porcelaine
French, noun/pɔʁ.sə.lɛn/
porcelaine is a French feminine noun meaning “cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or its translucent shell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cyprée”.
What does porcelaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or its translucent shell
- 2
feminineporcelain, the translucent ceramic of fine china, or vessels made of this material
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cyprée. 2. Céramique blanche, très fine et qui sert à fabriquer des vases, des assiettes et des ustensiles divers. 3. Objet en porcelaine. 4. Qui a l'apparence de la porcelaine.
noun: 1. Race de chien courant, originaire de l’est de la France, près de la Suisse, de taille moyenne, à poil ras, à robe blanche avec des taches orange.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of porcelaine
- porcelaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porcelaine?
- /pɔʁ.sə.lɛn/
- \pɔʁ.sə.lɛn\
- [pɔʁ.sə.lɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porcelaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porcelaine in French?
porcelaine appears 4.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).