different between fayence vs faience

English

Noun

fayence (plural fayences)

1. Alternative form of faience

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.j??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

fayence f (plural fayences)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of faïence

Further reading

• “fayence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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