pottery

English

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Etymology

From Old French poterie [13c.], from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒtəɹi/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɑːtɚɹi/

Noun

pottery (usually uncountable; plural potteries)

1. Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed

   The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.

2. (countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made

   I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.

3. The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay

   Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Related terms

• potter
• potter's clay
• potter's field
• potter's wheel

Synonyms

• ceramic
• ceramics
• earthenware

Hyponyms

• porcelain, china

Translations

fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶器 (cmn) (táoqì), 瓦器 (cmn) (wǎqì)

• Catalan: terrissa (ca) f
• Dutch: aardewerk (nl) n, vaatwerk (nl) n, keramiek (nl) f
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• Finnish: keramiikka, savitavara
• French: poterie (fr)
• Georgian: მეთუნეობა (ka) (met'uneoba)
• German: Töpferware (de) f
• Greek: κεραμικά (el) (keramiká) n pl (keramiká)
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• Hungarian: agyagedény (hu), agyagáru (hu), cserép (hu), kerámia (hu)

• Italian: terraglia (it), ceramica (it) f, vasellame (it) m, stoviglia (it) f
• Japanese: 陶器 (ja) (とうき, tōki)
• Jèrriais: pot'tie f
• Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ
• Polish: ceramika (pl) f
• Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: гончарные изделия (ru) (gončárnyje izdélija) n pl, керамика (ru) (kerámika) f
• Serbo-Croatian: grnčarija (sh) pl, грнчарија (sh) pl
• Spanish: cerámica (es) f, loza (es) f
• Swedish: keramik
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: crochenwaith (cy) m

workshop where pottery is made

• Dutch: potterij (nl) f, pottenbakkerij (nl) f
• Finnish: keramiikkapaja, savipaja (fi)
• German: Töpferei (de) f
• Japanese: 窯元 (ja) (かまもと, kamamoto)

• Portuguese: olaria (pt) f
• Russian: гончарная мастерская (ru) (gončárnaja masterskája) f, гончарня (ru) (gončárnja) f, керамический завод (ru) (keramíčeskij zavód) m (factory)
• Spanish: alfarería (es) f
• Swedish: keramikverkstad (sv) c, keramisk verkstad (sv) c

practise or craft of making pottery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶器製造 (cmn), 陶器制造 (cmn) (táoqì zhìzào)

• Czech: hrnčířství (cs) n
• Dutch: potterij (nl) f, pottenbakkerij (nl) f, keramiek (nl) f
• Finnish: keramiikka (fi)
• German: Töpferei (de) f
• Greek: αγγειοπλαστική (el) (angeioplastikí) f (angeioplastikí), κεραμική (el) (keramikí) f (keramikí)
• Hungarian: fazekasság (hu)

• Italian: arte della ceramica (it)
• Japanese: 陶芸 (ja) (とうげい, tōgei)
• Polish: garncarstwo (pl) n
• Russian: гончарное дело (ru) (gončárnoje délo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: grnčarstvo (sh) n, грнчарство (sh) n
• Spanish: alfarería (es) f
• Swahili: ufinyanzi (sw)

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Translations to be checked

• French: poterie f

• Italian: terraglie f pl
• Korean: 도기

See also

• stoneware
• terracotta

Adjective

pottery (not comparable)

1. Having to do with pottery.
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     But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.