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.
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Celadon
//ˈsɛləˌdɑn//
Synonyms for "celadon" (3 found)
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Translations
45 translations across 19 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 秘色 noun (pale green glaze)
- 秘色瓷 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
- 青瓷 noun (pale green glaze)
- 青瓷 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Dutch
3 entries- celadon noun (pale green colour)
- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Estonian
1 entries- seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
French
3 entries- céladon noun (pale green colour)
- céladon noun (pale green glaze)
- céladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
German
1 entries- Seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Hungarian
1 entries- szeladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Italian
3 entries- celadon noun (pale green colour)
- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Japanese
3 entries- 青磁 noun (pale green glaze)
- 青磁 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
- 青磁色 noun (pale green colour)
Korean
1 entries- 청자 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- celadon noun (pale green colour)
- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Polish
4 entries- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
- seladon noun (pale green glaze)
- seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Russian
3 entries- селадо́н noun (pale green colour)
- селадо́н noun (pale green glaze)
- селадо́н noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Spanish
3 entries- celadón noun (pale green colour)
- celadón noun (pale green glaze)
- celadón noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Swedish
3 entries- celadon noun (pale green colour)
- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Tamil
1 entries- இளம்பச்சை noun (pale green colour)
Ukrainian
1 entries- селадо́н noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Vietnamese
3 entries- men ngọc bích noun (pale green glaze)
- màu ngọc bích noun (pale green colour)
- đồ tráng men ngọc bích noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
[H]e stroked a soft blue cat with celadon eyes which had appeared from nowhere and now made itself comfortable in his lap […].
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