terracotta

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Italian terra, earth + cotta, baked

[edit] Alternative spellings

• terra cotta

[edit] Noun

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terracotta

1. a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction

[edit] Related terms

• terra
• terrace
• terrain
• terrene
• terrier
• territorial
• territory
• terrestrial

[edit] Translations

• Chinese: 赤土陶器
• Finnish: terrakotta
• French: terre cuite fr(fr)

[edit] Adjective

terracotta

1. made of terracotta

[edit] Quotations

• 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 142

  It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils.

[edit] Translations

• French: en terre cuite

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

terracotta f. (plural terrecotte)

1. terracotta

[edit] Adjective

terracotta inv.

1. terracotta (colour)