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/
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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
(obsolete, dialectal) purslane, any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants, including common purslane, Portulaca oleracea
Synonym: postelein

Derived terms

porseleinen
porseleinhoen
porseleinhoornslak
porseleinwinkel
zeeporselein

Descendants

Afrikaans: porselein
Negerhollands: porcelein
Sranan Tongo: posren
→ Indonesian: porselen
→ Papiamentu: pòrselein, porcelein
→ West Frisian: porslein

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