porcellana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian porcellana.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /poɾ.səˈʎa.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pur.səˈʎa.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /poɾ.seˈʎa.na/

Noun

porcellana f (plural porcellanes)

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

Further reading

• “porcellana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Italian

Noun

porcellana f (plural porcellane)

1. porcelain, china

Verb

porcellana

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

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Latin

Adjective

porcellāna

1. nominative feminine singular of porcellānus
2. nominative neuter plural of porcellānus
3. accusative neuter plural of porcellānus
4. vocative feminine singular of porcellānus
5. vocative neuter plural of porcellānus

Adjective

porcellānā

1. ablative feminine singular of porcellānus

References

• porcellana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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