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• faience
  faience

  noun

  glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
• faïence
  faïence

  noun

faience

American  

[fahy-ahns, fey-, fa-yahns] / faɪˈɑns, feɪ-, faˈyɑ̃s /

Or faïence

noun

1. glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.

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faïence British  

/ feɪ-, faɪˈɑːns /

noun

1. 1. tin-glazed earthenware, usually that of French, German, Italian, or Scandinavian origin

   2. ( as modifier )

      a faïence cup

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Etymology

Origin of faience

1705–15; < French, originally pottery of Faenza, city in northern Italy