porca

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ka/, [ˈpɔr̺kä]
• Hyphenation: pòr‧ca

Etymology 1

From Latin porca (“balk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂.

Noun

porca f (plural porche)

1. the ridge between two furrows; balk

   Synonym: (Northern Italy) prosa

Etymology 2

From Latin porca (“sow”).

Noun

porca f (plural porche)

1. sow
2. (figurative) A lascivious or lewd woman.

Synonyms

• (sow): scrofa, troia, maiala

Related terms

• porco

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective porco.

Derived terms

• porca puttana

Anagrams

• capro, carpo, copra, parco

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ka/, [ˈpɔrkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ka/, [ˈpɔrkä]

Etymology 1

Feminine of porcus.

Noun

porca f (genitive porcae); first declension

1. sow (female pig)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porca	porcae
Genitive	porcae	porcārum
Dative	porcae	porcīs
Accusative	porcam	porcās
Ablative	porcā	porcīs
Vocative	porca	porcae

Synonyms

• (female pig): scrōfa
• (female or male pig): sūs

Related terms

• (male pig): porcus

Descendants

• Aromanian: poarcã
• Catalan: porca
• Italian: porca
• Mirandese: puorca
• Neapolitan: puorca

• Occitan: pòrca
• Portuguese: porca
• Romanian: poarcă
• Sicilian: porca
• Spanish: puerca

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂. Compare English furrow.

Noun

porca f (genitive porcae); first declension

1. (agriculture) the ridge between two furrows; a balk

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porca	porcae
Genitive	porcae	porcārum
Dative	porcae	porcīs
Accusative	porcam	porcās
Ablative	porcā	porcīs
Vocative	porca	porcae

Descendants

• Italian: porca
• Romanian: porcoi
• Old Spanish: puerca
  • Spanish: aporcar

References

• “porca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “porca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• porca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• porca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “porca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, from Latin porca (“sow”), feminine of porcus (“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹ.ka/, /ˈpɔɹ.kɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.ka/
• Hyphenation: por‧ca

Noun

porca f (plural s)

1. sow; (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of porco
2. nut (that fits on a bolt)

Synonyms

• (nut): rosca

Coordinate terms

• (nut): parafuso

Derived terms

• porca-marinha

Related terms

• porcaria
• porco