Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Music) An organ stop of delicate stringlike quality, having for each finger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp to give a wavy effect to their joint tone.

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  • noun music an organ stop giving a gentle tremolo effect; the voix céleste

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  • noun an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin vōx angelica : Latin vōx, voice + Late Latin angelica, feminine of angelicus, angelic.]

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From Latin vox ("voice") + angelica ("angelic")

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