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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porcellana f (plural porcellane)

1. porcelain, china

Verb

porcellana

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

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Latin

Adjective

porcellāna

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

Adjective

porcellānā

1. ablative feminine singular of porcellānus

References

• 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