porche

See also: Porche

French

Etymology

From Old French porche, inherited from Latin porticus. Doublet of portique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁʃ/

Noun

porche m (plural porches)

1. porch, portico (decorated or ornate entrance to a building)

Related terms

• porte

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

porche

1. feminine plural of porco

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin porticus.

Noun

porche oblique singular, m (oblique plural porches, nominative singular porches, nominative plural porche)

1. porch (decorated or ornate entrance to a building)

Related terms

• porte

Descendants

• → Middle English: porche
  • English: porch
• French: porche
• → Irish: póirse

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan porxe, variant of porxo, from Latin porticus. Doublet of pórtico.

Noun

porche m (plural porches)

1. veranda, verandah; stoop; porch

Synonyms

• veranda

See also

• galería f