Port-au-Prince

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Port-au-Prince.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔːtəʊˈpɹɪns/, /ˌpɔːtəʊˈpɹæ̃s/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɹtoʊˈpɹɪns/, /ˌpɔɹtoʊˈpɹæ̃s/

Proper noun

Port-au-Prince

2. The capital city of Haiti.
   • 2024 November 17, Stephen Starr, “Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The country’s main airport in Port-au-Prince has been closed periodically and was shuttered again on Tuesday after gunfire hit a commercial passenger airplane flying in from the US.

Translations

capital of Haiti

• Armenian: Պորտ-օ-Պրենս (Port-ō-Prens), Պորտ օ Պրենս (Port ō Prens)
• Asturian: Puertu Príncipe (ast)
• Belarusian: Порт-о-Прэ́нс m (Port-o-Préns)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太子港 (zh) (Tàizǐgǎng)

• Czech: Port-au-Prince (cs) n
• Danish: Port-au-Prince
• Dutch: Port-au-Prince n
• Esperanto: Portoprinco (eo)
• Finnish: Port-au-Prince (fi)
• French: Port-au-Prince (fr) m
• Georgian: პორტ-ო-პრენსი (ṗorṭ-o-ṗrensi)
• German: Port-au-Prince (de) n
• Greek: Πόρτ-ο-Πρένς m (Pórt-o-Préns)
• Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens
• Hebrew: פּוֹרְט־אוֹ־פְּרָנְס (port-o-prans)
• Hindi: पोर्ट-ऑ-प्रिंस (porṭ-ŏ-prins)
• Italian: Port-au-Prince (it) m, Porto Principe m
• Japanese: ポルトープランス (ja) (Porutōpuransu)
• Khmer: ព័រអូប៉ាំ្រង (km) (pôrʼobăm្rông)
• Korean: 포르토프랭스 (Poreutopeuraengseu)
• Latin: Portus Principis
• Macedonian: Порт о Пренс m (Port o Prens)
• Marathi: पॉर-ओ-प्रेंस (pŏr-o-preusa)
• Polish: Port-au-Prince (pl) n
• Portuguese: Porto Príncipe (pt) m, Porto do Príncipe m
• Russian: Порт-о-Пре́нс (ru) m (Port-o-Prɛ́ns)
• Spanish: Puerto Príncipe (es) m
• Swedish: Port-au-Prince (sv) n
• Thai: ปอร์โตแปรงซ์ (bpɔɔ-dtoo-bprɛ́ng)
• Ukrainian: Порт-о-Пре́нс m (Port-o-Préns)
• Vietnamese: Po-tô Phrăng-xơ

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈportoprɛːns]

Proper noun

Port-au-Prince n (indeclinable, relational adjective portauprinceský)

1. Port-au-Prince (the capital city of Haiti)

Further reading

• “Port-au-Prince”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʁo.pʁɛ̃s/

  • Audio (Canada):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.to.pʁɛ̃s/ (obsolete)

Proper noun

Port-au-Prince f

1. Port-au-Prince (the capital city of Haiti)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔʁtoˈpʁɛ̃s/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Port-au-Prince n (proper noun, genitive Port-au-Prince' or (optionally with an article) Port-au-Prince)

1. Port-au-Prince (the capital city of Haiti)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Port-au-Prince.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.rɔˈprɛw̃s/, /ˌpɔ.rɔˈprɛns/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛw̃s
• Syllabification: Port-‧au-‧Prince

Proper noun

Port-au-Prince n (indeclinable)

1. Port-au-Prince (the capital city of Haiti)

Further reading

• Port-au-Prince in Polish dictionaries at PWN