faience

See also faïence, and faïencé

English

Wikipedia

Example of faience.

Alternative forms

• fayence

Etymology

From French faïence, named after the city Faenza in Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.

Noun

faience (countable and uncountable; plural faiences)

1. A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.

Translations

type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic

• Armenian: հախճապակի (hy) (haxč̣apaki) 
• Azeri: fayans (az), saxsı (az)
• Belarusian: фаянс (be) m (fajans)
• Bulgarian: фаянс (bg) m (fajans)
• Crimean Tatar: fayans, çini
• Czech: fajáns (cs)
• Danish: fajance (da)
• Dutch: faience (nl)
• Estonian: fajanss (et)
• Finnish: fajanssi (fi)
• French: faïence (fr) f
• Georgian: ქაშანური (ka) (k’ašanuri) 
• German: Steingut (de) n, Fayence (de) f
• Greek: φαγεντιανό (el) n (fagentianó)

• Italian: faenza (it) f
• Kazakh: фаянс (kk) (fayans), жанан (kk) (janan)
• Kyrgyz: фаянс (ky) (fayans)
• Polish: fajans (pl) m
• Portuguese: faiança (pt) f
• Romanian: faianță (ro) f
• Russian: фаянс (ru) (fajáns) m 
• Spanish: loza (es) f
• Swedish: fajans (sv) c
• Tajik: фаянс (tg) (fayans)
• Tatar: фаянс (tt), керәч (tt)
• Turkish: çini (tr), fayans (tr)
• Ukrainian: фаянс (uk) m (fajans)
• Uzbek: fayans (uz)

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
• “faience” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams

• fiancee, fiancée