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)

1. The hard, translucent ceramic porcelain
2. A piece or set made of that material
3. (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