Meanings
nounpottery (usually uncountable, plural potteries)
plural potteries
- uncountableusuallyFired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
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But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion - countableusuallyA potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
- uncountableusuallyThe potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.
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Origin
- Old Frenchpoterie
- Englishpottery
From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.
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Ancient Greek κέραμος, κεραμεῖον
- κέραμος (kéramos)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- κεραμεῖον (kerameîon)workshop where pottery is made
- κεραμική (keramikḗ)practise or craft of making pottery
Arabic فَخَّار, خَزَف
- فَخَّار (faḵḵār)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- خَزَف (ḵazaf)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات (matjar al-faḵḵāriyyāt)workshop where pottery is made
- مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات (maḥall al-faḵḵāriyyāt)workshop where pottery is made
- مَتْجَر الْفَخَّار (matjar al-faḵḵār)workshop where pottery is made
- مَحَلّ الْفَخَّار (maḥall al-faḵḵār)workshop where pottery is made
- صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار (ṣināʕa al-faḵḵār)practise or craft of making pottery
Bulgarian кера́мика, гръ́нци
- кера́мика (kerámika)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- гръ́нци (grắnci)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- грънча́рство (grănčárstvo)practise or craft of making pottery
Catalan terrissa
- terrissafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
Chinese Mandarin 陶器, 瓦器
- 陶器 (táoqì)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- 瓦器 (wǎqì)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- 製陶作坊 /制陶作坊 (zhìtáo zuōfang)workshop where pottery is made
- 陶場 /陶场 (táochǎng)workshop where pottery is made
- 陶厰 (táochǎng)workshop where pottery is made
- 陶器製造 /陶器制造 (táoqì zhìzào)practise or craft of making pottery
- 陶藝 /陶艺 (táoyì)practise or craft of making pottery
Czech hrnčířství
- hrnčířstvípractise or craft of making pottery
Dutch aardewerk, vaatwerk
- aardewerkfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- vaatwerkfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- keramiekfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- potterijworkshop where pottery is made
- pottenbakkerijworkshop where pottery is made
- potterijpractise or craft of making pottery
- pottenbakkerijpractise or craft of making pottery
- keramiekpractise or craft of making pottery
Esperanto terpotero
- terpoterofired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
Finnish keramiikka, savitavara
- keramiikkafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- savitavarafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- keramiikkapajaworkshop where pottery is made
- savipajaworkshop where pottery is made
- keramiikkapractise or craft of making pottery
French poterie, poterie
- poteriefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- poteriepractise or craft of making pottery
German Töpferware, Tongerät
- Töpferwarefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- Tongerätfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- Töpfergeschirrfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- Töpfereiworkshop where pottery is made
- Töpfereipractise or craft of making pottery
Greek κεραμικά, αγγειοπλαστείο
- κεραμικά (keramiká)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- αγγειοπλαστείο (angeioplasteío)workshop where pottery is made
- αγγειοπλαστική (angeioplastikí)practise or craft of making pottery
- κεραμική (keramikí)practise or craft of making pottery
Hebrew כלי חרס, קַדָּרוּת
- כלי חרס (kley khéres)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- קַדָּרוּת (kadarút)practise or craft of making pottery
Hindi मृत्तिकाशिल्प
- मृत्तिकाशिल्प (mŕttikāśilp)practise or craft of making pottery
Hungarian agyagedény, agyagáru
- agyagedényfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- agyagárufired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- cserépfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- kerámiafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- fazekasságpractise or craft of making pottery
Irish earraí potaireachta, potaireacht
- earraí potaireachtafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- potaireachtfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- criadóireachtfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- saotharlann photaireachtaworkshop where pottery is made
- criadóireachtpractise or craft of making pottery
- potaireachtpractise or craft of making pottery
Italian terraglia, ceramica
- terragliafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- ceramicafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- vasellamefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- stovigliafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- ceramicapractise or craft of making pottery
- arte della ceramicapractise or craft of making pottery
Japanese 陶器, 窯元
- 陶器 (tōki)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- 窯元 (kamamoto)workshop where pottery is made
- 陶芸 (tōgei)practise or craft of making pottery
Korean 도자기, 도기
- 도자기 (dojagi)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- 도기 (dogi)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- 도예 (doye)practise or craft of making pottery
Latin figulāria, figlīnum
- figulāriafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- figlīnumfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- figlīnaworkshop where pottery is made
- figulīnaworkshop where pottery is made
Māori matapaia, taonga uku
- matapaiafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- taonga ukufired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- toa tārai ukuworkshop where pottery is made
- mahi ukupractise or craft of making pottery
Norwegian Bokmål keramikk, leirvare
- keramikkfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- leirvarefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- leirtøyfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- pottemakervarefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- pottemakerarbeidfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- potterifired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- pottemakeriworkshop where pottery is made
- pottemakerverkstedworkshop where pottery is made
- keramikkverkstedworkshop where pottery is made
- potteriworkshop where pottery is made
- keramikkpractise or craft of making pottery
- pottemakeripractise or craft of making pottery
Polish ceramika, garncarstwo
- ceramikafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- garncarstwopractise or craft of making pottery
Portuguese cerâmica, olaria
- cerâmicafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- olariaworkshop where pottery is made
- cerâmicapractise or craft of making pottery
Romanian olărie, olărie
- olăriefired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- olărieworkshop where pottery is made
- olăriepractise or craft of making pottery
- olăritpractise or craft of making pottery
Russian гонча́рные изде́лия, кера́мика
- гонча́рные изде́лия (gončárnyje izdélija)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- кера́мика (kerámika)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- гонча́рная мастерска́я (gončárnaja masterskája)workshop where pottery is made
- гонча́рня (gončárnja)workshop where pottery is made
- керами́ческий заво́д (keramíčeskij zavód)workshop where pottery is made
- гонча́рное де́ло (gončárnoje délo)practise or craft of making pottery
Scottish Gaelic criadhadaireachd, ionad-crèadhaidh
- criadhadaireachdfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- ionad-crèadhaidhworkshop where pottery is made
- criadhadaireachdpractise or craft of making pottery
Spanish cerámica, loza
- cerámicafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- lozafired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- alfareríaworkshop where pottery is made
- alfareríapractise or craft of making pottery
Swahili ufinyanzi
- ufinyanzipractise or craft of making pottery
Swedish keramik, keramikverkstad
- keramikfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- keramikverkstadworkshop where pottery is made
- keramisk verkstadworkshop where pottery is made
Thai เครื่องปั้นดินเผา
- เครื่องปั้นดินเผา (krʉ̂ʉang-bpân-din-pǎo)fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
Turkish çömlek, çömlekçilik
- çömlekfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- çömlekçilikworkshop where pottery is made
- çömlekçilikpractise or craft of making pottery
Ukrainian гонча́рня, гонча́рство
- гонча́рня (hončárnja)workshop where pottery is made
- гонча́рство (hončárstvo)practise or craft of making pottery
Vietnamese gốm, đồ gốm
- gốmfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- đồ gốmfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
Welsh crochenwaith
- crochenwaithfired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
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pottery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pottery
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“pottery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pottery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pottery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pottery.
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