crockery

English

Etymology

1755, crock +‎ -ery (“collective”).

Noun

crockery (countable and uncountable, plural crockeries)

Plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.
Crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:crockery

Translations

plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware

Afrikaans: breekware
Bashkir: һауыт-һаба (hawït-haba), ҡашығаяҡ (qašïğayaq)
Catalan: vaixella (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陶瓷餐具 (táocí cānjù)
Czech: nádobí (cs) n
Dutch: servies (nl) n
Finnish: astiat (fi) pl, talousastiat pl, pöytäastiat pl
French: vaisselle (fr)
Galician: louza f
German: Geschirr (de) n, Essgeschirr n

Italian: terraglia f, vasellame (it) m
Norman: vaisselle f
Norwegian: servise (no) n
Polish: sztućce (pl)
Portuguese: louças
Russian: посу́да (ru) f (posúda)
Sotho: dijana (st)
Spanish: loza (es)
Latin America: vajilla (es)
Swedish: servis (sv) c

crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils

Chinese:
Mandarin: 陶瓷餐具 (táocí cānjù)
Finnish: astiat (fi) pl

German: Geschirr (de) n
Italian: coccio (it) m
Russian: гли́няная посу́да f (glínjanaja posúda), фая́нсовая посу́да f (fajánsovaja posúda) (delftware)

References

Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1. (etymology)
Oxford English Dictionary.

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