ceramicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikós, “potter's”), from κέραμος (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word or from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂- (“to heat, burn, fire”).

発音

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /səˈɹæmɪk/
• 韻: -æmɪk

形容詞

ceramic (comparative more ceramic, superlative most ceramic)

1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

   A ceramic vase stood on the table.

   • 2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, in The New York Times‎:

     And over the past year, a new crop of collaborations between designers and artists has turned a spotlight on ceramic sculptures characterized by organic and biomorphic forms.

派生語

名詞

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.

   Joan made the dish from ceramic.

2. (countable) An object made of this material.

   Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

   • 2021 April 5, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, in The New York Times‎:

     Photographed by Juergen Teller, the project included a series of JW Anderson women’s wear looks, still-life images and sketches of Ms. Odundo and Ms. Corbett’s ceramics, as well as their portraits, and blankets designed as part of the collaboration.

派生語

• comb ceramic
• glass-ceramic

派生した語

• → Malay: seramik

参考

• kaolin, kaoline

関連する語

• ceramics

参照

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[3]

アナグラム

• racemic