"celadon" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛlədən/ [UK], /ˈsɛlədɒn/ [UK], /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/ [US] Forms: more celadon [comparative], most celadon [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|céladon}} French céladon, {{der|en|la|Celadon}} Latin Celadon, {{m+|grc|κέλᾰδος||din, clamour}} Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} celadon (comparative more celadon, superlative most celadon)
  1. Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.
    Sense id: en-celadon-en-adj-wS2vXw0J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greens Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 37 37 Disambiguation of Greens: 24 25 30 21

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛlədən/ [UK], /ˈsɛlədɒn/ [UK], /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/ [US] Forms: celadons [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|céladon}} French céladon, {{der|en|la|Celadon}} Latin Celadon, {{m+|grc|κέλᾰδος||din, clamour}} Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} celadon (usually uncountable, plural celadons)
  1. A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (pale green colour): 青瓷綠 /青瓷绿 (qīngcí lǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), celadon (Dutch), céladon (French), celadon (Italian), 青磁色 (seiji iro) (Japanese), celadon (Norwegian Bokmål), seledyn [masculine] (Polish), селадо́н (seladón) [masculine] (Russian), celadón (Spanish), celadon (Swedish), இளம்பச்சை (iḷampaccai) (Tamil), màu ngọc bích (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-celadon-en-noun-M531RQu~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greens Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 37 37 Disambiguation of Greens: 24 25 30 21 Disambiguation of 'pale green colour': 69 18 13
  2. A pale green Chinese glaze. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  3. A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-celadon-en-noun-e3sDB8AB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Ceramics, Greens Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 37 37 Disambiguation of Ceramics: 5 5 31 59 Disambiguation of Greens: 24 25 30 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (ceramic with pale green glaze): seladon (Azerbaijani), 青瓷 (qīngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 秘色瓷 (mìsècí) (Chinese Mandarin), celadon [neuter] (Dutch), seladon (Estonian), céladon [masculine] (French), Seladon [masculine] (German), szeladon (Hungarian), celadon [masculine] (Italian), 青磁 (seiji) (Japanese), 청자 (cheongja) (Korean), celadon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), seladon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), celadon [masculine] (Polish), seladon [masculine] (Polish), селадо́н (seladón) [masculine] (Russian), celadón [masculine] (Spanish), celadon [neuter] (Swedish), селадо́н (seladón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đồ tráng men ngọc bích (Vietnamese) Translations (pale green glaze): 青瓷 (qīngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 秘色 (mìsè) (Chinese Mandarin), celadon (Dutch), céladon (French), celadon (Italian), 青磁 (seiji) (Japanese), celadon (Norwegian Bokmål), celadon [masculine] (Polish), seladon [masculine] (Polish), селадо́н (seladón) [masculine] (Russian), celadón (Spanish), celadon (Swedish), men ngọc bích (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'ceramic with pale green glaze': 11 40 49 Disambiguation of 'pale green glaze': 10 40 50

Inflected forms

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  "word": "celadon"
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