pork

English

Etymology

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig", also "pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“young pig, hog”). More at farrow.

English from the 14th century, as a term of abuse from the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pɔːk/
• (US) IPA: /poʊrk/, /pɔːrk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)k

Noun

pork (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
2. (US, politics, slang) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.

Synonyms

• (meat of a pig) pigmeat, swineflesh

Derived terms

• long pork
• (US political slang) pork barrel
• pork chop
• pork pie
• pork sword
• porker
• porky

Related terms

• porcine

Translations

meat of a pig

• Arabic: لحم خنزير (ar) (laHm khanziir) m
• Basque: txerriki (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豬肉 (cmn), 猪肉 (cmn) (zhūròu)

  Min Nan: 豬肉 (nan) (ti-bah, tu-bah)

• Cornish: kig mogh (kw) m, kig porhel (kw) m
• Czech: vepřové (cs) n
• Danish: svinekød (da) n
• Dutch: varkensvlees n
• Esperanto: porkaĵo (eo)
• Finnish: sianliha (fi), sika (fi), porsas (fi), possu (fi)
• French: porc (fr) m, cochon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schweinefleisch (de) n
• Greek: χοιρινό (el) (choirinó) n
• Hawaiian: puaʻa
• Hebrew: בשר חזיר m
• Hindi: सुअर का मांस (hi) (su'ar kā mā̃s) m, सुअर का गोश्त (hi) (su'ar kā gośt) m
• Hungarian: disznóhús (hu)
• Irish: muiceoil (ga) f
• Italian: maiale (it) m, porco (it) m
• Japanese: 豚肉 (ja) (ぶたにく, butaniku), ポーク (ja) (pōku)
• Korean: 돼지고기 (ko) (dwaejigogi)
• Latin: caro porci (la) f, caro porcina (la), caro suilla (la) f
• Lithuanian: kiauliena f

• Lule Sami: svijnebierggo
• Macedonian: свинско (mk) (svínsko) n
• Malay: daging babi (ms)
• Maltese: majjal m
• Maori: poaka (mi)
• Navajo: bisóodi bitsįʼ
• Polish: wieprzowina (pl) f
• Portuguese: carne de porco f
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: baliȟnesko mas

• Romanian: carne de porc (ro)
• Romansch: charn-portg (rm) f
• Russian: свинина (ru) (svinína) f
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-muice (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: svinjetina (sh) f
• Spanish: cerdo (es) m
• Swahili: kitimoto (noun 7), nyama ya nguruwe (sw)
• Swedish: fläsk (sv) n, fläskkött (sv)
• Taos: kùcitúone
• Tongan: puaka (to)
• Urdu: سور کا گوشت (ur) (su'ar kā gośt) m
• Vietnamese: thịt heo (vi)
• Volapük: svinamit (vo)
• Welsh: porc (cy)

opportunist political appropriation

• Swedish: valfläsk (sv) n

See also

Wikipedia

• bacon
• ham
• pig
• porcupine
• swine

Verb

pork (third-person singular simple present porks, present participle porking, simple past and past participle porked)

1. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex (with someone)

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse