"porcelain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɔɹsəlɪn/ [General-American], /ˈpɔɹslɪn/ [General-American], /ˈpoːslɘn/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porcelain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: porcelains [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware”), from Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie; china, chinaware”), from porcella (“mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting”) from porco (“pig”) with -ella (suffix forming diminutives). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|porcelaine|t=cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware}} Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware”), {{der|en|roa-oit|porcellana|t=cowrie; china, chinaware}} Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie; china, chinaware”), {{m|it|porcella|t=mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting}} porcella (“mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting”), {{m|it|porco|t=pig}} porco (“pig”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|diminutive}} diminutive, {{m|it|-ella|pos=suffix forming diminutives}} -ella (suffix forming diminutives) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} porcelain (countable and uncountable, plural porcelains)
  1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ceramics Translations (hard white translucent ceramic): porselein (Afrikaans), porcelan [masculine] (Albanian), خَزَف (ḵazaf) [masculine] (Arabic), ճենապակի (čenapaki) (Armenian), porzolana [feminine] (Asturian), farfor (Azerbaijani), çini (Azerbaijani), portzelana (Basque), фарфо́р (farfór) [masculine] (Belarusian), парцала́н (parcalán) [masculine] (Belarusian), চীনামাটি (cinamaṭi) (Bengali), কেত্তলিন (kettolin) (Bengali), порцела́н (porcelán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကြွေထည်ပစ္စည်း (krwehtanypaccany:) (Burmese), porcellana [feminine] (Catalan), 幼瓷仔 (iù-hûi-á) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 磁器 (chû-khì) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 瓷器 (ci⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 瓷器 (cíqì) (Chinese Mandarin), (cí) (Chinese Mandarin), porcelán [masculine] (Czech), porcelæn [neuter] (Danish), porselein [neuter] (Dutch), porcelano (Esperanto), portselan (Estonian), postalín [neuter] (Faroese), posliini (Finnish), porcelaine [feminine] (French), porcelana [feminine] (Galician), louza [feminine] (Galician), ფაიფური (paipuri) (Georgian), Porzellan [neuter] (German), πορσελάνη (porseláni) [feminine] (Greek), חַרְסִינָה (kharsina) [feminine] (Hebrew), पॉर्सिलेन (pŏrsilen) (Hindi), चीनी का बरतन (cīnī kā bartan) [masculine] (Hindi), चीनी (cīnī) [feminine] (Hindi), porcelán (Hungarian), postulín [neuter] (Icelandic), porcelano (Ido), porselen (Indonesian), farfori (Ingrian), poirceallán [masculine] (Irish), porcellana [feminine] (Italian), 磁器 (jiki) (alt: じき) (Japanese), 焼き物 (yakimono) (alt: やきもの) (Japanese), ポースレン (pōsuren) (Japanese), 陶磁 (tōji) (alt: とうじ) (Japanese), шаазң (şaazñ) (Kalmyk), ಪಿಂಗಾಣಿ (piṅgāṇi) (Kannada), фарфор (farfor) (Kazakh), кәрлен (kärlen) (Kazakh), 도자기 (dojagi) (Korean), фарфор (farfor) (Kyrgyz), porcellanus (Latin), porcelāns [masculine] (Latvian), porcelianas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Parzeläin [masculine] (Luxembourgish), порцела́н (porcelán) [masculine] (Macedonian), porselin (Malay), ᠶᡝᡥᡝᡵᡝ (yehere) (Manchu), шаазан (šaazan) (Mongolian), purcellamma [feminine] (Neapolitan), porcélaine [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), porselen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), porselen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), porcelana [feminine] (Occitan), چینی (çini) (Ottoman Turkish), پورسلین (porselin) (Persian), پرسلن (porselan) (Persian), سفالینه (sofâline) (Persian), چینی (čini) (Persian), بارفتن (bârfatan) (Persian), porcelana [feminine] (Polish), porcelana [feminine] (Portuguese), porțelan [neuter] (Romanian), фарфо́р (farfór) [masculine] (Russian), cheenae (Scots), порцелан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), порцу̀ла̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), porcelan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), porcùlān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), පෝසිලේන් (pōsilēn) (Sinhalese), porcelán [masculine] (Slovak), porcelan [masculine] (Slovene), porcelana [feminine] (Spanish), loza [feminine] (Spanish), porslin [neuter] (Swedish), pamantingin (Tagalog), фарфор (farfor) (Tajik), фағфур (faġfur) (Tajik), เครื่องลายคราม (krʉ̂ʉang-laai-kraam) (Thai), porselen (Turkish), farfor (Turkmen), jäç (Turkmen), шаажаң (şaajañ) (Tuvan), фарфо́р (farfór) [masculine] (Ukrainian), порцеля́на (porceljána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), چینی مٹی (cīnī miṭṭī) [feminine] (Urdu), farfor (Uzbek), chinni (Uzbek), sứ (Vietnamese), đồ sứ (Vietnamese), porslen [feminine] (Welsh), фарфор (farfor) (Yakut), פּאָרצעלײַ (portselay) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-~~ZSi5Kf Disambiguation of Ceramics: 18 17 22 21 1 5 2 15 Disambiguation of 'hard white translucent ceramic': 86 3 6 2 1 2 1
  2. (usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ceramics Synonyms: china [synonym, synonym-of] Synonyms (porcelain tableware): chinaware
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-JIVIds4x Disambiguation of Ceramics: 18 17 22 21 1 5 2 15 Disambiguation of 'porcelain tableware': 7 55 8 27 1 1 0
  3. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Ceramics Synonyms: kaolin [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-55zRychK Disambiguation of Ceramics: 18 17 22 21 1 5 2 15
  4. (countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware. Tags: countable, plural-normally Categories (topical): Ceramics Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms (all senses): china Translations (items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain): porselein (Afrikaans), 瓷器 (cíqì) (Chinese Mandarin), porcelán [masculine] (Czech), porcelæn [neuter] (Danish), porcelænsvare [common-gender] (Danish), porselein [neuter] (Dutch), porcelano (Esperanto), posliini (Finnish), porcelaine [feminine] (French), porcelana [feminine] (Galician), Porzellan [neuter] (German), חַרְסִינָה (kharsína) [feminine] (Hebrew), porcelán (Hungarian), postulín [neuter] (Icelandic), tembikar (Indonesian), porselen (Indonesian), 陶磁器 (tōjiki) (Japanese), кәрлен (kärlen) (Kazakh), 도자기 (dojagi) (Korean), Parzeläin [masculine] (Luxembourgish), tembikar (Malay), porselin (Malay), porselen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), porselen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پورسلین (porselin) (Persian), porcelana [feminine] (Polish), porcelana [feminine] (Portuguese), porțelan [neuter] (Romanian), фарфо́р (farfór) [masculine] (Russian), порцелан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), porcelan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), porcelán [masculine] (Slovak), porcelan [masculine] (Slovene), porcelana [feminine] (Spanish), porslin [neuter] (Swedish), porselen (Turkish), đồ sứ (Vietnamese), porslen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-uJBjtnp8 Disambiguation of Ceramics: 18 17 22 21 1 5 2 15 Disambiguation of Columbids: 14 17 16 33 4 6 8 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 19 19 34 3 6 1 2 Disambiguation of 'all senses': 19 4 10 29 5 14 19 Disambiguation of "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain": 15 7 8 63 1 3 2
  5. (countable, rare) Synonym of cowrie. Tags: countable, rare Synonyms: cowrie [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-d9zB0z~k
  6. (countable, obsolete or historical) Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc. Tags: countable, historical, obsolete Synonyms: wampum [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-65~DSA7l
  7. (countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers. Tags: capitalized, countable, often
