Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

cretaiolo

English translation:

clayworker

Added to glossary by martini
Mar 26 18:18
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Italian term

Cretaiolo

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How to translate "cretaiolo" into English?
"Le botteghe dei cretaioli continuavano la loro produzione che nel Settecento aveva raggiunto momenti di alta ed originale fattura."
Proposed translations (English)
3 clayworker
3 potter
Change log

Apr 4, 2024 07:48: martini Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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clayworker

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Dal cappellaccio al tufo c'erano almeno una quindicina di metri che il. "critaloru" (cretaiolo) scavava a "lumi di citalena" con l'aiuto della. "zappudda ...

dal doc sopra si evince che il cretaiolo in realtà era colui che estraeva l'argilla /creta e poi la trasportava
ritengo che nel tuo contesto ci si riferisca genericamente a lavoratori del materiale in generale

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/ma...
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : I saw this, but it can't be the people who extracted clay here. It says 'la loro produzione aveva raggiunto momenti di alta ed originale fattura.'
4 hrs
l'ho scritto, leggi bene le mie risposte, please, per quello ho suggerito un più generico "clayworker"
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21 mins

potter

This is just an educated guess, because creta means clay:
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/creta

The context is easy to find online, but the sentences before and after this one don't help - it's just a long list of local industries.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2024-03-26 21:27:26 GMT)
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Bottega + cretaiolo gets ten hits, but all of them are either security risks or require a login. However, several clearly relate to ceramics.
http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=ab...
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : DeepL goes the ceramics route, fwiw /I did check and am frankly not sure
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And does writeaway go the ceramics route, fwiw.
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