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

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: grnčarija (bs) pl. Catalan: terrissa (ca) f. Chinese: Dutch: aardewerk n., pottenbakkerij, keramiek Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: keramiikka, savitavara French: poterie (fr) Georgian: მეთუნეობა (ka) (met'uneoba) German: Töpferware (de) f. Greek: κεραμικά (el) n. pl. (keramiká) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: terraglia (it), ceramica (it) f., vasellame (it) m., stoviglia (it) f. Japanese: 陶器 (ja) (touki) Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ Polish: ceramika (pl) f. Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: гончарные изделия (gončárnyje izd'élija) pl., керамика (k'erámika) f. 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: pottenbakkerij Finnish: keramiikkapaja, savipaja (fi) German: Töpferei (de) f. Japanese: 窯元 (ja) (kamamoto)

Portuguese: olaria (pt) f. Russian: гончарная мастерская (gončárnaja mast'erskája) f. керамика (k'erámika) f. Spanish: alfarería (es) f. Swedish: keramikverkstad (sv) c., keramisk verkstad (sv) c.

practise or craft of making pottery

Bosnian: grnčarstvo (bs) n. Czech: hrnčířství (cs) n. Dutch: pottenbakkerij, keramiek Finnish: keramiikka (fi) German: Töpferei (de) f. Greek: αγγειοπλαστική (el) f. (angeioplastikí), κεραμική (el) f. (keramikí)

Hungarian: fazekasság (hu) Italian: arte della ceramica (it) Japanese: 陶芸 (ja) (tougei) Polish: garncarstwo (pl) n. Spanish: alfarería (es) f. Swahili: ufinyanzi (sw)

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Mandarin: 瓦器 French: poterie f.

Italian: terraglie f. pl. Korean: 도기

See also

• stoneware
• terracotta