celadon
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Stoneware pottery with a celadon glaze, from the Ming Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
pale green colour
pale green glaze
ceramic with pale green glaze
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Adjective
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
References
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1. (etymology)
- “celadon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
celadon n (uncountable)
Italian
Noun
celadon m
- celadon (color, ceramic glaze, and ceramic ware)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
celadon m (definite singular celadonen, indefinite plural celadoner, definite plural celadonene)
- celadon (ceramic ware)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
celadon m inan
- 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
Swedish
Noun
celadon n
- 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
- 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 |
| 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 | |||