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See also: ceràmic
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 (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æmɪk
Adjective
ceramic (not comparable)
- Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
- A ceramic vase stood on the table.
- 2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, in The New York Times:
- And over the past year, a new crop of collaborations between designers and artists has turned a spotlight on ceramic sculptures characterized by organic and biomorphic forms.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to ceramic as material
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Noun
ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)
- (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
- Joan made the dish from ceramic.
- (countable) An object made of this material.
- Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.
- 2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, in The New York Times:
- Photographed by Juergen Teller, the project included a series of JW Anderson women’s wear looks, still-life images and sketches of Ms. Odundo and Ms. Corbett’s ceramics, as well as their portraits, and blankets designed as part of the collaboration.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Malay: seramik
Translations
material
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object
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Friulian
Pronunciation
Adjective
ceramic
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ceramic m or n (feminine singular ceramică, masculine plural ceramici, feminine and neuter plural ceramice)
Declension
Further reading
- “ceramic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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