Port
See also: Appendix:Variations of "port"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Port
Etymology 2 edit
Shortened form of Portsmouth.[1]
Proper noun edit
Port
- (after a qualification) University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.[2]
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Port
- (Australia, informal) Short for Port Macquarie.
References edit
- ^ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 4.
- ^ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”).
Noun edit
Port m (strong, genitive Portes or Ports, plural Porte)
Declension edit
Declension of Port [masculine, strong]
Descendants edit
- → Russian: порт (port)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Port m (strong, genitive Ports, no plural)
- Short for Portwein.
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).
Noun edit
Port m (strong, genitive Ports, plural Ports)
- (computer hardware, networking) port
- Synonyms: Anschluss, Anschlussbuchse, Schnittstelle
Declension edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from Portesmūþa.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Port m
- a male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.