porc

See also: pòrc, pōrc, pörc, and Porč

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• porcu

Etymology

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc.

Noun

porc m (plural ports)

1. pig

Related terms

• porche
• purtsel, purtsiau
• purcar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpo̞rk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈpɔrk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾk]

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Noun

porc m (plural porcs)

1. pig, swine
2. pork

   Synonym: carn de porc

Derived terms

• porc espí
• porc senglar
• porcada
• porcastrell
• porcater
• porquejar
• porqueria
• porquet

Related terms

• porca
• porcell
• porcí
• porquer
• porquerol

References

• “porc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “porc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “porc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “porc”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French porc, from Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ/

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• Homophones: porcs, port, ports

Noun

porc m (plural porcs)

1. pork
2. pig

   Synonym: cochon

3. (slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) dirty pig, swine, contemptible person

   sale porc! ― dirty pig!

4. (chiefly Quebec, slang, derogatory, usually in the plural) pig; cop

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:policier

Usage notes

• Used as an insult, the word porc is rather harsh or even dirty (especially with epithets such as "sale" or "gros") whereas the word cochon in the same sense has a more affectionate or childish meaning. Thus, "mon petit cochon" could be translate as "you little dirty one ", using porc instead of cochon is here very unusual or may be viewed as an awkward dirty talking line.

Derived terms

• balancer son porc

Related terms

• porcher
• pourceau

Further reading

• “porc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from porcogó (“cartilage”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈport͡s]
• Hyphenation: porc
• Rhymes: -ort͡s

Noun

porc (plural porcok)

1. gristle
2. (anatomy) cartilage

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	porc	porcok
accusative	porcot	porcokat
dative	porcnak	porcoknak
instrumental	porccal	porcokkal
causal-final	porcért	porcokért
translative	porccá	porcokká
terminative	porcig	porcokig
essive-formal	porcként	porcokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	porcban	porcokban
superessive	porcon	porcokon
adessive	porcnál	porcoknál
illative	porcba	porcokba
sublative	porcra	porcokra
allative	porchoz	porcokhoz
elative	porcból	porcokból
delative	porcról	porcokról
ablative	porctól	porcoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	porcé	porcoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	porcéi	porcokéi

Possessive forms of porc

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	porcom	porcaim
2nd person sing.	porcod	porcaid
3rd person sing.	porca	porcai
1st person plural	porcunk	porcaink
2nd person plural	porcotok	porcaitok
3rd person plural	porcuk	porcaik

Derived terms

• porcos

Compound words

• gyűrűporc
• kannaporc
• pajzsporc
• porckorong → porckorongsérv
• porcleválás
• porcszövet

Further reading

• porc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ladin

Noun

porc

1. plural of port

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• porcu, puorc, puărc

Etymology

From Latin porcus.

Noun

porc m

1. pig

Related terms

• poarcă
• purcar

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus.

Noun

porc m (plural porcs)

1. pig; hog; swine

Descendants

• French: porc

Old French

Etymology

From Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾk/

Noun

porc oblique singular, m (oblique plural pors, nominative singular pors, nominative plural porc)

1. pig; hog; swine
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 180 of this essay:

     il ne doit mengier […] chair de porc

     he must not eat […] pork (literally, the flesh of a pig)

Synonyms

• bacon

Descendants

• Middle French: porc
  • French: porc
• Norman: por
• → Middle English: pork, porc, porke
  • English: pork
  • Middle Scots: pork, porc, porck
    • Scots: pork
    • Shetland: purk

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• puerc, puerch

Etymology

From Latin porcus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French porc.

Noun

porc m (oblique plural porcs, nominative singular porcs, nominative plural porc)

1. pig (mammal)

Descendants

• Occitan: pòrc

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “porcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 189

Romanian

Porc

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pork/

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Noun

porc m (plural porci)

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine
2. pork

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	porc	porcul	porci	porcii
genitive-dative	porc	porcului	porci	porcilor
vocative	porcule		porcilor

Derived terms

• porcărie
• porcesc
• porc mistreț
• porculeț
• porcușor

Expressions

• îngrășa porcul în ajun

Related terms

• poarcă
• porcar
• porcăreață
• purcea
• purcel

See also

• scroafă
• mistreț