English Online Dictionary. What means ceramic? What does ceramic mean?
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/
- Rhymes: -æmɪk
Adjective
ceramic (not comparable)
- Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
Derived terms
Translations
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.
- (countable) An object made of this material.
Derived terms
- comb ceramic
- glass-ceramic
Descendants
- → Malay: seramik
Translations
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.[3]
Anagrams
- racemic
Friulian
Pronunciation
Adjective
ceramic
- ceramic
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French céramique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈra.mik/
Adjective
ceramic m or n (feminine singular ceramică, masculine plural ceramici, feminine and neuter plural ceramice)
- ceramic
Declension
Further reading
- ceramic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)