porcellana

See also: Porcellana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian porcellana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pur.səˈʎa.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [por.səˈʎa.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.seˈʎa.na]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

porcellana f (plural porcellanes)

  1. porcelain
  2. cowrie (gastropod of the family Cypraeidae, known for their glossy hard shells)

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /por.t͡ʃelˈla.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: por‧cel‧là‧na

Etymology 1

    From porcella (female piglet) +‎ -ana (relative suffix).

    Noun

    porcellana f (plural porcellane)

    1. porcelain, china

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    porcellana

    1. inflection of porcellanare:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Latin

    Adjective

    porcellāna

    1. inflection of porcellānus:
      1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
      2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

    Adjective

    porcellānā

    1. ablative feminine singular of porcellānus

    References

    • "porcellana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • porcellana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • porcellana in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016