ceramic
Noun · AdjectiveUS[ser-am-ik]/sɚˈæmɪk/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- of or relating to or made from a ceramic“a ceramic dish”
Noun (1)ceramics
- an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperaturesType of instrumentality, instrumentationKinds brick
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Translations
Noun ceramic, fired clay material
- Spanish
- cerámica
- French
- céramique
- German
- Keramik
- Italian
- ceramica
- Portuguese
- cerâmica
- Turkish
- seramik
- Russian
- кера́мика kerámika
- Arabic
- خَزَف ḵazaf
- Chinese
- 陶瓷 táocí
- Japanese
- セラミックス seramikkusu
20 more languages
- Dutch
- keramiek
- Polish
- ceramika
- Swedish
- keramik
- Greek
- κεραμική keramikí
- Indonesian
- keramik
- Vietnamese
- gốm
- Hungarian
- kerámia
- Portuguese (PT)
- cerâmica
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 陶瓷 táocí
- Catalan
- ceràmica
- Czech
- keramika
- Danish
- keramik
- Esperanto
- ceramiko
- Finnish
- keramiikka
- Icelandic
- keramik
- Lithuanian
- keramika
- Norwegian
- keramikk
- Romanian
- ceramică
- Serbo-Croatian
- keramika
- Yiddish
- קעראַמיק keramik
Adjective of or pertaining to ceramic as material
- Spanish
- cerámico
- French
- céramique
- German
- keramisch
- Italian
- ceramico
- Portuguese
- cerâmico
- Turkish
- seramik
- Russian
- керами́ческий keramíčeskij
- Polish
- ceramiczny
- Indonesian
- tembikar
- Portuguese (PT)
- cerâmico
5 more languages
- Catalan
- ceràmic
- Czech
- keramický
- Esperanto
- ceramika
- Finnish
- keraaminen
- Romanian
- ceramic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ce·ram′ic adjective
Origin: Gr. …, fr. … earthenware. Cf. Keramic.
Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54