pottery

English

Pottery in a pottery.

Etymology

From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot. First attested in the 13 century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtəɹi/

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.

   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     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.

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.

Synonyms

• ceramic
• ceramics
• earthenware

Hyponyms

• porcelain, china

Related terms

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

 

Translations

fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed

• Arabic: فَخَّار‎ m (faḵḵār), خَزَف‎ m (ḵazaf)

  Moroccan Arabic: فخار‎ m (faḵḵār)

• Armenian: կավեղեն (hy) (kaveġen), բրուտագործական արտադրանք (brutagorcakan artadrankʿ)
• Azerbaijani: saxsı, dulusçuluq məmulatı
• Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f (keramika), грънци m pl (grǎnci)
• Catalan: terrissa (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: aardewerk (nl) n, vaatwerk (nl) n, keramiek (nl) f
• Esperanto: terpotero
• Finnish: keramiikka (fi), savitavara (fi)
• French: poterie (fr) f
• Galician: cerámica (gl) f
• Georgian: მეთუნეობა (metuneoba)
• German: Töpferware (de) f, Tongerät n, Töpfergeschirr n
• Greek: κεραμικά (el) n pl (keramiká)

  Ancient: κέραμος m (kéramos)

• Hebrew: כלי חרס‎ m pl (kley khéres)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: agyagedény (hu), agyagáru (hu), cserép (hu), kerámia (hu)
• Irish: earraí potaireachta m pl, potaireacht f, criadóireacht f
• Italian: terraglia f, ceramica (it) f, vasellame (it) m, stoviglia (it) f
• Japanese: 陶器 (ja) (とうき, tōki)
• Korean: 도자기 (ko) (dojagi)
• Latin: figulāria n pl, figlīnum n
• Macedonian: грнчарија f pl (grnčarija)
• Maori: matapaia, taonga uku
• Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ, hashtłʼish łeetsʼaaʼ
• Norman: pot'tie f (Jersey)
• Polish: ceramika (pl) f
• Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
• Romanian: olărie (ro) f
• Russian: гонча́рные изде́лия n pl (gončárnyje izdélija), кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грнча̀рија f pl

  Roman: grnčàrija (sh) f pl

• Spanish: cerámica (es) f, loza (es) f
• Swedish: keramik (sv) c
• Thai: เครื่องปั้นดินเผา (krʉ̂ʉang-bpân-din-pǎo)
• Turkish: çömlek (tr)
• Vietnamese: gốm (vi), đồ gốm
• Welsh: crochenwaith m

workshop where pottery is made

• Arabic: مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات‎ m (matjar al-faḵḵāriyyāt), مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات‎ m (maḥall al-faḵḵāriyyāt), مَتْجَر الْفَخَّار‎ m (matjar al-faḵḵār), مَحَلّ الْفَخَّار‎ m (maḥall al-faḵḵār)
• Azerbaijani: dulusxana
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 製陶作坊／制陶作坊 (zhìtáo zuōfang)

• Dutch: potterij f, pottenbakkerij (nl) f
• Finnish: keramiikkapaja, savipaja
• Galician: olaría (gl) f
• German: Töpferei (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κεραμεῖον n (kerameîon)

• Irish: saotharlann photaireachta f
• Japanese: 窯元 (かまもと, kamamoto)
• Latin: figlīna f, figulīna f
• Macedonian: грнчарница f (grnčarnica)
• Maori: toa tārai uku
• Portuguese: olaria (pt) f
• Romanian: olărie (ro) f
• Russian: гонча́рная мастерска́я f (gončárnaja masterskája), гонча́рня (ru) f (gončárnja), керами́ческий заво́д m (keramíčeskij zavód) (factory)
• Spanish: alfarería (es) f
• Swedish: keramikverkstad c, keramisk verkstad c
• Turkish : çömlekçi (tr)

practise or craft of making pottery

• Arabic: صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار‎ f (ṣināʕa al-faḵḵār)
• Azerbaijani: dulusçuluq, dulusluq
• Belarusian: ганча́рства n (hančárstva)
• Bulgarian: грънчарство n (grǎnčarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶器製造／陶器制造 (táoqì zhìzào)

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

  Ancient: κεραμική f (keramikḗ)

• Gujarati: માટીકામ ? (māṭīkām), કુંભારકામ ? (kumbhārkām)
• Hebrew: קדרות‎ (he) f (kadarút)
• Hungarian: fazekasság (hu)
• Irish: criadóireacht f, potaireacht f
• Italian: ceramica (it) f, arte della ceramica f
• Japanese: 陶芸 (ja) (とうげい, tōgei)
• Macedonian: грнчарство n (grnčarstvo)
• Maori: mahi uku
• Polish: garncarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
• Romanian: olărie (ro) f, olărit (ro) n
• Russian: гонча́рное де́ло n (gončárnoje délo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грнчарство n

  Roman: grnčarstvo n

• Spanish: alfarería (es) f
• Swahili: ufinyanzi ?
• Turkish: çömlekçilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: гонча́рство (uk) n (hončárstvo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} terraglie f pl
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 도기 (ko) (dogi)

See also

• stoneware
• terracotta

Further reading

pottery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia