ceramics

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Etymology 1

Noun

ceramics

1. plural of ceramic

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English ceramic

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English ceramics

From ceramic + -ics.

Alternative forms

• keramics (archaic)

Noun

ceramics sg or pl

1. The art or science of making ceramic objects.
   • 2010 December 2, Roberta Smith, “Visual Culture Out of Africa”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The Global Africa Project” at the Museum of Arts & Design tries to survey this pervasiveness, in terms of contemporary visual endeavors of all kinds: jewelry, fashion, architecture, basketry, ceramics, painting, utilitarian design.

2. Ceramic objects as a group.

Derived terms

• photoceramics

Translations

the art or science of making ceramic objects

• Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f (keramika)
• Catalan: ceràmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶藝 / 陶艺 (zh) (táoyì), 製陶術 / 制陶术 (zhìtáoshù)

• Finnish: keramiikka (fi)
• French: céramique (fr) f
• Galician: cerámica (gl)
• German: Keramik (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κεραμική f (keramikḗ)

• Hungarian: agyagművesség (hu), kerámia (hu), kerámiaipar (hu)
• Irish: ceirmeacht f, criadóireacht f
• Japanese: 陶芸 (ja) (とうげい, tōgei)
• Kazakh: қыш ісі (qyş ısı)
• Korean: 도예 (ko) (doye)
• Polish: ceramika (pl) f
• Russian: кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika)
• Spanish: cerámica (es) f
• Ukrainian: кера́міка (uk) f (kerámika), керамологія f (keramolohija) (science)
• Yiddish: קעראַמיק f (keramik)

ceramic objects as a group

• Armenian: խեցեղեն (hy) (xecʻeġen), կերամիկա (hy) (keramika)
• Bulgarian: керамика (bg) f (keramika)
• Catalan: ceràmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶瓷 (zh) (táocí)

• Finnish: keramiikka (fi)
• French: céramique (fr) f
• Galician: cerámica (gl)
• German: Keramik (de) f
• Hungarian: kerámiák (hu) pl, kerámiatermékek pl
• Kazakh: қыш (kk) (qyş)
• Latin: fictilia n pl
• Polish: ceramika (pl) f
• Russian: кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika)
• Spanish: cerámica (es) f
• Ukrainian: кера́міка (uk) f (kerámika) (collectively)
• Yiddish: קעראַמיק f (keramik)