ceramic

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikos, “potter's”), from κέραμος (keramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈɹæmɪk/
• Rhymes: -æmɪk

Adjective

ceramic (not comparable)

1. made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

   A ceramic vase stood on the table.

Derived terms

• vitroceramic

Translations

of or pertaining to ceramic as material

• Azeri: keramika (az)
• Bulgarian: керамичен (bg) (keramičen)
• Czech: keramický (cs) m
• Esperanto: ceramika (eo)
• Finnish: keraaminen (fi)
• French: céramique (fr)
• German: keramisch (de)

• Ido: ceramikala (io)
• Italian: ceramico (it)
• Jèrriais: céramique
• Polish: ceramiczny (pl)
• Romanian: ceramic (ro) m and n
• Spanish: cerámico (es)
• Turkish: seramik (tr)

Noun

ceramic (countable and uncountable; plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures

   Joan made the dish of ceramic.

2. (countable) An object made of this material

   Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

Translations

material

• Azeri: keramika (az)
• Bulgarian: керамика (bg) (keramika) f
• Catalan: ceràmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶瓷 (cmn) (táocí)

• Czech: keramika (cs) f
• Dutch: keramiek (nl) f
• Esperanto: ceramiko (eo)
• Finnish: keramiikka (fi), keraami (fi)
• French: céramique (fr) f
• German: Keramik (de) f
• Greek: κεραμική (el) (keramiki) f
• Hebrew: קרמיקה (he) (qeramiqa) f
• Italian: ceramica (it) f

• Japanese: 陶器 (ja) (とうき, tōki), 陶芸品 (ja) (とうげいひん, tōgeihin)
• Malay: seramik (ms)
• Norwegian Bokmål: keramikk (nb) m
• Polish: ceramika (pl) f
• Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
• Romanian: ceramică (ro) f
• Russian: керамика (ru) (kerámika) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: керамика (sh) f

  Roman: keramika (sh) f

• Spanish: ceramica (es) f
• Swedish: keramik (sv)
• Turkish: seramik (tr)
• Ukrainian: кераміка (uk) (keramika) f

object

• Azeri: keramika (az)
• Bulgarian: керамика (bg) (keramika) f

• Finnish: keramiikkaesine (fi)
• Turkish: seramik (tr)

See also

• kaolin, kaoline

Related terms

• ceramics

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• racemic