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pottery

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɒtəɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈpɑtəɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Examples

  • I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the craft of making earthenware

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trade, craft

5

noun

Meaning 5

ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clayware

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ceramic ware

Narrower terms: agateware, lusterware, Wedgwood

6

noun

Meaning 6

a workshop where clayware is made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workshop, shop

History

Etymology

From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.

Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَخَّار (faḵḵār) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Arabic: خَزَف (ḵazaf) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Arabic: فخار (faḵḵār) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Arabic: فُخَّار (fuḵḵār) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Armenian: կավեղեն (kaveġen) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Armenian: բրուտագործական արտադրանք (brutagorcakan artadrankʻ) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Azerbaijani: saxsı — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Azerbaijani: dulusçuluq məmulatı — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Bulgarian: кера́мика (kerámika) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Bulgarian: гръ́нци (grǎ́nci) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Catalan: terrissa — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶器 (táoqì) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瓦器 (wǎqì) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Dutch: aardewerk — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Dutch: vaatwerk — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Dutch: keramiek — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Esperanto: terpotero — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Finnish: keramiikka — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Finnish: savitavara — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • French: poterie — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Galician: cerámica — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Georgian: მეთუნეობა (metuneoba) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • German: Töpferware — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • German: Tongerät — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • German: Töpfergeschirr — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Greek: κεραμικά (keramiká) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Ancient Greek: κέραμος (kéramos) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Hebrew: כלי חרס (kley khéres) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Hungarian: agyagedény — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Hungarian: agyagáru — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Hungarian: cserép — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Hungarian: kerámia — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Irish: earraí potaireachta — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Irish: potaireacht — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Irish: criadóireacht — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Italian: terraglia — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Italian: ceramica — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Italian: vasellame — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Italian: stoviglia — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Japanese: 陶器 (tōki) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Korean: 도자기 (dojagi) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Korean: 도기 (dogi) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Latin: figulāria — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Latin: figlīnum — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Macedonian: грнчарија (grnčarija) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Māori: matapaia — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Māori: taonga uku — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Navajo: hashtłʼish łeetsʼaaʼ — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Norman: pot'tie — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Polish: ceramika — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Portuguese: cerâmica — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Romanian: olărie — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Russian: гонча́рные изде́лия (gončárnyje izdélija) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Russian: кера́мика (kerámika) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Scottish Gaelic: criadhadaireachd — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Serbo-Croatian: грнча̀рија — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Serbo-Croatian: grnčàrija — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Spanish: cerámica — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Spanish: loza — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Swedish: keramik — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Thai: เครื่องปั้นดินเผา (krʉ̂ʉang-bpân-din-pǎo) — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Turkish: çömlek — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Vietnamese: gốm — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Vietnamese: đồ gốm — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Welsh: crochenwaith — fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
  • Arabic: مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات (matjar al-faḵḵāriyyāt) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Arabic: مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات (maḥall al-faḵḵāriyyāt) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Arabic: مَتْجَر الْفَخَّار (matjar al-faḵḵār) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Arabic: مَحَلّ الْفَخَّار (maḥall al-faḵḵār) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Azerbaijani: dulusxana — workshop where pottery is made
  • Chinese Mandarin: 製陶作坊 /制陶作坊 (zhìtáo zuōfang) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶場 /陶场 (táochǎng) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶厰 (táochǎng) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Dutch: potterij — workshop where pottery is made
  • Dutch: pottenbakkerij — workshop where pottery is made
  • Finnish: keramiikkapaja — workshop where pottery is made
  • Finnish: savipaja — workshop where pottery is made
  • Galician: olaría — workshop where pottery is made
  • German: Töpferei — workshop where pottery is made
  • Greek: αγγειοπλαστείο (angeioplasteío) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Ancient Greek: κεραμεῖον (kerameîon) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Irish: saotharlann photaireachta — workshop where pottery is made
  • Japanese: 窯元 (kamamoto) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Latin: figlīna — workshop where pottery is made
  • Latin: figulīna — workshop where pottery is made
  • Macedonian: грнчарница (grnčarnica) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Māori: toa tārai uku — workshop where pottery is made
  • Portuguese: olaria — workshop where pottery is made
  • Romanian: olărie — workshop where pottery is made
  • Russian: гонча́рная мастерска́я (gončárnaja masterskája) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Russian: гонча́рня (gončárnja) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Russian: керами́ческий заво́д (keramíčeskij zavód) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad-crèadhaidh — workshop where pottery is made
  • Spanish: alfarería — workshop where pottery is made
  • Swedish: keramikverkstad — workshop where pottery is made
  • Swedish: keramisk verkstad — workshop where pottery is made
  • Turkish: çömlekçilik — workshop where pottery is made
  • Ukrainian: гонча́рня (hončárnja) — workshop where pottery is made
  • Arabic: صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار (ṣināʕa al-faḵḵār) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Azerbaijani: dulusçuluq — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Azerbaijani: dulusluq — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Belarusian: ганча́рства (hančárstva) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Bulgarian: грънча́рство (grǎnčárstvo) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶器製造 /陶器制造 (táoqì zhìzào) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶藝 /陶艺 (táoyì) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Czech: hrnčířství — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Dutch: potterij — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Dutch: pottenbakkerij — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Dutch: keramiek — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Finnish: keramiikka — practise or craft of making pottery
  • French: poterie — practise or craft of making pottery
  • German: Töpferei — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Greek: αγγειοπλαστική (angeioplastikí) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Greek: κεραμική (keramikí) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Ancient Greek: κεραμική (keramikḗ) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Gujarati: માટીકામ (māṭīkām) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Gujarati: કુંભારકામ (kumbhārkām) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Hebrew: קַדָּרוּת (kadarút) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Hindi: मृत्तिकाशिल्प (mŕttikāśilp) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Hungarian: fazekasság — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Irish: criadóireacht — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Irish: potaireacht — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Italian: ceramica — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Italian: arte della ceramica — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Japanese: 陶芸 (tōgei) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Korean: 도예 (doye) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Macedonian: грнчарство (grnčarstvo) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Māori: mahi uku — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Polish: garncarstwo — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Portuguese: cerâmica — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Romanian: olărie — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Romanian: olărit — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Russian: гонча́рное де́ло (gončárnoje délo) — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Scottish Gaelic: criadhadaireachd — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Serbo-Croatian: грнчарство — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Serbo-Croatian: grnčarstvo — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Spanish: alfarería — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Swahili: ufinyanzi — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Turkish: çömlekçilik — practise or craft of making pottery
  • Ukrainian: гонча́рство (hončárstvo) — practise or craft of making pottery
Real reading context

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