celestial

• adj.天、空
• n.不死人、天国の住人

ラテン語のcaelum「空」から、最終的にはPIE *kaid,*skai「輝く、明るい」から、語源的にはcandle「輝く」から。

celestial (adj.)

late 14c., "pertaining to heaven," from Old French celestial "celestial, heavenly, sky-blue," from Latin caelestis "heavenly, pertaining to the sky," from caelum "heaven, sky; abode of the gods; climate," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *kaid-slo-, perhaps from a root also found in Germanic and Baltic meaning "bright, clear" (compare Lithuanian skaidrus "shining, clear;" Old English hador, German heiter "clear, shining, cloudless," Old Norse heie "clear sky").

The Latin word is the source of the usual word for "sky" in most of the Romance languages, such as French ciel, Spanish cielo, Italian cielo. General sense of "heavenly, very delightful" in English is from early 15c.

1. Angels are celestial beings.

天使は天の神である。

2.Stars are celestial bodies.

星は天体です。

3.In the process of their careful watching and recording the celestial movements the Chinese provided valuable and interesting information for succeeding generations.

古代中国人は天体運動を注意深く観察し、真剣に記録する過程で、子孫のために貴重で面白い資料を残した。

4.Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.

万有引力が天体の動きを制御している。

5. Celestial poles are situated directly over the earth 's geographical poles.

天極は地球の地理的極の上に直接位置している。