celadon

See also: céladon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the French céladon from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel "Astree" by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's "Metamorphoses".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlədən/, /ˈsɛlədɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/

Noun

celadon (usually uncountable, plural celadons)

Stoneware pottery with a celadon glaze, from the Ming Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

1. A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.

   celadon colour:  

2. A pale green Chinese glaze.
3. A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.

Translations

pale green colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 灰绿色 (huī lǜsè), 青瓷綠 (zh) (qīngcí lǜ)

• Dutch: celadon
• French: céladon (fr)
• Italian: celadon
• Japanese: 青磁色 (seiji iro)
• Norwegian Bokmål: celadon

• Polish: seledyn (pl) m
• Russian: селадон (ru) (seladón)
• Spanish: celadón
• Swedish: celadon
• Tamil: இளம்பச்சை (ta) (iḷampaccai)
• Vietnamese: màu ngọc bích

pale green glaze

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青瓷 (qīngcí), 秘色 (mìsè)

• Dutch: celadon
• French: céladon (fr)
• Italian: celadon
• Japanese: 青磁 (seiji)
• Norwegian Bokmål: celadon

• Polish: celadon (pl) m, seladon (pl) m
• Russian: селадон (ru) (seladón)
• Spanish: celadón
• Swedish: celadon
• Vietnamese: men ngọc bích

ceramic with pale green glaze

• Azerbaijani: seladon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青瓷 (qīngcí), 秘色瓷 (mìsècí)

• Dutch: celadon n
• Estonian: seladon
• French: céladon (fr) m
• German: Seladon m
• Hungarian: szeladon
• Italian: celadon m
• Japanese: 青磁 (seiji)

• Korean: 청자 (ko) (cheongja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: celadon n

  Nynorsk: seladon n

• Polish: celadon (pl) m, seladon (pl) m
• Russian: селадо́н (ru) m (seladón)
• Spanish: celadón m
• Swedish: celadon n
• Ukrainian: селадо́н m (seladón)
• Vietnamese: đồ tráng men ngọc bích

Adjective

celadon (comparative more celadon, superlative most celadon)

1. 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

• Appendix:Colors

References

• 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Caledon, Condela, decanol

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Dutch

Noun

celadon n (uncountable)

1. celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)

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Italian

Noun

celadon m (plural celadon)

1. celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

celadon m (definite singular celadonen, indefinite plural celadoner, definite plural celadonene)

1. celadon (ceramic ware)

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Polish

Alternative forms

• seladon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛˈla.dɔn/

Noun

celadon m inan

1. celadon (ceramic glaze, ceramic ware)

Declension

declension of celadon

	singular	plural
nominative	celadon	celadony
genitive	celadonu	celadonów
dative	celadonowi	celadonom
accusative	celadon	celadony
instrumental	celadonem	celadonami
locative	celadonie	celadonach
vocative	celadonie	celadony

Further reading

• celadon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Noun

celadon n

1. celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)

Declension

Declension of celadon
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	celadon	celadonen	celadoner	celadonerna
Genitive	celadons	celadonens	celadoners	celadonernas

Adjective

celadon

1. celadon (color)

Declension

Inflection of celadon
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
Neuter singular	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
Plural	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.