chinaware
/ˈt͡ʃaɪ.nə.wɛɹ/noun
chinaware is a noun meaning “Synonym of china: porcelain tableware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-I-N-A-W-A-R-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chinaware is chinawares.
What does chinaware mean?
noun
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Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chinaware?
- US /ˈt͡ʃaɪ.nə.wɛɹ/
Chinaware has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chinaware.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chinaware
- chinawares plural
- china-ware
- china ware
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chinaware?
Chinaware appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chinaware come from?
Alternative case form of Chinaware, China-ware, &c., from China + -ware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).