ceramic

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceramic (not comparable)

  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

Wikipedia 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
  • Japanese: 陶器 (とうき, tōki), 陶芸品 (とうげいひん, tōgeihin)
  • Malay: seramik ms(ms)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keramikk m.
  • Polish: ceramika f.
  • Portuguese: cerâmica pt(pt) f.
  • Romanian: ceramică ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: керамика ru(ru) (kerámika) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: керамика f.
    Roman: keramika f.
  • Spanish: ceramica es(es) f.
  • Swedish: keramik
  • Turkish: seramik tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: кераміка uk(uk) (keramika) f.
object
  • Finnish: keramiikkaesine
  • Turkish: seramik tr(tr)

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