Meanings
celestine1
comparative more celestine · superlative most celestine
celestine2
plural celestines
- countableuncountablechemistryA mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
Synonyms: celestite
Celestine3
plural Celestines
- CatholicismA member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
Synonyms: Celestinian
- A unisex given name.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of celestial: of or resembling the heavens.
nounA mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
nounA member of a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244.
Origin
celestine · adjective, noun
- Latincaelestīnus
- Old Frenchcelestin
- Englishcelestine
From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →celestine · noun
- Latincaelestīnus
- Italiancelestina“sky-blue”
- Englishcelestine
From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.
More words from Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Celestine · noun, proper noun
- Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilom
- Proto-Italic*kailom?
- Latincaelum
- Latinterrestris
- Latincaelestis
- Latincaelestinus
- LatinCaelestinu
- EnglishCelestine
Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan celestina
- celestinamineral
Chinese Mandarin 天青石
- 天青石 (tiānqīngshí)mineral
Finnish selestiini
- selestiinimineral
French célestine
- célestinemineral
German Coelestin
- Coelestinmineral
Hungarian cölesztin
- cölesztinmineral
Italian celestina, celestite
- celestinamineral
- celestitemineral
Polish celestyn, celestyn
- celestynmineral
- celestynCatholic monk
- Celestynafemale given name
- Celestynmale given name
Portuguese celestina, celestita
- celestinamineral
- celestitamineral
Spanish celestina, celestita
- celestinamineral
- celestitamineral
Cite this entry
celestine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celestine
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