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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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, particularly 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
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