ceramic

ceramic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikós, “potter's”), from κέραμος (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word or from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂- (“to heat, burn, fire”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈɹæmɪk/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -æmɪk

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.

Derived terms

• preceramic
• vitroceramic

Translations

of or pertaining to ceramic as material

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: سِرَميك‎ m (siramīk), سيراميك‎ m (sīrāmīk) (common spelling) Armenian: կերամիկական (hy) (keramikakan), կավագործական (kavagorcakan), խեցեգործական (hy) (xecʿegorcakan) Azerbaijani: keramika Basque: zeramika Belarusian: керамічны (kjeramičny) Bulgarian: керамичен (keramičen) Catalan: ceràmic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 陶器 (zh) Czech: keramický (cs) Esperanto: ceramika Finnish: keraaminen (fi) French: céramique (fr) Friulian: ceramic Galician: cerámico (gl) m German: keramisch (de) Greek: Ancient: κεραμικός (keramikós) Hungarian: kerámia- (hu) Ido: ceramikala (io) Irish: criaga Italian: ceramico (it) Norman: céramique Polish: ceramiczny (pl) Portuguese: cerâmico (pt) Romanian: ceramic (ro) Russian: керами́ческий (ru) (keramíčeskij) Spanish: cerámico (es) Turkish: seramik (tr) Ukrainian: керамі́чний (keramíčnyj)

Noun

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.

   Joan made the dish from ceramic.

2. (countable) An object made of this material

   Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

Derived terms

• comb ceramic
• glass-ceramic

 

Translations

material

Armenian: խեցեղեն (hy) (xecʿełen), կերամիկա (hy) (keramika) Azerbaijani: keramika Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f (keramika) Catalan: ceràmica (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 陶瓷 (zh) (táocí) Czech: keramika (cs) f, hlína (cs) f Dutch: keramiek (nl) f Esperanto: ceramiko Finnish: keramiikka (fi), keraami (fi) French: céramique (fr) f Galician: cerámica (gl) f German: Keramik (de) f Greek: κεραμική (el) f (keramikí) Hebrew: קרמיקה‎ (he) f (qeramiqa) Hungarian: kerámia (hu), cserép (hu) Icelandic: keramik n Ido: ceramiko (io) Indonesian: keramik (id) Italian: ceramica (it) f Japanese: 陶器 (ja) (とうき, tōki), 陶芸品 (とうげいひん, tōgeihin), セラミックス (seramikkusu) Korean: 세라믹스 (seramikseu) 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: cerámica (es) f Swedish: keramik (sv) Thai: เซรามิก (see-raa-mìk) Turkish: seramik (tr) Ukrainian: кера́міка (uk) f (kerámika) Vietnamese: gốm (vi) Yiddish: קעראַמיק‎ f (keramik)

object

Armenian: խեցեղեն (hy) (xecʿełen), կերամիկա (hy) (keramika) Azerbaijani: keramika Bulgarian: кера́мика (bg) f (kerámika) Finnish: keramiikkaesine Galician: cerámica (gl) f Hungarian: kerámia (hu), (please verify) csempe (hu) Portuguese: cerâmica (pt) f Turkish: seramik (tr) Ukrainian: керамічний виріб m (keramičnyj vyrib)

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

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Friulian

Adjective

ceramic

1. ceramic

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Romanian

Etymology

From French céramique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈra.mik/

Adjective

ceramic m or n (feminine singular ceramică, masculine plural ceramici, feminine and neuter plural ceramice)

1. ceramic

Declension

Declension of ceramic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ceramic		ceramică	ceramici	ceramice
	definite	ceramicul		ceramica	ceramicii	ceramicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ceramic		ceramice	ceramici	ceramice
	definite	ceramicului		ceramicei	ceramicilor	ceramicelor

Further reading

• ceramic in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)