pottery

English

Pottery

Etymology

From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot +‎ -ery. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtəɹi/

Noun

pottery (usually uncountable, plural potteries)

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.
(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

porcelain, china

Related terms

Translations

fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed

Arabic: فَخَّار m (faḵḵār), خَزَف m (ḵazaf)
Moroccan Arabic: فخار m (faḵḵār)

South Levantine Arabic: فُخَّار m (fuḵḵār)
Armenian: կավեղեն (hy) (kaveġen), բրուտագործական արտադրանք (brutagorcakan artadrankʻ)
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 (ka) (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)
Scottish Gaelic: criadhadaireachd f
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 الْ فَخَّارِيَّات m (matjar al-faḵḵāriyyāt), مَحَلّ الْ فَخَّارِيَّات m (maḥall al-faḵḵāriyyāt), مَتْجَر الْ فَخَّار m (matjar al-faḵḵār), مَحَلّ الْ فَخَّار 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: αγγειοπλαστείο (el) n (angeioplasteío)
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)
Scottish Gaelic: ionad-crèadhaidh m
Spanish: alfarería (es) f
Swedish: keramikverkstad c, keramisk verkstad c
Turkish: çömlekçilik (tr)
Ukrainian: гончарня f (hončarnja)

practise or craft of making pottery

Arabic: صِنَاعَة ال فَخَّار 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)
Scottish Gaelic: criadhadaireachd f
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)