See also: Porcellana

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian porcellana.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

porcellana f (plural porcellanes)

  1. porcelain
  2. cowrie (gastropod of the family Cypraeidae, known for their glossy hard shells)

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /por.t͡ʃelˈla.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: por‧cel‧là‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

porcellana f (plural porcellane)

  1. porcelain, china

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

porcellana

  1. inflection of porcellanare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin edit

Adjective edit

porcellāna

  1. inflection of porcellānus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective edit

porcellānā

  1. ablative feminine singular of porcellānus

References edit

  • porcellana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • porcellana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • porcellana in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016