céu

Meaning

1. (masculine) sky
2. (capitalized, masculine, sometimes) heaven

Concepts

sky

heaven

firmament

paradise

heavens

welkin

roof

Shangri-la

empyrean

Eden

sphere

storm

thunder

🌩️

Elysian Fields

Elysium

Heaven

vault of heaven

Basis

sky god

Land of the Leal

azure

sweet hereafter

blue

celestial sphere

eden

ether

nirvana

Paradise

promised land

skies

space

Synonyms

alturas

Paraíso

olimpo

firmamento

paraíso

Céu

teto

esfera celeste

Translations

Himmel

ciel

cielo

hemel

cielo

caelum

ουρανός

cel

lucht

gök

firmamento

cieux

Luft

paradiso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛw/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: caelum

Cognate with Galician: ceo

Cognate with Spanish: cielo

Cognate with Catalan: cel

Cognate with Occitan: cèl

Cognate with French: ciel

Cognate with Italian: cielo

Cognate with Romanian: cer

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ceo (“sky; heaven”), from Latin caelum (“sky”), from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.
Cognate with Galician ceo, Spanish cielo, Catalan cel, Occitan cèl, French ciel, Italian cielo and Romanian cer.

Sentences

Um cara com óculos de sol e uma mochila apontando para o céu .

A guy with sunglasses and a backpack pointing at the sky.

O céu e a terra passarão , mas minhas palavras não passarão .

“Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.”

Bonanza no mar e no fogo do céu , sangue e fogo .

Bonanza in the sea and in the fire of heaven, blood and fire.