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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024por•ce•lain /ˈpɔrsəlɪn, pɔrslɪn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Ceramicsa hard, shiny, transparent substance made by baking clay, used to make cups and dishes.
- Ceramicscups and dishes made from this substance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024por•ce•lain (pôr′sə lin, pōr′-; pôrs′lin, pōrs′-),USA pronunciation n. - Ceramicsa strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- Ceramicsware made from this.
- Italian porcellana origin, originally, a type of cowry shell, apparently likened to the vulva of a sow, noun, nominal use of feminine of porcellano of a young sow, equivalent. to porcell(a), diminutive of porca sow (see pork, -elle) + -ano -an
- French porcelaine
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: porcelain /ˈpɔːslɪn -leɪn ˈpɔːsə-/ n - a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc
- an object made of this or such objects collectively
- (modifier) of, relating to, or made from this material: a porcelain cup
Etymology: 16th Century: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana cowrie shell, porcelain (from its shell-like finish), literally: relating to a sow (from the resemblance between a cowrie shell and a sow's vulva), from porcella little sow, from porca sow, from Latin; see porkporcellaneous /ˌpɔːsəˈleɪnɪəs/ adj |