cel·a·don (s l  -d n )n. 1. A pale to very pale green. 2. A type of pottery having a pale green glaze, originally produced in China. [French, after Céladon, a character in L'Astrée, a romance by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer, after Celad  n, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.]cel a·don adj. |   bud vase |
celadon [ˈsɛləˌdɒn]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a type of porcelain having a greyish-green glaze: mainly Chinese
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a pale greyish-green colour, sometimes somewhat yellow
[from French, from the name of the shepherd hero of L'Astrée (1610), a romance by Honoré d'Urfé]
Translations
celadon
n → Seladon nt
adj → seladongrün
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