voix céleste

English

Etymology

French, literally "heavenly voice".

Noun

voix céleste (plural voix célestes)

  1. An organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune, so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank.
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