Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin porcella, from porcellus, from Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: por‧cèl‧la

Noun

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porcella f (plural porcelle)

  1. female equivalent of porcello (piglet)
  2. slut, bitch, goer
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Feminine of porcellus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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porcella f (genitive porcellae); first declension

  1. (pre-Classical, Late Latin) female piglet
  2. (vulgar) a woman's vulva, pussy

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative porcella porcellae
Genitive porcellae porcellārum
Dative porcellae porcellīs
Accusative porcellam porcellās
Ablative porcellā porcellīs
Vocative porcella porcellae

Descendants

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References

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  • porcella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • porcella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.