porselein
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana (“porcelain, originally the name of a conch species”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɔr.səˈlɛi̯n/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: por‧se‧lein
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Noun
porselein n (plural porseleinen, diminutive porseleintje n)
- The hard, translucent ceramic porcelain
- A piece or set made of that material
Derived terms
- porseleinen (adjective)
- porseleinwinkel m
Descendants
- Afrikaans: porselein
- → West Frisian: porslein
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