porselein
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana (“porcelain, originally the name of a conch species”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editporselein 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
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