cilestro

Italian

Alternative forms

  • celestro, celestre (ancient), cilestre (rare), celesto, celeste (latinized?)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *caelestrum, from a change in declension of Medieval Latin caelestris, from a substitution in suffix of Classical Latin caelestis, derived from caelum (“sky; heaven”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈlɛs.tro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstro
  • Hyphenation: ci‧lè‧stro

Adjective

cilestro (feminine cilestra, masculine plural cilestri, feminine plural cilestre)

  1. (archaic, literary) synonym of celeste

Derived terms

Noun

cilestro m (plural cilestri)

  1. (archaic, literary) synonym of celeste

References

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