Port

See also: port, PORT, pórt, port., and Port.

English

Proper noun

Port

1. A city in Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro, after which port wine is named
2. A surname

Anagrams

• Prot., prot-, torp, trop, trop.

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁt/, [pɔɐ̯t]

Noun

Port m (genitive Portes or Ports, plural Porte)

1. (poetic, obsolete) haven (place of safety)
2. (obsolete) harbor, port

Descendants

• → Russian: порт (port)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːt/

Noun

Port m (genitive Ports, plural Ports)

1. (computer hardware, networking) port

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Old English

Etymology

Back-formation from Portesmūþa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /port/, [porˠt]

Proper noun

Port m

1. a male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.