faïencerie
French, noun/fa.jɑ̃.sʁi/
faïencerie is spelled F-A-Ï-E-N-C-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faïencerie is a French feminine noun meaning “pottery, earthenware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où l’on fabrique de la faïence”.
What does faïencerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepottery, earthenware
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où l’on fabrique de la faïence. 2. Ce qui est en faïence. 3. Art de fabriquer de la faïence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faïencerie
- faïenceries plural
- fayencerie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faïencerie?
- /fa.jɑ̃.sʁi/
- \fa.jɑ̃.sʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faïencerie in French?
faïencerie appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).