petuntse
or pe·tun·tze
[ pi-too n-tse; Chinese baw-duhn-dzuh ]
/ pɪˈtʊn tsɛ; Chinese ˈbɔˈdʌnˈdzʌ /
noun
a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
Origin of petuntse
1720–30; < Chinese (Wade-Giles)
pai2tun1tzŭ0, (pinyin)
bái dùnzi white mound
Words nearby petuntse
petty-fitzmaurice,
petulance,
petulancy,
petulant,
petunia,
petuntse,
petworth house,
petén-itzá,
petöfi,
peu de chose,
peu à peu
Example sentences from the Web for petuntse
British Dictionary definitions for petuntse
petuntse
petuntze
/ (pɪˈtʌntsɪ, -ˈtʊn-) /
noun
a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone
Word Origin for petuntse
C18: from Chinese (Beijing)
pe tun tzu, from
pe white +
tun heap +
tzu offspring