Definitions for faience
faɪˈɑns, -ˈɑ̃s, feɪ-faience

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. faiencenoun

   glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors

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1. Faiencenoun

   Glazed earthenware; esp., a fine variety that which is decorated with colorful designs in an opaque glaze.

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. faiencenoun

   A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.

2. Etymology: From faïence, named after the city Faenza in Italy, where it was made in the 16th century.

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1. Faience

   Faience or faïence (; French: [fajɑ̃s] (listen)) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the history of pottery. The invention seems to have been made in Iran or the Middle East before the ninth century. A kiln capable of producing temperatures exceeding 1,000 °C (1,830 °F) was required to achieve this result, the result of millennia of refined pottery-making traditions. The term is now used for a wide variety of pottery from several parts of the world, including many types of European painted wares, often produced as cheaper versions of porcelain styles. English generally uses various other terms for well-known sub-types of faience. Italian tin-glazed earthenware, at least the early forms, is called maiolica in English, Dutch wares are called Delftware, and their English equivalents English delftware, leaving "faience" as the normal term in English for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese wares and those of other countries not mentioned (it is also the usual French term, and fayence in German). The name faience is simply the French name for Faenza, in the Romagna near Ravenna, Italy, where a painted majolica ware on a clean, opaque pure-white ground, was produced for export as early as the fifteenth century. Technically, lead-glazed earthenware, such as the French sixteenth-century Saint-Porchaire ware, does not properly qualify as faience, but the distinction is not usually maintained. Semi-vitreous stoneware may be glazed like faience. Egyptian faience is not really faience, or pottery, at all, but made of a vitreous frit, and so closer to glass. In English 19th-century usage "faience" was often used to describe "any earthenware with relief modelling decorated with coloured glazes", including much glazed architectural terracotta and Victorian majolica, adding a further complexity to the list of meanings of the word.

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1. faience

   Faience is a type of glazed ceramic ware, known for its shiny surface and decorative potential. Originated from ancient Egypt, it is made from crushed quartz or sand mixed with small amounts of clay, lime and mineral pigments. After being shaped and dried, the object is then coated with a layer of glaze and fired at high temperature to obtain its signature glossy finish. Faience was particularly used for small decorative objects such as beads, amulets, figurines, and tiles.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faiencenoun

   glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color

2. Etymology: [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]

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1. Faience

   Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the history of pottery. The invention seems to have been made in Iran or the Middle East before the ninth century. A kiln capable of producing temperatures exceeding 1,000 °C was required to achieve this result, the result of millennia of refined pottery-making traditions. The term is now used for a wide variety of pottery from several parts of the world, including many types of European painted wares, often produced as cheaper versions of porcelain styles. Technically, lead-glazed earthenware, such as the French sixteenth-century Saint-Porchaire ware, does not properly qualify as faience, but the distinction is not usually maintained.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faience

   fā′yäns, n. a fine kind of pottery, glazed and painted. [Fr.; prob. from Faenza in Italy.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of faience in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of faience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=faience
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=faience
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faience
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faience
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faience
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=faience
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=faience