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petunse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
petunse
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rock rich in feldspar and/or mica, mixed with kaolin to create hard-paste pottery.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French petunse, pe-tun-tse, from F.X. d'Entrecolles's 1712 irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 白墩子 (“white lump”), formerly used to describe the bricks transported from Qimen, Anhui, to Jingdezhen, Jiangxi.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: petunse, -, 白墩子

Usage

Inflected Forms

petunses (plural) petuntse (alternative) petuntze (alternative)

Synonyms

porcelain stone pottery stone

Questions

What does petunse mean?
Rock rich in feldspar and/or mica, mixed with kaolin to create hard-paste pottery.
Where does petunse come from?
It is traced to French.

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