celadon

See also: Celadon, céladon, Céladon, and celadón

English

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

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”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

celadon (usually uncountable, plural celadons)

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

   celadon:  

   • 2018 February 13, Katy Kelleher, “Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe”, in The Paris Review‎^[1]:

     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.

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 / 青瓷绿 (qīngcí lǜ)

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

  Bokmål: celadon

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

pale green glaze

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青瓷 (zh) (qīngcí), 秘色 (mìsè)

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

  Bokmål: celadon

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

ceramic with pale green glaze

• Azerbaijani: seladon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青瓷 (zh) (qīngcí), 秘色瓷 (mìsècí)

• Dutch: celadon n
• Estonian: seladon
• French: céladon (fr) m
• German: Seladon m
• Hungarian: szeladon (hu)
• Italian: celadon m
• Japanese: 青磁 (ja) (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.[2] (etymology)
• “celadon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Caledon, Condela, decanol

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French céladon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌseː.laːˈdɔn/
• Hyphenation: ce‧la‧don
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

celadon n (uncountable, no diminutive)

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

Italian

Noun

celadon m

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

Anagrams

• calendo, celando, locande

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. celadon (ceramic ware)

Polish

Alternative forms

• seladon

Etymology

Etymology tree

French céladonbor.

Polish celadon

Borrowed from French céladon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛˈla.dɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -adɔn
• Syllabification: ce‧la‧don

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^[3] (in Polish)

Swedish

Noun

celadon n

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

Declension

Declension of celadon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	celadon	celadons
	definite	celadonen	celadonens
plural	indefinite	celadoner	celadoners
	definite	celadonerna	celadonernas

Adjective

celadon

1. celadon (color)

Declension

Inflection of celadon

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
neuter singular	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
plural	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
masculine plural2	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon
all	celadon	mer celadon	mest celadon

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.