celadon
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
celadon (usually uncountable, plural celadons)
- A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
- celadon:
- A pale green Chinese glaze.
- A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.
Translations edit
pale green colour
pale green glaze
ceramic with pale green glaze
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Adjective edit
celadon (comparative more celadon, superlative most celadon)
- Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.
- 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 40:
- [H]e stroked a soft blue cat with celadon eyes which had appeared from nowhere and now made itself comfortable in his lap […].
See also edit
References edit
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
- “celadon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
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celadon n (uncountable)
Italian edit
Noun edit
celadon m
- celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
celadon m (definite singular celadonen, indefinite plural celadoner, definite plural celadonene)
- celadon (ceramic ware)
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
celadon m inan
- celadon (ceramic glaze, ceramic ware)
Declension edit
Declension of celadon
singular | plural | |
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nominative | celadon | celadony |
genitive | celadonu | celadonów |
dative | celadonowi | celadonom |
accusative | celadon | celadony |
instrumental | celadonem | celadonami |
locative | celadonie | celadonach |
vocative | celadonie | celadony |
Further reading edit
- celadon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Noun edit
celadon n
- celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)
Declension edit
Declension of celadon | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | celadon | celadonen | celadoner | celadonerna |
Genitive | celadons | celadonens | celadoners | celadonernas |
Adjective edit
celadon
- celadon (color)
Declension edit
Inflection of celadon | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
Neuter singular | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
Plural | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
Masculine plural3 | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
All | celadon | mer celadon | mest celadon |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |