faience

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.

/ˈfaɪ.əns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faience.wav

faience faiences faïence fayence

From French faïence, named after the city of Faenza, Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.

majolica

semifaience

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