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Porcelain Pronunciation
Porcelain is pronounced PAWR-suh-luhn, IPA /ˈpɔrsələn/.
PAWR-suh-luhn
US /ˈpɔrsələn/ · UK /ˈpɔːsɪˌlɪn/
Syllables: PAWR · suh · luhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A hard white ceramic, thin enough to let light through, used for fine cups and tiles.
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Porcelain in a Sentence
- The cabinet is full of eighteenth-century porcelain.
- A porcelain sink chips if you drop anything heavy in it.
- She paints porcelain in a studio above the shop.
Common Mispronunciations of Porcelain
Not por-suh-LAYN
The ending is a weak luhn, not the word lane, and the stress never moves off the first syllable.
Not PORK-uh-lin
There is no k anywhere in the word, whatever the spelling suggests. Put an s in the middle and the rest falls into place.
Tip: Three light-footed syllables in America, PAWR-suh-luhn, and often only two in Britain, PAWR-slin.
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