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Definition: Majolica |
MajolicaNoun1. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "majolica" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
Etymology: Majolica \Ma*jol"i*ca\, noun. [Italian]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: MajolicaSynonym: maiolica (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Majolica |
| Specialty definitions using "majolica": Majolica Ware. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Majolica" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Majolica" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "majolica": mezza majolica. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
majolica | 148 |
majolica pottery | 17 |
ceramics italian maiolica majolica | 11 |
antique majolica | 10 |
italian majolica | 9 |
majolica plate | 6 |
majolica tile | 5 |
majolica ceramics | 4 |
etruscan majolica | 4 |
minton majolica | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "majolica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | majolikë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الميوليق خزف إيطالي. (various references) | |
Chinese | 色彩强烈. (various references) | |
Danish | majolika. (various references) | |
Dutch | majolica. (various references) | |
Finnish | majolikalasiväri (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), läpikuultava lasiväri (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour). (various references) | |
French | majolique. (various references) | |
German | majolika. (various references) | |
Greek | μαγιολική. (various references) | |
Hungarian | majolika. (various references) | |
Italian | maiolica (faience). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | マシン油 (barowner, machine oil, magic, magic glass, magic hand, magic ink marker, magic mirror, magic number, Magic Tape, magical, magician, Majorca, majority, manager, manipulator, mascara, mascot, masculine, mask, masker, masking, mass, mass communication, mass consumption, mass democracy, mass fashion, mass game, mass media, mass production, mass sales, mass screening, Masscomp, mast, master, master course, master file, master key, master plan, master tape, masterpiece, Masters Golf Tournament, masturbation, mazurka, muscat, mustard, proprietor, serious, to jerk off, to masturbate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マジリカ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ajolicamay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | majólica (major), maiólica, autoridade (arm, authority, command, designated approving authority, domination, domino, energy, hand, mastership, mastery, potency, power, right, rod, scepter, sceptre, warrant). (various references) | |
Romanian | majolicã. (various references) | |
Russian | майолика. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | majolika, fajans. (various references) | |
Spanish | mayolica. (various references) | |
Swedish | majolika. (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องเคลือบ"ินเผาของอิตาลี. (various references) | |
Turkish | italyan çinisi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "majolica": majolicas. (additional references) | |
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"Majolica" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ajohida, Mahloji, Majilis, Maj-lis, Majola, Majolo, Manolic, Mazowia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "majolica" (pronounced 'Ma*jol"i*ca'): Amphibiotica, Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Arnica, Arthrostraca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endoplastica, Endotheca, Entomostraca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, harmonica, hepatica, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, japonica, Jararaca, Lactuca, Lectica, Leptostraca, lorica, malacca, Malacostraca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Narica, natica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Pectostraca, Perca, Phoca, Phytolacca, Pica, Pinacotheca, Plica, Podotheca, Polacca, Polygastrica, Portulaca, Postfurca, Quica, Raca, replica, Rhamphotheca, Rhinotheca, Sicca, silica, Spermatheca, Spica, Styca, tapioca, theca, Theorica, Thoracica, Thoracostraca, Trica, Urtica, Utica, Venatica, VERONICA, Verruca, Vesica, Vomica, Yacca, Yunca, Zimocca. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-j-l-m-o" | |
-2 letters: calami, camail, jicama. | |
-3 letters: alamo, claim, coala, comal, jacal, lamia, malic. | |
-4 letters: alma, amia, calm, calo, ciao, clam, coal, coil, cola, coma, jail, jiao, laic, lama, lima, limo, loam, loca, loci, mail, mica, milo, moil, mola. | |
-5 letters: aal, ail, aim, ala, ama, ami, cam, col, jam, lac, lam, mac, mil, moa, moc, mol, oca, oil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-j-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: majolicas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6A 6F 6C 69 63 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .--- --- .-.. .. -.-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a j o l i c a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006A 006F 006C 0069 0063 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767768178756967 |
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