porslin

Swedish

Alternative forms

• postelin (dialectal)

Etymology

From French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana. Attested since 1677.

Pronunciation

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Noun

porslin n

1. porcelain, china

Declension

Declension of porslin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	porslin	porslins
	definite	porslinet	porslinets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• berlinerporslin
• biskviporslin
• bordsporslin
• flintporslin
• frittporslin
• glasporslin
• halvporslin
• hushållsporslin
• kaffeporslin
• köksporslin
• lavoarporslin
• porslinerjord
• porslinsmålning
• porslinstron
• porslinsugn
• sanitetsporslin
• servisporslin
• stenporslin
• vapenporslin

References

• “porslin”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “porslin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “porslin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)