porcelain
English
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Etymology
From Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, chinaware”), from Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie, chinaware”), from porcella (“the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments”) from porco (“pig”) with -ella (“-let”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹ.sə.lɪn/, /ˈpɔɹs.lɪn/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔː.sə.lɪn/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpoːslɘn/
- Hyphenation: por‧ce‧lain, porc‧lain
Noun
porcelain (countable and uncountable, plural porcelains)
- (usually uncountable) A hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
- (usually countable) Anything manufactured from this material.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ivory porcelain
- porcelain aorta
- porcelain clay
- porcelain crab
- porcelain jasper
- porcelain printing
- porcelain shell
- porcelaneous
Translations
hard, white, translucent ceramic
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anything manufactured from this material
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