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pottery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpɔ̟t.ə.ɹi] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈpɑɾəɹi] (Atlantic-Canada, US)
  • /ˈpɔtəɹi/ (Australia)
  • /ˈpɑtəɹi/ (Atlantic-Canada, US)
  • /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (UK)
  • /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (Canada)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
    • 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. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
    • The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
  2. (countable, usually) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
    • I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
    • Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
potteries Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nonpottery · potteryware

Hyponyms

porcelain · china

Relateds

potter · potter's field · terracotta · stoneware · potter's wheel · Torquay pottery · Pottery Estate · potter's clay

Synonyms

earthenware · ceramics · ceramic

Translations (161)

ga potaireacht (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶藝 /陶艺 (practise or craft of making pottery) · it stoviglia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ary فخار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es alfarería (practise or craft of making pottery) · eo terpotero (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات (workshop where pottery is made) · pl garncarstwo (practise or craft of making pottery) · hy կավեղեն (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · it arte della ceramica (practise or craft of making pottery) · gu માટીકામ (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl potterij (practise or craft of making pottery) · pl ceramika (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb leirvare (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도기 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es cerámica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd criadhadaireachd (practise or craft of making pottery) · cmn 製陶作坊 /制陶作坊 (workshop where pottery is made) · ru гонча́рня (workshop where pottery is made) · bg кера́мика (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · el αγγειοπλαστική (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakerarbeid (practise or craft of making pottery) · it vasellame (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ajp فُخَّار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sh grnčàrija (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figulāria (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рные изде́лия (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu agyagedény (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd ionad-crèadhaidh (workshop where pottery is made) · nb keramikkframstilling (practise or craft of making pottery) · he קַדָּרוּת (practise or craft of making pottery) · it terraglia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu agyagáru (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · mk грнчарство (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga saotharlann photaireachta (workshop where pottery is made) · nb keramikkunst (practise or craft of making pottery) · tr çömlekçilik (practise or craft of making pottery) · el κεραμικά (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · uk гонча́рня (workshop where pottery is made) · nrf pot'tie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figlīna (workshop where pottery is made) · sv keramikverkstad (workshop where pottery is made) · hy բրուտագործական արտադրանք (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gu કુંભારકામ (practise or craft of making pottery) · uk гонча́рство (practise or craft of making pottery) · bg гръ́нци (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru кера́мика (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es loza (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl vaatwerk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb keramikk (practise or craft of making pottery) · mi mahi uku (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikkarbeid (practise or craft of making pottery) · sh грнча̀рија (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi keramiikka (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi keramiikka (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga earraí potaireachta (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar فَخَّار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl keramiek (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figlīnum (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶器製造 /陶器制造 (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakeri (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakerkunst (practise or craft of making pottery) · grc κεραμεῖον (workshop where pottery is made) · cmn 陶器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi savitavara (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ro olărie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu fazekasság (practise or craft of making pottery) · mi taonga uku (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 瓦器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fr poterie (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · de Töpferei (practise or craft of making pottery) · pt olaria (workshop where pottery is made) · ro olărie (workshop where pottery is made) · ru керами́ческий заво́д (workshop where pottery is made) · tr çömlek (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd criadhadaireachd (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl pottenbakkerij (practise or craft of making pottery) · fi savipaja (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakeri (practise or craft of making pottery) · ja 窯元 (workshop where pottery is made) · nb potteri (practise or craft of making pottery) · gl olaría (workshop where pottery is made) · mi toa tārai uku (workshop where pottery is made) · az dulusluq (practise or craft of making pottery) · el αγγειοπλαστείο (workshop where pottery is made) · fi keramiikkapaja (workshop where pottery is made) · ja 陶芸 (practise or craft of making pottery) · az dulusxana (workshop where pottery is made) · hu cserép (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sh грнчарство (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakerarbeid (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · he כלי חרס (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · el κεραμική (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Töpferei (workshop where pottery is made) · sw ufinyanzi (practise or craft of making pottery) · it ceramica (practise or craft of making pottery) · az dulusçuluq (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Töpferware (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَحَلّ الْفَخَّار (workshop where pottery is made) · vi đồ gốm (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · bg грънча́рство (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl keramiek (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikkfremstilling (practise or craft of making pottery) · pt cerâmica (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga criadóireacht (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · it ceramica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ka მეთუნეობა (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb potteri (workshop where pottery is made) · nl aardewerk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рная мастерска́я (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakervare (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · az saxsı (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · de Töpfergeschirr (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb keramikkverksted (workshop where pottery is made) · cmn 陶厰 (workshop where pottery is made) · sv keramisk verkstad (workshop where pottery is made) · ar مَتْجَر الْفَخَّار (workshop where pottery is made) · nl potterij (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakerverksted (workshop where pottery is made) · ro olărie (practise or craft of making pottery) · vi gốm (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nv łeetsʼaaʼ (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · pt cerâmica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рное де́ло (practise or craft of making pottery) · gl cerámica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · az dulusçuluq məmulatı (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도자기 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es alfarería (workshop where pottery is made) · sh grnčarstvo (practise or craft of making pottery) · mk грнчарија (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sv keramik (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu kerámia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb potteri (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hi मृत्तिकाशिल्प (practise or craft of making pottery) · mk грнчарница (workshop where pottery is made) · grc κεραμική (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Tongerät (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶場 /陶场 (workshop where pottery is made) · ga potaireacht (practise or craft of making pottery) · cs hrnčířství (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga criadóireacht (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl pottenbakkerij (workshop where pottery is made) · tr çömlekçilik (workshop where pottery is made) · be ганча́рства (practise or craft of making pottery) · th เครื่องปั้นดินเผา (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도예 (practise or craft of making pottery) · ca terrissa (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar خَزَف (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · grc κέραμος (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ro olărit (practise or craft of making pottery) · la figulīna (workshop where pottery is made) · nb leirtøy (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cy crochenwaith (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fr poterie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات (workshop where pottery is made) · nv hashtłʼish łeetsʼaaʼ (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ja 陶器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · mi matapaia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار (practise or craft of making pottery) · gmy 𐀐𐀨𐀕𐀊 (practise or craft of making pottery)