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Webster 1913 Edition

Ceramic

Ce-ram′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] earthenware. Cf.

.]

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware;

as,

ceramic

products;

ceramic

ornaments for ceilings

.

Definition 2024

ceramic

ceramic

English

Adjective

ceramic ‎(not comparable)

made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
A ceramic vase stood on the table.

Derived terms

vitroceramic

Translations

of or pertaining to ceramic as material

Azeri: keramika
Bulgarian: керамичен ‎(keramičen)
Czech: keramický m
Esperanto: ceramika
Finnish: keraaminen (fi)
French: céramique (fr)
German: keramisch (de)
Ido: ceramikala (io)

Italian: ceramico (it)
Norman: céramique
Polish: ceramiczny (pl)
Portuguese: cerâmico (pt)
Romanian: ceramic (ro)
Spanish: cerámico
Turkish: seramik (tr)

Noun

ceramic ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material.
Joan made the dish of ceramic.
(countable) An object made of this material
Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

Translations

material

Azeri: keramika
Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f ‎(keramika)
Catalan: ceràmica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陶瓷 (zh) ‎(táocí)
Czech: keramika f
Dutch: keramiek (nl) f
Esperanto: ceramiko
Finnish: keramiikka (fi), keraami
French: céramique (fr) f
German: Keramik (de) f
Greek: κεραμική (el) f ‎(keramikí)
Hebrew: קרמיקה (he) f ‎(qeramiqa)
Italian: ceramica (it) f
Japanese: 陶器 ‎(とうき, tōki), 陶芸品 ‎(とうげいひん, tōgeihin)

Malay: seramik
Norwegian Bokmål: keramikk m
Persian: سرامیک (fa) ‎(serâmik)
Polish: ceramika (pl) f
Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
Romanian: ceramică (ro) f
Russian: кера́мика (ru) f ‎(kerámika)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: керамика f

Roman: keramika (sh) f
Slovene: kerámika (sl) f
Spanish: ceramica f
Swedish: keramik (sv)
Turkish: seramik (tr)
Ukrainian: кераміка (uk) f ‎(keramika)

object

Azeri: keramika
Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f ‎(keramika)

Finnish: keramiikkaesine
Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f
Turkish: seramik (tr)

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.

Anagrams

racemic