how to pronounce porcelain

/ˈpɔː.səl.ɪn/

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porcelain is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of porcelain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… he had a veritable porcelain zoo of …”

meaning of porcelain

Porcelain is a valuable ceramic material made by fusing kaolin and other ceramic materials with a binding agent such as silica, frit, or clay.

porcelain frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word porcelain occurs in english on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.