pork

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pork, porc, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“young pig, hog”). More at farrow.

Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːk/
• IPA^(key): /pɔɹk/
• IPA^(key): /po(ː)ɹk/
• IPA^(key): /poək/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k

Noun

pork (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.

   The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.

2. (US, politics, slang, derogatory) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.

Synonyms

• (meat of a pig) pigmeat, swineflesh

Derived terms

• long pork
• (US political slang) pork barrel
• pork chop
• pork pie
• pork sword
• porker
• porky
• sea pork

Related terms

• porcine

Translations

meat of a pig

• Albanian: derr (sq) m, mish derri m
• Arabic: لَحْم الْخِنْزِير m (laḥm al-ḵinzīr)
• Armenian: խոզի միս (xozi mis), խոզենի (hy) (xozeni) (rare)
• Basque: txerriki (eu)
• Belarusian: свіні́на f (svinína)
• Bulgarian: сви́нско (bg) n (svínsko)
• Burmese: ဝက်သား (waksa:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 豬肉／猪肉 (zyu¹ juk⁶), 猪肉 (zyu¹ juk⁶)

  Hakka: 豬肉／猪肉, 猪肉 (chû-ngiuk)

  Mandarin: 豬肉／猪肉 (zh) (zhūròu), 猪肉 (zh) (zhūròu)

  Min Nan: 豬肉／猪肉 (zh-min-nan) (ti-bah, tu-bah)

• Cornish: kig mogh m, kig porhel m
• Czech: vepřové (cs) n
• Danish: svinekød (da) n
• Dutch: varkensvlees (nl) n
• Esperanto: porkaĵo
• Estonian: sealiha
• Finnish: sianliha (fi), sika (fi), porsas (fi), possu (fi)
• French: porc (fr) m, cochon (fr) m
• Galician: porco (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schweinefleisch (de) n, Schwein (de) n (coll.), Schweinernes (de) n (Bavarian and Austrian)
• Greek: χοιρινό (el) n (choirinó)
• Hawaiian: puaʻa
• Hebrew: (בְּשַׂר) חֲזִיר m ((b'sar) khazír), בָּשָׂר לָבָן m (basár laván) (euphemistic)
• Hindi: सुअर का मांस m (suar kā māns), सुअर का गोश्त m (suar kā gośt), सुअर (hi) m (suar)
• Hungarian: disznóhús (hu), sertéshús (hu)
• Ido: porkokarno (io)
• Indonesian: daging babi, babi (id)
• Irish: muiceoil (ga) f
• Italian: maiale (it) m, suino (it) m, carne suina f
• Japanese: 豚肉 (ja) (ぶたにく, butaniku), ポーク (ja) (pōku)
• Khmer: សាច់ជ្រូក (sac cruuk)
• Korean: 돼지고기 (ko) (dwaejigogi)
• Lao: ຊີ້ນຫມູ (sīn mū), ເນຶ້ອຫມູ (nưa mū), ຫມູ (mū)
• Latin: carō porcī f, (carō) porcīna f, (carō) suilla f
• Latvian: cūkgaļa f
• Limburgish: verkesvleisj (li)
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• Lithuanian: kiauliena f
• Lule Sami: svijnebierggo
• Macedonian: сви́нско n (svínsko)
• Malay: daging babi
• Maltese: majjal m
• Maori: poaka, mīti poaka
• Nahuatl: pitzonacatl
• Navajo: bisóodi bitsįʼ
• Ngazidja Comorian: purunku
• Norwegian: svinekjøtt m
• Old English: swīn n, swīnes flǣsċ n
• Polish: wieprzowina (pl) f
• Portuguese: carne de porco f, porco (pt) m
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: baliȟnesko mas

• Romanian: carne de porc
• Romansch: charn-portg f
• Russian: свини́на (ru) f (svinína)
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-muice f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свињетина f

  Roman: svinjetina (sh) f

• Slovak: bravčové n
• Slovene: svinjina (sl) f
• Spanish: cerdo (es) m, puerco (es) m
• Swahili: kitimoto, nyama ya nguruwe
• Swedish: fläsk (sv) n, fläskkött (sv)
• Taos: kùcitúone
• Thai: หมู (th) (mǔu), เนื้อหมู (th)
• Tongan: puaka
• Turkish: domuz eti
• Ukrainian: свини́на f (svynýna)
• Urdu: سور کا گوشت m (su'ar kā gośt)
• Vietnamese: thịt heo
• Volapük: svinamit
• Welsh: porc (cy), cig moch (cy) m
• Yiddish: שװײַן m (shvayn)
• Zazaki: gosté xozi

opportunist political appropriation

• Swedish: valfläsk (sv) n
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See also

• bacon
• ham
• pig
• porcupine
• swine

Verb

pork (third-person singular simple present porks, present participle porking, simple past and past participle porked)

1. (transitive, slang, vulgar, usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).

   Animal House, Universal Pictures, 1978:
   Boon: Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!
   Otter: Pork?
   Boon: You're gonna hump her brains out, aren't you?
   Otter: Boon, I anticipate a deeply religious experience.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:copulation

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• porc

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːrk/

Noun

pork (plural porks)

1. pork; pig meat
2. swine, pig

Descendants

• English: pork
• Scots: pork, porc, porck

References

• “pork(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.