potter

potter

See also: Potter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English pottere, from late Old English pottere (“potter”), equivalent to pot +‎ -er, influenced by Old French potier (“potter”). More at pot. Displaced Old English crocwyrhta (literally “pot worker”).

Noun

potter (plural potters)

1. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,

     shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.

2. One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
4. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
   • 1829, Thomas De Quincey, "Professor Wilson", in Edinburgh Literary Gazette

     the convivial society of gipsies, tinkers, potters, strolling players, &c.

5. The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
6. The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.

Synonyms

• (Pseudemys rubriventris): northern red-bellied cooter
• (maker of ceramics): ceramicist

Derived terms

• potter’s clay
• potter’s field
• potter’s rot
• potter’s wheel
• pottery

Translations

one who makes pots and ceramic wares

Albanian: poçar (sq) m Arabic: خَزَّاف‎ m (ḵazzāf) Armenian: բրուտ (hy) (brut), կավագործ (kavagorc) Aromanian: ular m Assamese: কুমাৰ (kumar) Azerbaijani: dulus, dulusçu Belarusian: ганча́р m (hančár), ганча́рка f (hančárka) Bulgarian: грънча́р (bg) m (grǎnčár), грънча́рка f (grǎnčárka) Burmese: အိုးထိန်းသည် (my) (ui:htin:sany), အိုးဆရာ (ui:hca.ra) Catalan: terrissaire (ca) m or f, terrisser m, terrissera f Chinese: Mandarin: 陶瓷工 (táocígōng), 製陶工人／制陶工人 (zhìtáo gōngrén), 陶匠 (zh) (táojiàng), 陶工 (zh) (táogōng), 陶器工人 (táoqì gōngrén), 陶器工匠 (táoqì gōngjiàng) Czech: hrnčíř (cs) m, hrnčířka f Danish: pottemager c Dutch: pottenbakker (nl) m, pottenbakster (nl) f Estonian: pottsepp Finnish: savenvalaja (fi) French: potier (fr) m, potière (fr) f Galician: oleiro (gl) Georgian: მეთუნე (metune) German: Töpfer (de) m, Töpferin (de) f Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 m (kasja) Greek: αγγειοπλάστης (el) m (angeioplástis) Ancient: κεραμεύς m (kerameús) Hebrew: קַדָּר‎ (he) m (kádar) Hindi: कुम्हार (hi) m (kumhār), कुंहार m (kũhār), कुंभार (hi) m (kumbhār), कुलाल (hi) m (kulāl) Hungarian: fazekas (hu) Irish: criadóir m, potaire m Italian: vasaio (it) m, vasaia (it) f Indonesian: kumbakara Japanese: 陶工 (ja) (とうこう, tōkō) Kazakh: қышшы (qyşşy), көзеші (közeşı) Khmer: កុម្ភការី (komphĕəʼkaarəy), កុម្ភការ (km) (komphĕəʼkaa), ស្មូនឆ្នាំង (km) (smoun chnang) Korean: 도공(陶工) (ko) (dogong), 도예가(陶藝家) (doyega) Kyrgyz: карапачы (karapaçı) Lao: ຊ່າງປັ້ນ (sāng pan), ກຸມພະການ (kum pha kān) (literary) Latin: figulus m, fictiliārius m Latvian: podnieks m, podniece f Lithuanian: puodžius m Macedonian: грнчар m (grnčar), грнчарка f (grnčarka) Maori: kaihanga rīhi, kaimahi uku Mongolian: Cyrillic: ваарч (mn) (vaarč) Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠭᠠᠷᠴᠢ (waɣarči) Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ ííłʼíní Norwegian: Bokmål: pottemager m Old East Slavic: горньчаръ m (gornĭčarŭ), гърньчаръ m (gŭrnĭčarŭ) Oriya: କୁମ୍ଭାର (or) (kumbharô), କୁମ୍ଭାରୁଣି (kumbharuṇi) Pali: kumbhakāra Persian: کوزه‌گر‎ (kuze-gar), سفالگر‎ (fa) (sofâlgar) Plautdietsch: Leemstrikja m, Tapa m Polish: garncarz (pl) m, garncarka f Portuguese: oleiro (pt) m, oleira f, ceramista m or f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਕੁਮ੍ਹਿਆਰ m (kumhiāra) Shahmukhi: کُمہِیار‎ m (kumhiyār) Romanian: olar (ro) m, ceramist (ro) m, ceramistă (ro) f Russian: гонча́р (ru) m (gončár), гонча́рка (ru) f (gončárka), горше́чник (ru) m (goršéčnik), горше́чница (ru) f (goršéčnica) Sanskrit: कुलाल (sa) m (kulāla), कुम्भकार (sa) m (kumbhakāra) Saraiki: کُمْبھار‎ m (kumbhār) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ло̀нча̄р m, лончарица f, гр̀нча̄р m, грнча̀рица f Roman: lònčār (sh) m, lončarica (sh) f, gr̀nčār (sh) m, grnčàrica (sh) f Slovak: hrnčiar m, hrnčiarka f Slovene: lončar (sl) m, lončarka f Spanish: alfarero (es) m, alfarera f, ceramista m or f Swahili: mfinyanzi (sw) Swedish: krukmakare (sv) c Tajik: кӯзагар (küzagar), кулол (kulol) Tatar: чүлмәкче (tt) (çülmäkçe) Telugu: కుమ్మరి (te) (kummari) Thai: ช่างปั้นหม้อ (châang-bpân-mɔ̂ɔ), ผู้ทำหม้อ (pûu-tam-mɔ̂ɔ), ช่างปั้น (châang-bpân) Turkish: çömlekçi (tr) Turkmen: küýzegär Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎃𐎗 (pḫr) Urdu: کُمْہار‎ m (kumhār) Ukrainian: гонча́р (uk) m (hončár), гонча́рка (uk) f (hončárka) Uzbek: kulol (uz) Vietnamese: người thợ đồ gốm, người làm đồ gốm Vilamovian: tepper m, tepperyn f Volapük: (♂♀) skalel (vo), (♂) hiskalel, (♀) jiskalel Welsh: crochenydd m Yiddish: טעפּער‎ m (teper), טעפּערין‎ f (teperin)

one who places flowers or other plants inside their pots

Finnish: ruukuttaja

one who pots food

Finnish: purkittaja, tölkittäjä

one who hawks earthenware

Pseudemys rubriventris

Deirochelys serrata

References

• (Biblical) Bratcher, Dennis Bratcher (2006), The Potter, The Voice CRI/Voice Institute

Further reading

• potter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).

Alternative forms

• putter, pouter, pudder, pother

Verb

potter (third-person singular simple present potters, present participle pottering, simple past and past participle pottered)

1. (Britain) To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
2. (Britain) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
   • 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter II, in Leave It to Psmith:

     He’s so dreamy and absent-minded. He potters about the garden all the time.

3. (obsolete) To poke repeatedly.

Derived terms

• potter about
• potter around

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

potter m or f

1. indefinite plural of potte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

potter f

1. indefinite plural of potte