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
33 translations across 18 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
2 entries- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Estonian
1 entries- seladon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
French
2 entries- 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
2 entries- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Japanese
2 entries- 青磁 noun (pale green glaze)
- 青磁 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Korean
1 entries- 청자 noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- 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
2 entries- селадо́н noun (pale green glaze)
- селадо́н noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Spanish
2 entries- celadón noun (pale green glaze)
- celadón noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Swedish
2 entries- celadon noun (pale green glaze)
- celadon noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Ukrainian
1 entries- селадо́н noun (ceramic with pale green glaze)
Vietnamese
2 entries- men ngọc bích noun (pale green glaze)
- 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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