celestine
A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and…A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
Coelestin
(obsolete)A heavenly being: an angel or other resident of Heaven.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”),From Old French celestin, Latin caelestīnus, from caelestis (“heavenly”) + -inus (“-ine”), from caelum (“sky, heavens, Heaven”). Equivalent to celest + -ine.
From Italian celestina (“sky-blue”), from Latin caelestīnus, &c.
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