porcelain (redirected from synthetic porcelain)

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.

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[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.]

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porce·lane·ous (-ln-s) adj.

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porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn -leɪn ˈpɔːsə-]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc.

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) an object made of this or such objects collectively

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) (modifier) of, relating to, or made from this material a porcelain cup

[from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana cowrie shell, porcelain (from its shell-like finish), literally: relating to a sow (from the resemblance between a cowrie shell and a sow's vulva), from porcella little sow, from porca sow, from Latin; see pork]

porcellaneous  [ˌpɔːsəˈleɪnɪəs] adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

porcelain - 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of a more or less translucent ceramic ceramic ware - utensils made from ceramic material china - high quality porcelain originally made only in China Spode - a brand of fine English porcelain

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porcelain

noun china, ware, fine bone china, porcelain ware a priceless collection of English porcelain

Translations

porcelain [ˈpɔːslɪn]

A. N → porcelana f

B. CPD → de porcelana

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porcelain [ˈpɔː^rs^əlɪn]

n → porcelaine f

adj [figurine, plate] → de porcelaine, en porcelaine

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porcelain

n → Porzellan nt

adj → Porzellan-; porcelain doll → Porzellanpuppe f

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porcelain [ˈpɔːs/əlɪn] n → porcellana
a piece of porcelain → una porcellana

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porcelain [ˈpɔːs/əlɪn] n → porcellana
a piece of porcelain → una porcellana

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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(의) 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