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porcelain
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por·ce·lain  (pôrs-ln, pr-, pôrsln, prs-)
n.
1. A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.
2. An object made of this substance.

[French porcelaine, cowry shell, porcelain, from Old French, from Old Italian porcellana, from feminine of porcellano, of a young sow (from the shell's resemblance to a pig's back), from porcella, young sow, diminutive of porca, sow, from Latin, feminine of porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]

porce·lane·ous (-ln-s) adj.

porcelain
Noun
1. a delicate type of china
2. an object or objects made of this [French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana cowrie shell]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.porcelainporcelain - ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
ceramic ware - utensils made from ceramic material
china - high quality porcelain originally made only in China
Spode - a brand of fine English porcelain
Translations
porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn] nporcelana

porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn] nporcelaine f

porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn] nPorzellan nt

porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn] nporcellana

porcelain
n / adj porcelain [ˈpoːsəlin]
(of) a kind of fine china That dish is made of porcelain; a porcelain figure. porselein خَزَف صيني порцелан porcelán(ový) porcelæn; porcelæns- das Porzellan; Porzellan-... πορσελάνη (nombre) porcelana; (adjetivo)de porcelana portselan چینی پورسلین posliini (en) porcelaine חַרסִינָה चीनी मिट्टी के बरतन porculan porcelán porselen postulín porcellana; di porcellana 磁器 자기(磁器) porcelianas porcelāns porselin porselein porselen(s-) porcelana, porcelanowy porcelana (de) porţelan фарфор porcelán; porcelánový porcelan(ski) porcelan porslin เครื่องเคลือบ porselen 瓷器 порцеляна, фарфор چيني کے برتن đồ sứ 瓷器


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