different between ceramic vs faience

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (keramikós, “potter's”), from ??????? (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???æm?k/
• Rhymes: -æm?k

Adjective

ceramic (not comparable)

1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

Derived terms

• preceramic
• vitroceramic

Translations

Noun

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.

2. (countable) An object made of this material

Translations

See also

• kaolin, kaoline

Related terms

• ceramics

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• racemic

Romanian

Etymology

From French céramique

Adjective

ceramic m or n (feminine singular ceramic?, masculine plural ceramici, feminine and neuter plural ceramice)

1. ceramic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• fayence

Etymology

From French faïence, named after the city Faenza in Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??ns

Noun

faience (countable and uncountable, plural faiences)

1. A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.
   • 1907, Edwin Atlee Barber, Tin enamelled Pottery Maiolica, Delft and other Stanniferous Faience, Doubleday, Page & Company New York, page #:6

     The word Majolica, or Maiolica […] was applied to all Stanniferous faience of Italy and Spain.

2. (archaeology) The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.)

Translations

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
• “faience” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Further reading

• faience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fiancee, fiancée