porcelaine in All languages combined

IPA: /pɔʁ.sə.lɛn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-porcelaine.wav

Forms: porcelaines [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old French (1298 AD) pourcelaine (“cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve seashell; the polished material of these shells”). By metaphorical extension, also fine china, which had a similar appearance. From Italian (13th century, in Marco Polo) porcellana (“cowrie; china; vagina”). From porcella (“the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments in”, literally “female piglet”), the diminutive of porca (“sow”), from porco (“pig”), from Latin porcus (“pig”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|pourcelaine||cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve seashell; the polished material of these shells}} pourcelaine (“cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve seashell; the polished material of these shells”), {{uder|fr|it|-}} Italian, {{m|it|porcellana||cowrie; china; vagina}} porcellana (“cowrie; china; vagina”), {{m|it|porcella||the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments in|lit=female piglet}} porcella (“the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments in”, literally “female piglet”), {{m|it|porca||sow}} porca (“sow”), {{m|it|porco||pig}} porco (“pig”), {{uder|fr|la|porcus||pig}} Latin porcus (“pig”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} porcelaine f (plural porcelaines)

Inflected forms

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"porcelaine" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [French]

Inflected forms