cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or its translucent shell · porcelain, the translucent ceramic of fine china, or vessels made of this material
çekim: çoğul porcelaines
köken: From Old French (1298 AD) pourcelaine (“cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve seashell; the polished material of these shells”). By metaphorical extension, also fine china, which had a similar appearance. From Italian (13th century, in Marco Polo) porcellana (“cowrie; china; vagina”). From porcella (“the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments in”, literally “female piglet”), the…
aile: porcelaine carnéole, porcelaine cervine, porcelaine de Madagascar, porcelaine tigre
köken: Inherited from Latin lautia (“magnificence, splendor”), from lautus (“luxurious, washed”), or alternatively from Latin lutea (“of clay”). Compare Galician louza, Portuguese louça.
the hard, translucent ceramic porcelain · a piece or set made of that material · purslane, any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants, particularly common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
çekim: çoğul porseleinen
eş: postelein
köken: Borrowed from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana (“porcelain, originally the name of a conch species”).
köken: From Dutch porselein (“porcelain”), from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana (“porcelain, originally the name of a conch species”). Cognate to Afrikaans porselein (“porcelain”).
aile: perporselenan
Etimoloji
From porcella (“female piglet”) + -ana (relative suffix).