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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALISSY

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PRONUNCIATION OF PALISSY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALISSY

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Palissy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PALISSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Palissy

Palissy is the brand name under which the English firm of A.E. Jones and Sons, of Stoke-on-Trent, marketed their china and pottery. The name was chosen as a tribute to Bernard Palissy, the famous French potter of the 16th century, creator of Palissy ware. The company origins may date back to the 1850s, and be a split from the Jones family, such as George Jones, who produced quite upmarket items through the 1900s.

Definition of Palissy in the English dictionary

The definition of Palissy in the dictionary is Bernard. 1510–89, French Huguenot potter and writer on natural history, noted for his rustic glazed earthenware: died in the Bastille.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PALISSY

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Synonyms and antonyms of Palissy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Palissy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALISSY

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帕利西
1,325 millions of speakers

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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
280 millions of speakers

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Палисси
278 millions of speakers

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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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パリッシー
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Palissy
85 millions of speakers

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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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पॅलिसी
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Палисси
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Palissy
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Trends of use of Palissy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALISSY»

The term «Palissy» is normally little used and occupies the 117.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALISSY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Palissy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALISSY»

Discover the use of Palissy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Palissy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Palissy ware: nineteenth-century French ceramists from ...
Palissy ware is found in many of the world's great museums. This volume, fully illustrated in colour, provides the first comprehensive account of the work of Palissy's nineteenth-century followers in France.
Marshall P. Katz, Robert Lehr, 1996
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Portuguese Palissy ware: a survey of ceramics from Caldas da ...
Portrays the sculpture throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area, tells how each work was acquired and includes the history of their design and the public's reaction to them
Marshall P. Katz, 1999
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Palissy the Potter. The life of Bernard Palissy ... with an ...
A. ABBEY lands, gifts of, 41 _ Academy of Science, Palissy's, in Paris, 349 Adepts , 37 Admirable Discourses, the last book by Palissy, 415—472 Eolian organ, Palissy's design for an, 323 Ailiéllty, chemical, Palissy speaks of, 463, 4 Agenois,  ...
Henry MORLEY (Professor of English Literature at University College, London.), 1855
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Palissy the Potter: The Life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes, ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Henry Morley, 2010
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Labour, Science and Technology in France, 1500-1620
Palissy, too, must be understood to have been inspired not only by religious belief but also by certain elements in the thought of Paracelsus. Like Besson and Peru, Palissy appears to have been part of the periphery of Gohory's circle. Indeed ...
Henry Heller, 2002
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Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe: Between ...
72 Palissy praises the power of sensory experience—as either maker or museum visitor—in relation to three-dimensional objects. Understanding Palissy's oeuvre as experiential interplay is all the more plausible because he recorded his ...
Ursula Klein, E. C. Spary, 2010
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Bulletin - Museums of Art and Archaeology, University of ...
"7 The exact nature of the ware which so impressed Palissy remains conjectural. 8 After much and protracted experimentation Palissy produced pottery with a light -weight cream-colored earthenware body which he embellished with clear lead ...
University of Michigan. Museum of Art, 1983
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Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical ...
These works attracted patronage from, among others, the influential Anne de Montmorency, constable of France. Palissy's adherence to Protestantism meant that he was harassed. When Catholic forces sacked Saintes in 1562, Palissy was  ...
Jo Eldridge Carney, 2001
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Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature
84 At any rate, our first solid knowledge of Palissy stems from Saintes, on the Bay of Biscay, where he may have moved as early as the late 1530s. There he became known as a skilled ceramicist and as a Protestant agitator. It was in Saintes ...
William R. Newman, 2005
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Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the ...
Palissy, Admirable Discourses, 23-24; Palissy, Discours admirables, in Palissy, Oeuvres complètes, 2:10—1 1. 80. See Palissy, Admirable Discourses, 24 and ( for the cabinet labels) 233-50; Palissy, Discours admirables, in Oeuvres complètes ...
Pamela O. Long, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALISSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Palissy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anne Carolyn Wollman
... who created them, she curated a number of ceramic shows on compelling intellectual and artistic themes, such as Vanitas and After Palissy. «Valley News, Jul 15»
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A cozy cottage getaway in the city
Collections include Italian majolica, Japanese Imari, Chinese Delft, English Staffordshire and French barbotine and Palissy. Many pieces ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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The Environment Was a Moral Issue Long Before Pope Francis
Influential Huguenot Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) proposed using science to study soil fertility, founding schools to teach farmers the best ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Origin and development of Valletta's Mandraggio
Although not the original idea, the city ended being built on Bernard Palissy's grid-iron pattern, where the streets started just beyond the ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
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Review: A Golden Age of China: Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795 …
The inspiration is European (look no further than Bernard Palissy), but the craftsmanship and layers of symbolic meaning are completely ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Arnold Circus, by Cornelia Parker
The streets have beautiful-sounding names like Navarre, Ligonier, Montclare, Camlet and Palissy. From my attic window I could witness the ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
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Jane Alexiadis: Porcelain priest, likely from Portugal
Called Delftware in the Netherlands, Palissy or Majolica in England and Faience in France, use of the tin-based glaze on earthenware items ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
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Fine Majolica at Auction
The revival of the high-relief style of 16th-century French potter Bernard Palissy, incorporating lizards, snakes, frogs, lobsters, and snails, was ... «Maine Antique Digest, Feb 15»
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Top 10 breakfast spots in Paris
... (eggs baked in ramekins with cream, mushrooms, and other garnishes). • Breakfast about €24. 11 rue Bernard Palissy, 6th, eggsandco.fr. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Dangers des réseaux sociaux: une nécessaire mise en garde
Vincent et Kevin, en première année de BTS communication, entrent dans une classe de seconde du lycée Bernard-Palissy. Avec seulement le ... «Le Figaro, Jan 15»

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