What is another word for faience?

Pronunciation: [fˈe͡ɪəns] (IPA)

Faience is a term that is used to describe a type of earthenware that is glazed and decorated with colorful designs. The word itself has a French origin, and over the years it has become synonymous with many other terms that describe similar types of pottery. Some of the most common synonyms for faience include majolica, Delftware, tin-glazed pottery, and earthenware. These different terms are often used interchangeably, depending on the specific type of pottery being discussed and the geographic region in which it was made. While the word faience is most commonly associated with French pottery, it is used to describe similar types of pottery from many different cultures around the world.

Synonyms for Faience:

What are the hypernyms for Faience?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Faience?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for faience (as nouns)

Usage examples for Faience

faience, china, glass, and ice are all pressed into the service of the Roman punch, and sometimes the prettiest dish of all is hewn out of ice.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Here is some faience.
"Cosmopolis, Complete"
Paul Bourget Last Updated: March 3, 2009
Next week I am going to Palaiseau and I shall hunt up my book on faience.
"The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters"
George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie

Famous quotes with Faience

  • Side by side with the production of metals, the Egyptians and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia perfected the arts of making glazed pottery... and the production of glass. ...vessels were baked in tall closed furnaces. "Egyptian blue" was made in Egypt by heating silica with malachite and lime... applied with soda as a blue glaze on faience, and the blue glass is also colored with copper. Some early... Egyptian and Babylonian blue glass are coloured with cobalt.
    J. R. Partington

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