voix céleste

noun

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.

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vox angelica
OriginFrench voix céleste →
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Meanings

nounvoix céleste (plural voix célestes)

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.

    Synonyms: vox angelica

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

Similar
vox angelica

Origin

  1. Frenchvoix céleste“heavenly voice”
  2. Englishvoix céleste

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

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