stoneware

English

Stoneware pottery with a celadon glaze, from the Ming Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos

Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston

English stone

Proto-Germanic *warō

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English -ware

English stoneware

From stone + -ware.

Pronunciation

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Noun

stoneware (countable and uncountable, plural stonewares)

1. A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.

Translations

type of pottery

• Bulgarian: керамични изделия n pl (keramični izdelija)
• Catalan: gres m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石器 (zh) (shíqì), 炻器 (zh) (shíqì)

• Danish: stentøj n
• Finnish: kivitavara (fi)
• French: grès (fr) m
• German: Steinzeug (de) n, Feinsteinzeug (de) n, Steingut (de) n
• Irish: cruachré f
• Italian: gres m
• Japanese: 炻器 (ja) (せっき, sekki), せっ器 (せっき, sekki)
• Plautdietsch: Steenwoa f
• Polish: kamionka (pl) f
• Portuguese: grés (pt) m
• Russian: гли́няная посу́да f (glínjanaja posúda), керами́ческие изде́лия n pl (keramíčeskije izdélija), кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika)
• Swedish: stengods (sv) n
• Ukrainian: керамі́чні ви́роби (keramíčni výroby), череп'я́ний по́суд (čerepʺjányj pósud)
• Welsh: crochenwaith caled m

References

• “stoneware” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), →OCLC.