ceramic

Meaning

Adj

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

Noun

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
2. (countable) An object made of this material.

Synonyms

ceramics

pottery

earthenware

fictile

potter’s

earthen

keramic

ceramic ware

metal

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porcelainous

porcelain

Translations

céramique

Keramik

cerámica

cerámico

seramik

keramisch

ceramico

ceramica

cerâmica

cerâmico

κεραμικός

ceràmica

κεραμική

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈɹæmɪk/

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”).