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A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: earthenware
Etymology tree Italian Faenzabor. French faïencebor. English faience Borrowed from French faïence, named after the city of Faenza, Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
հախճապակի
(haxčapaki)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Azerbaijani:
fayans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Azerbaijani:
saxsı
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Belarusian:
фаянс
(fajans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Bulgarian:
фаянс
(fajans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Crimean Tatar:
fayans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Crimean Tatar:
çini
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Czech:
fajáns
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Danish:
fajance
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Dutch:
faience
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Estonian:
fajanss
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Finnish:
fajanssi
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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French:
faïence
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Georgian:
ქაშანური
(kašanuri)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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German:
Fayence
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Greek:
φαγεντιανό
(fagentianó)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Hungarian:
fajansz
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Icelandic:
fajans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Italian:
faenza
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Kazakh:
фаянс
(faäns)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Kazakh:
жанан
(janan)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Khmer:
ហ្វៃយ៉ង់
(vayyɑŋ)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Kyrgyz:
фаянс
(fayans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Polish:
fajans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Portuguese:
faiança
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Romanian:
faianță
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Russian:
фая́нс
(fajáns)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Spanish:
loza
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Spanish:
fayenza
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Swedish:
fajans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Tajik:
фаянс
(fayans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Tatar:
фаянс
(fayans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Tatar:
керәч
(keräç)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Turkish:
çini
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Turkish:
fayans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Ottoman Turkish:
چینی
(çini)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Ukrainian:
фаянс
(fajans)
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
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Uzbek:
fayans
— type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic
