celestes
Meaning of celestes
plural noun
a small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.
late 19th century: pseudo-Latin, based on French céleste ‘heavenly’.
plural noun- short for voix celeste.
- another term for celesta.
late 19th century: from French céleste ‘heavenly’, from Latin caelestis, from caelum ‘heaven’.
Information about celestes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of celestes is: celeste.
- Languages in which celestes is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of celestes
ce-lestes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- celestes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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