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-noun-L25LDv1v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: material ceramic, earthenware Hyponyms: hard-paste, soft-paste, softpaste
Derived forms: bow down before the porcelain god, Chantilly porcelain, drive the porcelain bus, ivory porcelain, point Percy at the porcelain, porcelain aorta, porcelain blue, porcelain bus, porcelain cement, porcelain clay, porcelain color, porcelain crab, porcelain doll, porcelain earth, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, porcelain grain, porcelainist, porcelainite, porcelain jasper, porcelain kiln, porcelain lace, porcelain-maker, porcelain-making, porcelain oven, porcelain paper, porcelain printing, porcelain shell, porcelain skin, porcelain spar, porcelain-tinted, porcelain tooth, porcelain ware, porcelain-white, porcelaneous, pray to the porcelain god, pray to the porcelain goddess, tender porcelain, worship the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɔɹsəlɪn/ [General-American], /ˈpɔɹslɪn/ [General-American], /ˈpoːslɘn/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porcelain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: porcelains [present, singular, third-person], porcelaining [participle, present], porcelained [participle, past], porcelained [past]
Etymology: From Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware”), from Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie; china, chinaware”), from porcella (“mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting”) from porco (“pig”) with -ella (suffix forming diminutives). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|porcelaine|t=cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware}} Middle French porcelaine (“cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware”), {{der|en|roa-oit|porcellana|t=cowrie; china, chinaware}} Old Italian porcellana (“cowrie; china, chinaware”), {{m|it|porcella|t=mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting}} porcella (“mussel or cockle shell used to hold pigments while painting”), {{m|it|porco|t=pig}} porco (“pig”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|diminutive}} diminutive, {{m|it|-ella|pos=suffix forming diminutives}} -ella (suffix forming diminutives) Head templates: {{en-verb}} porcelain (third-person singular simple present porcelains, present participle porcelaining, simple past and past participle porcelained)
  1. (transitive) To coat with a porcelain enamel. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Ceramics
    Sense id: en-porcelain-en-verb-KadpSHsh Disambiguation of Ceramics: 18 17 22 21 1 5 2 15

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "cīnī miṭṭī",
          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
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          "word": "چینی مٹی"
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
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          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
          "word": "farfor"
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          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
          "word": "sứ"
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
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          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
          "word": "đồ sứ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
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          "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
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          "roman": "farfor",
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          "_dis1": "86 3 6 2 1 2 1",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "roman": "tōjiki",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "word": "陶磁器"
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "word": "кәрлен"
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "roman": "dojagi",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "word": "도자기"
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "porselen"
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "porselen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "roman": "porselin",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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        },
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "porcelana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фарфо́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "порцелан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "15 7 8 63 1 3 2",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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          "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
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        },
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          "ref": "1601, Giovanni Botero, translated by Robert Johnson, The Trauellers Breuiat, or, An Historicall Description of the Most Famous Kingdomes in the World, page 104",
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      "roman": "ḵazaf",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "خَزَف"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ճենապակի"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "farfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "çini"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "portzelana"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "farfór",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
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      "word": "фарфо́р"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "parcalán",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парцала́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "cinamaṭi",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "চীনামাটি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kettolin",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "কেত্তলিন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "porcelán",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порцела́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krwehtanypaccany:",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ကြွေထည်ပစ္စည်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcellana"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ci⁴ hei³",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "瓷器"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "iù-hûi-á",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "幼瓷仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chû-khì",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "磁器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cíqì",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "瓷器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cí",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "瓷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porcelæn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselein"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porcelano"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "portselan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postalín"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "posliini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "louza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "paipuri",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ფაიფური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Porzellan"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "porseláni",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πορσελάνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kharsina",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חַרְסִינָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pŏrsilen",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "पॉर्सिलेन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cīnī kā bartan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चीनी का