porridge
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVariant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/
- (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɹɪdʒ
Noun
editporridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)
- A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
- Eat your porridge while it's hot!
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.
- (British, slang, uncountable) A prison sentence.
- Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
- (rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
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editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English porridge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editporridge m (plural porridges)
Further reading
edit- “porridge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English porridge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editporridge n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of porridge (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) porridge | porridgeul |
genitive/dative | (unui) porridge | porridgeului |
vocative | porridgeule |
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