celaje

From cielo +‎ -aje, with the diphthong influenced by caelum. First attested in 1527.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈlaxe/ [θeˈla.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈlaxe/ [seˈla.xe] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: ce‧la‧je

celaje m (plural celajes)

1. (painting) cloud effect
2. skylight
3. harbinger, herald
4. (nautical) (group of) clouds

   Synonym: celajería f

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     -Infalible -dijo-. Hay celaje allí, y no puede fallar la sentencia que dice: Fronilde nublada, Ficóbriga mojada.

     "Unfailing," he said. There are clouds over there, and the saying that goes: "Cloudy Fronilde, Wet Ficóbriga" cannot fail.

• “celaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025