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See also: Appendix:Variations of "port"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Port
Etymology 2
[edit]Shortened form of Portsmouth.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Port
- (after a qualification) University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.[2]
Etymology 3
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Port
- (Australia, informal) Short for Port Macquarie.
References
[edit]- ^ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 4.
- ^ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”).
Noun
[edit]Port m (strong, genitive Portes or Ports, plural Porte)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Port [masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → Russian: порт (port)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Port m (strong, genitive Ports, no plural)
- Short for Portwein.
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).
Noun
[edit]Port m (strong, genitive Ports, plural Ports)
- (computer hardware, networking) port
- Synonyms: Anschluss, Anschlussbuchse, Schnittstelle
Declension
[edit]Declension of Port [masculine, strong]
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from Portesmūþa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Port m
- a male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.
Declension
[edit]This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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