celestial
Portuguese, adjective/se.les.t͡ʃiˈaw/
celestial is spelled C-E-L-E-S-T-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celestial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “heavenly (relating to heaven)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “celeste”.
What does celestial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineheavenly (relating to heaven)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. celeste
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 celestial
- celestiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celestial?
- Brazil /se.les.t͡ʃiˈaw/
- Brazil [se.les.t͡ʃiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /se.lesˈt͡ʃjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celestial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celestial in Portuguese?
celestial appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).