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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikos), “‘potter's’”), from κέραμος (keramos), “‘potter's clay’”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceramic (not comparable)

Positive ceramic

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
    A ceramic vase stood on the table.

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Ceramic

Singular ceramic

Plural countable and uncountable; plural ceramics

ceramic (countable and uncountable; plural ceramics)

  1. (uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
    Joan made the dish of ceramic.
  2. (countable) An object made of this material
    Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

Translations

material
  • Bosnian: keramika bs(bs) f.
  • Bulgarian: керамика bg(bg) (keramika) f.
  • Catalan: ceràmica f.
  • Chinese: 陶瓷 (táocí)
  • Croatian: keramika hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: keramika cs(cs) f.
  • Dutch: keramiek nl(nl) f.
  • Finnish: keramiikka fi(fi)
  • French: céramique fr(fr) f.
  • German: Keramik f.
  • Greek: κεραμική el(el) (keramiki) f.
  • Hebrew: קרמיקה (qeramiqa) f.
  • Italian: ceramica it(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.
  • Polish: ceramika f.
  • Portuguese: cerâmica pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: керамика ru(ru) (kerámika) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: керамика f.
    Roman: keramika f.
  • Spanish: ceramica es(es) f.
  • Swedish: keramik
  • Ukrainian: кераміка uk(uk) (keramika) f.
object
  • Bulgarian: керамика bg(bg) f.
  • Finnish: keramiikkaesine

See also

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