porche

See also: Porche

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• poarcã

Etymology

From Latin porca. Compare Romanian poarcă.

Noun

porche f (plural portsi)

1. sow (female pig)

Related terms

• porc
• purtsiau, purtsel

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁʃ/

Noun

porche m (plural porches)

1. (architecture) 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.

Italian

Adjective

porche

1. feminine plural of porco

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

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾt͡ʃe/ [ˈpoɾ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -oɾtʃe
• Syllabification: por‧che

Noun

porche m (plural porches)

1. veranda, verandah; stoop; porch

   Synonym: veranda

See also

• galería f

Further reading

• “porche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014