बरतन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cīnī",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "चीनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postulín"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porcelano"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "farfori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poirceallán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcellana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiki",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "磁器"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やきもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yakimono",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "焼き物"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pōsuren",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ポースレン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōji",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "陶磁"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "şaazñ",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "шаазң"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "piṅgāṇi",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ಪಿಂಗಾಣಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "farfor",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "фарфор"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kärlen",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "кәрлен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dojagi",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "도자기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "farfor",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "фарфор"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porcellanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelāns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelianas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Parzeläin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "porcelán",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порцела́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porselin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "yehere",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "ᠶᡝᡥᡝᡵᡝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šaazan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "шаазан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purcellamma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcélaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çini",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "چینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "porselin",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "پورسلین"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "porselan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "پرسلن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sofâline",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "سفالینه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čini",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "چینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bârfatan",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "بارفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porțelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "farfór",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фарфо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "cheenae"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порцелан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порцу̀ла̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcùlān"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "pōsilēn",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "පෝසිලේන්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porslin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "pamantingin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "farfor",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "фарфор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "faġfur",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "фағфур"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-laai-kraam",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "เครื่องลายคราม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "farfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "jäç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "şaajañ",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "шаажаң"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "farfór",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фарфо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porceljána",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "порцеля́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "cīnī miṭṭī",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "چینی مٹی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "farfor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "chinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "sứ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "đồ sứ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porslen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "farfor",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "word": "фарфор"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "portselay",
      "sense": "hard white translucent ceramic",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פּאָרצעלײַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porselein"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cíqì",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "瓷器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porcelæn"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "porcelænsvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselein"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porcelano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "posliini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Porzellan"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kharsína",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חַרְסִינָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postulín"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "tembikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōjiki",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "陶磁器"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kärlen",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "кәрлен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dojagi",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "도자기"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Parzeläin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "tembikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porselin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "porselin",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "پورسلین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porțelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "farfór",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фарфо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "порцелан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcelana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porslin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "porselen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "word": "đồ sứ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porslen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "porcelain"
}

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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "To coat with a porcelain enamel."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To coat with a porcelain enamel."
      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɔɹsəlɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɔɹslɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpoːslɘn/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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}

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