voix céleste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French voix céleste (“heavenly voice”).

Noun

voix céleste (plural voix célestes)

  1. An organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune, so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank.
    Synonym: vox angelica
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