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):

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Noun

porcellana f (plural porcellanes)

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

Further reading

• “porcellana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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, 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