potter

See also: Potter

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒtə(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English pottere, from late Old English pottere (“potter”), equivalent to pot +‎ -er, influenced by Old French potier (“potter”). More at pot. Displaced Old English crocwyrhta (“crock-wright”).

Noun

potter (plural potters)

1. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,

     shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.

2. (idiomatic, biblical) God, the creator.
   • 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 64:8,

     But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.

   • 1978. Old Testament, New International Version, Isaiah 64:8,

     O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of thy hand.

3. One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
4. One who pots meats or other eatables.
5. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)

6. The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris.
7. Deirochelys serrata.

Synonyms

• (Pseudemys rubriventris): northern red-bellied cooter, Pseudemys rugosa

Derived terms

• potter’s clay
• potter’s field
• potter’s rot

• potter’s wheel
• pottery

Translations

One who makes pots and ceramic wares

• Arabic: خزاف m (khazaaf)
• Armenian: բրուտ (brut), կավագործ (kavagorc)
• Aromanian: ular m
• Azeri: dulus
• Catalan: terrissaire
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶瓷工 (táocígōng), 製陶工人 (zh)

• Czech: hrnčíř m
• Dutch: pottenbakker (nl) m, pottenbakster f
• Finnish: savenvalaja
• French: potier (fr) m, potière (fr) f
• Georgian: მეთუნე (met’une)
• German: Töpfer (de) m, Töpferin (de) f
• Greek: αγγειοπλάστης (el) m (angeioplástis)
• Hebrew: קדר m (kadar)
• Hindi: कुम्हार m (kumhār) or कुंहार m (kumhār)

• Hungarian: fazekas (hu)
• Italian: vasaio m, vasaia f
• Japanese: 陶工 (とうこう, tōkō)
• Macedonian: грнчар m (g'rnčar)
• Maori: kaihanga rīhi
• Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ ííłʼíní
• Polish: garncarz (pl) m, garncarka f
• Portuguese: oleiro (pt) m, oleira f, ceramista m, f
• Romanian: olar (ro) m
• Russian: гончар (ru) m (gončár), горшечник (ru) m (goršéčnik)
• Spanish: alfarero (es) m, alfarera f, ceramista m, f
• Swedish: krukmakare (sv) c
• Telugu: కుమ్మరి (te) (kummari)
• Turkish: çömlekçi (tr)
• Ukrainian: гончар (uk) m (gončár)
• Vilamovian: tepper m, tepperyn f
• Volapük: (♂♀) skalel (vo), (♂) hiskalel, (♀) jiskalel

References

• (Biblical) Bratcher, Dennis Bratcher (2006), The Potter, The Voice CRI/Voice Institute[1]

Etymology 2

Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).

Alternative forms

• putter, pouter, pudder, pother

Verb

potter (third-person singular simple present potters, present participle pottering, simple past and past participle pottered)

1. (obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
2. (UK) To act in a vague or unmotivated way.
3. (UK) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around)

Derived terms

• potter about
• potter around

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

potter m, f

1. indefinite plural of potte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

potter f

1. indefinite plural of potte