Dictionary

celadon en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛlədɒn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɛlədən/ (UK)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).

Meanings

1. Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.
   • [H]e stroked a soft blue cat with celadon eyes which had appeared from nowhere and now made itself comfortable in his lap […]. 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 40:

Forms

celadon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛlədɒn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɛlədən/ (UK)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
   • Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage. 2018 February 13, Katy Kelleher, “Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe”, in The Paris Review:
2. (uncountable, usually) A pale green Chinese glaze.
3. (uncountable, usually) A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.

Forms

Translations (47)

cmn 青瓷 (ceramic with pale green glaze) · fi seladoni (ceramic with pale green glaze) · cmn 秘色瓷 (ceramic with pale green glaze) · nb celadon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · uk селадо́н (ceramic with pale green glaze) · ru селадо́н (pale green colour) · it celadon (pale green glaze) · nl celadon (pale green colour) · es celadón (pale green glaze) · cmn 秘色 (pale green glaze) · nl celadon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · az seladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · fr céladon (pale green colour) · pl celadon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · de Seladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · it celadon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · sv celadon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · vi đồ tráng men ngọc bích (ceramic with pale green glaze) · ta இளம்பச்சை (pale green colour) · es celadón (ceramic with pale green glaze) · fi seladoni (pale green glaze) · sv celadon (pale green glaze) · ko 청자 (ceramic with pale green glaze) · cmn 青瓷綠 /青瓷绿 (pale green colour) · vi màu ngọc bích (pale green colour) · nb celadon (pale green glaze) · nl celadon (pale green glaze) · pl seladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · pl seladon (pale green glaze) · sv celadon (pale green colour) · fr céladon (pale green glaze) · ru селадо́н (ceramic with pale green glaze) · ru селадо́н (pale green glaze) · nb celadon (pale green colour) · pl celadon (pale green glaze) · cmn 青瓷 (pale green glaze) · ja 青磁色 (pale green colour) · vi men ngọc bích (pale green glaze) · es celadón (pale green colour) · it celadon (pale green colour) · et seladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · ja 青磁 (pale green glaze) · pl seledyn (pale green colour) · hu szeladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · ja 青磁 (ceramic with pale green glaze) · nn seladon (ceramic with pale green glaze) · fr céladon (ceramic with pale green glaze)