Swedish noun

ett porslin

porcelain

Meaning

porcelain

In Swedish: material (i koppar, tallrikar etc) av tunn hård keramik

Forms

Forms of porslin
Singular, indefinite	ett porslin
Singular, definite	porslinet

porslin is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort porslin, det stora porslinet. Check another noun

Practise porslin

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porslin in a sentence

gammalt kinesiskt porslin
old Chinese porcelain

Words built with porslin

porslinsmålning china (porcelain) painting
porslinsaffär china shop
köksporslin kitchen china(ware)

Questions

What does porslin mean in English?

porslin means “porcelain”.

Is it en porslin or ett porslin?

It is ett porslin, and “the porcelain” is porslinet.

Origin

From French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana.

Nearby common words

porslin is number 8,636 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,632frånskild divorced
8,633gnaga gnaw, nibble
8,634oreda disorder
8,635oslagbar unbeatable
8,637sirap syrup, treacle
8,638soda soda
8,639tulla pay duty, pinch
8,640upprymd elated

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary