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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.əns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faience.wav Forms: faiences [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəns Etymology: From French faïence, named after the city of Faenza, Italy, where it was made in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|faïence}} French faïence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faience (countable and uncountable, plural faiences)
  1. A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ceramics Translations (type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic): հախճապակի (haxčapaki) (Armenian), fayans (Azerbaijani), saxsı (Azerbaijani), фаянс (fajans) [masculine] (Belarusian), фаянс (fajans) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fayans (Crimean Tatar), çini (Crimean Tatar), fajáns (Czech), fajance (Danish), faience (Dutch), fajanss (Estonian), fajanssi (Finnish), faïence [feminine] (French), ქაშანური (kašanuri) (Georgian), Steingut [neuter] (German), Fayence [feminine] (German), φαγεντιανό (fagentianó) [neuter] (Greek), fajansz (Hungarian), fajans [masculine] (Icelandic), faenza [feminine] (Italian), фаянс (faäns) (Kazakh), жанан (janan) (Kazakh), ហ្វៃយ៉ង់ (vayyɑŋ) (Khmer), фаянс (fayans) (Kyrgyz), چینی (çini) (Ottoman Turkish), fajans [masculine] (Polish), faiança [feminine] (Portuguese), faianță [feminine] (Romanian), фая́нс (fajáns) [masculine] (Russian), loza [feminine] (Spanish), fayenza [feminine] (Spanish), fajans [common-gender] (Swedish), фаянс (fayans) (Tajik), фаянс (fayans) (Tatar), керәч (keräç) (Tatar), çini (Turkish), fayans (Turkish), фаянс (fajans) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fayans (Uzbek)
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  2. (archaeology) Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Archaeology, Ceramics
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Synonyms: faïence, fayence Related terms: majolica

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      "word": "հախճապակի"
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      "word": "faience"
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      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
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      "word": "faenza"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "faäns",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "фаянс"
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      "word": "ហ្វៃយ៉ង់"
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      "word": "фаянс"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çini",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "چینی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fajans"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faiança"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "faianță"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fajáns",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фая́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "loza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фаянс"
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      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "фаянс"
    },
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      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "keräç",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "керәч"
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      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "çini"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "word": "fayans"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fajans",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фаянс"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic",
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