Definition
A glossy finish applied to pottery or stone, created by heating and burnishing the surface until it becomes shiny and smooth.
Etymology
From Greek 'ganosis' (brightness, shine), derived from 'ganos' meaning bright or shining. The term was adopted into English to describe ancient pottery finishing techniques discovered through archaeological study.
Kelly Says
Ancient Greek potters figured out that if you heated certain types of pottery just right and polished them, you could get a glossy surface that looked almost like glazing—but they were doing this thousands of years before true glazing was invented!
Translations
ARالعربية
جَانُوْسِيس
ja-nu-si-is
BNবাংলা
গানোসিস
ga-no-sis
CSČeština
ganosis
ga-no-sis
DADansk
ganosis
ga-no-sis
DEDeutsch
Ganose
ga-no-se
ELΕλληνικά
γανωσις
gan-o-sis
ESEspañol
ganosis
ga-no-sis
FAفارسی
گانوسیس
ga-no-si-s
FISuomi
ganosis
ga-no-sis
FRFrançais
ganose
ga-no-s
HIहिन्दी
गैनोसिस
ga-no-sis
HUMagyar
ganosis
ga-no-sis
IDBahasa Indonesia
ganosis
ga-no-sis
ITItaliano
ganosis
ga-no-sis
MSBahasa Melayu
ganosis
ga-no-sis
NLNederlands
ganosis
ga-no-sis
NONorsk
ganosis
ga-no-sis
PLPolski
ganosis
ga-no-sis
PTPortuguês
ganosis
ga-no-sis
RORomână
ganosis
ga-no-sis
RUРусский
ганозис
gano-zis
SVSvenska
ganosis
ga-no-sis
SWKiswahili
ganosis
ga-no-sis
TAதமிழ்
காணோசிஸ்
ka-na-o-si-s
TEతెలుగు
గానోసిస్
ga-no-sis
TRTürkçe
ganosis
ga-no-sis
UKУкраїнська
ганозис
gano-zis
VITiếng Việt
ganosis
ga-no-sis