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. (American political slang) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his/her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.

Synonyms

• swineflesh

Derived terms

• long pork
• (American 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) Bosnian: svinjetina (bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 豬肉 (cmn), 猪肉 (cmn) (zhūròu) Min Nan: 豬肉 (ti-bah, tu-bah) Cornish: kig mogh (kw) m., kig porhel (kw) m. Croatian: svinjetina (hr) f. 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. 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) Kalo Finnish Romani: baliȟnesko mas Korean: 돼지고기 (ko) (dwaejigogi) Lithuanian: kiauliena f. Macedonian: свинско (mk) (svínsko) n. Maltese: majjal m. Maori: poaka (mi) Navajo: bisóodi bitsįʼ Polish: wieprzowina (pl) f. Portuguese: carne de porco f. Romansch: charn-portg (rm) f. Russian: свинина (ru) (svinína) f. Serbian: svinjetina (sr) f. Spanish: cerdo (es) m. Swahili: kitimoto (noun 7), nyama ya nguruwe (sw) Swedish: fläsk (sv) n. Taos: kùcitúone Tongan: puaka Urdu: سور کا گوشت (ur) (su'ar kā gośt) m. Volapük: svinamit (vo)

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