à semelhança do piano) suspensas sobre um corpo de madeira que faz ressonância, e com pedais para prolongar ou atenuar o som
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of celesta
- celestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celesta?
- Brazil /seˈlɛs.tɐ/
- /seˈlɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /sɨˈlɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celesta in Portuguese?
celesta appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).