terracotta

See also: terra cotta and terra-cotta

English

Alternative forms

• terra cotta, terra-cotta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/

Noun

terracotta (usually uncountable, plural terracottas)

1. A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.
2. A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.

   terracotta:  

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-‎ (0 c, 37 e)

Translations

hard red-brown earthenware

• Catalan: terracota (ca) f
• Chinese: 赤土陶器 (chì tǔ táoqì)
• Esperanto: terakoto
• Finnish: terrakotta (fi)
• French: terre cuite (fr)
• German: Terrakotta (de) f
• Hungarian: cserép (hu), cserépedény (hu), terrakotta (hu)
• Icelandic: terrakotta n, brenndur leir m
• Ido: terakoto (io)
• Japanese: テラコッタ (terakotta)
• Polish: terakota (pl) f
• Portuguese: terracota (pt) f
• Romanian: teracotă (ro) f
• Russian: террако́та (ru) f (terrakóta)
• Swedish: terrakotta (sv)
• Turkish: terrakotta

colour

• Hungarian: terrakotta (hu)
• Japanese: テラコッタ色 (terakottashoku)
• Polish: terakota (pl) f
• Romanian: teracot (ro)

Adjective

terracotta (not comparable)

1. Of the colour of terracotta.
   • 1892 June 18, F. W. B., “Why Paint a Greenhouse White?”, in The Garden, volume 41, page 569:

     A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Dangerous Lady”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 36:

     She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

   • 2012 July 1, Charlie Brooker, “The cast of Geordie Shore are the noblest people in Britain today”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But let's not judge them by the content of their character. Let's judge them by the colour of their skin, which is terracotta.

Translations

colour

• Hungarian: terrakotta (hu)
• Japanese: テラコッタ色 (terakottairono)
• Romanian: teracot (ro)
• Russian: террако́товый (ru) (terrakótovyj)

See also

• haniwa
• Xi'an (the Terra Cotta Warriors)
• Appendix:Colors

Italian

Etymology

terra + cotta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛr.raˈkɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧còt‧ta

Noun

terracotta f (plural terrecotte)

1. terracotta

Adjective

terracotta (invariable)

1. terracotta (color/colour)

Anagrams

• tetrarcato