ceramics en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of ceramic
form of ceramic
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
ceramics en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English ceramic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English ceramics From ceramic + -ics.
Meanings
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(plural, singular) The art or science of making ceramic objects.
“The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.
2010 February 12, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times:
- (plural, singular) Ceramic objects as a group.
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Translations (42)
uk кера́міка (ceramic objects as a group) · hy կերամիկա (ceramic objects as a group) · fi keramiikka (ceramic objects as a group) · pl ceramika (ceramic objects as a group) · grc κεραμική (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hu kerámiatermékek (ceramic objects as a group) · ko 도예 (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hy խեցեղեն (ceramic objects as a group) · gl cerámica (ceramic objects as a group) · uk кера́міка (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · kk қыш ісі (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · cmn 製陶術 /制陶术 (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · es cerámica (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hu kerámiaipar (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hu kerámiák (ceramic objects as a group) · cmn 陶藝 /陶艺 (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · ja 陶芸 (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · fr céramique (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · yi קעראַמיק (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hu kerámia (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · de Keramik (ceramic objects as a group) · ru кера́мика (ceramic objects as a group) · cmn 陶瓷 (ceramic objects as a group) · gmy 𐀐𐀨𐀕𐀊 (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · bg керамика (ceramic objects as a group) · ca ceràmica (ceramic objects as a group) · de Keramik (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · ca ceràmica (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · yi קעראַמיק (ceramic objects as a group) · ga criadóireacht (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · fr céramique (ceramic objects as a group) · fi keramiikka (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · pl ceramika (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · hu agyagművesség (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · la fictilia (ceramic objects as a group) · es cerámica (ceramic objects as a group) · uk керамологія (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · ru кера́мика (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · bg керамика (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · gl cerámica (the art or science of making ceramic objects) · kk қыш (ceramic objects as a group) · ga ceirmeacht (the art or science of making ceramic objects)