celestre

Old French

Adjective

celestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celestre)

1. Alternative form of celeste

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”). Influenced by estrella (“star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈlestɾe/

Adjective

celestre m or f (plural celestres)

1. light blue
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f:

     ⁊ las colores son eſtas. La primera negra. la ſegunda parda. La tercera uermeia. La quarta amariella. la quinta blanca. la ſexta celeſtre. la ſep-tima uerde. ⁊ cadauna deſtas es otroſſi de ſu planeta. ¶ Ca la negra es de ſaturno. ⁊ la parda de iupiter; la uermeia de mars. ⁊ la amariella del ſol. ⁊ la blanca de uenus. ⁊ la celeſtre de mercurio.

     And the colors were these: the first black, the second dun, the third red, the fourth yellow, the fifth white, the sixth light blue, the seventh green. Each one of these has a corresponding planet, for the black one is of Saturn, the dun of Jupiter, the red of Mars, the yellow of the sun, the white of Venus and the light blue of Mercury.

Related terms

• celestial

Descendants

• Spanish: celestre