port
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɔɹt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poət/
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Etymology 1Edit
From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus distantly cognate with ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf.
NounEdit
port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- peering in maps for ports and piers and roads
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- Each eight has four ports and four starboards.
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- airport
- Burry Port
- carport
- container port
- Dudley Port
- Ellesmere Port
- Gulfport
- home port
- Lockport
- Logansport
- megaport
- Newport
- outport
- Port Adelaide
- Port Allen
- Port Angeles
- Port Antonio
- Port Augusta
- port authority
- Port Canaveral
- Port Carlisle
- Port Chalmers
- Port Clarence
- Port Clinton
- Port Dickson
- Port Dundas
- Port Eglinton
- Port Erin
- Port Eynon
- Port Gibson
- Port Glasgow
- Port Hope
- Port Huron
- Port Klang
- Port Lavaca
- Port Macquarie
- Port Melbourne
- port of call
- port of entry
- Port of Spain
- Port Orchard
- Port Pirie
- Port Royal
- Port Seton
- Port Soderick
- Port St Mary
- Port St. Joe
- Port Sudan
- Port Sunlight
- Port Swettenham
- Port Talbot
- Port Townsend
- Port Victoria
- Port Washington
- Port Weld
- Portgordon
- portlet
- Rock Port
- seaport
- spaceport
- Tayport
- Teesport
- Westport
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DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
port (not comparable)
- (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
- on the port side
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VerbEdit
port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)
- (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- Port your helm!
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Etymology 2Edit
Inherited from the Old English port, from the Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced by the Old French porte. Doublet of porta.
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous […] .
- 1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V.vi:
- Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:
- And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
- c. 1615, Sir W. Raleigh, A Discourse of the Invention of Ships, Anchors, Compass […] :
- […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]
- (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
- An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
- (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
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Etymology 3Edit
From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.
VerbEdit
port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)
- To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
- 1662, Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:
- They are easily ported by boat into other shires.
- (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- Port arms!
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:
- […] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.
- (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (telephony, transitive) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
- 2011, Stephen P. Olejniczak, Telecom For Dummies (page 131)
- If you submit a request to port a number, and you list the name on the account as Bob Smith, but your local carrier has the number listed under your wife's name Mary Mahoney, the porting request is rejected.
- 2011, Stephen P. Olejniczak, Telecom For Dummies (page 131)
- (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
- late 14th c., Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales, line 69:
- And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]
- a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC:
- the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
- For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […]
- (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
- Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
- The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
- (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
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Etymology 4Edit
Named from Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.
NounEdit
port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
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Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- (Australia) A suitcase or schoolbag.
- 1964, George Johnston, My Brother Jack:
- No, she just paid up proper-like t' the end of the week, an' orf she went with 'er port, down t' the station, I suppose.
- 2001, Sally de Dear, The House on Pig Island[1], page 8:
- As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.”
“What?” asked Penny.
“Your port - your school bag, silly. It goes in there.”
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 53:
- How do you think the cane toads got into this pristine environment? Joseph Midnight brought them in his port from Townsville, smuggled them in, not that anyone was there to stop him.
Etymology 6Edit
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
- 2011, Debbie Rose Myers, The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design (page 53)
- This is a logical way to order your work, but use it only if you're confident the first piece in your port is a strong one. Also note that this style of arrangement works best if all the pieces are in the same category.
- 2011, Debbie Rose Myers, The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design (page 53)
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
NounEdit
port m (indefinite plural porte, definite singular porti, definite plural portet)
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Catalan port, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From portar.
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
- (rare or archaic) The action of carrying something from one place to another.
- (rare) The volume a boat or another vehicle can carry.
ReferencesEdit
- “port” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “port” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
ChineseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
port
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, colloquial) to file a complaint against; to report
- 2019, “Sonic Jail”, in 理想國 [The Republic], spoken by Sim Lap Ki (Anthony Wong):
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse portr m, port n, borrowed via Old English port m (“gate”) from Latin porta. Compare also German Pforte.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)
InflectionEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port m or n (plural porten)
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English port, from port wine. Named for Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.
NounEdit
port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
port
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of porren
- (archaic) plural imperative of porren
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Romanian: port
Etymology 2Edit
Deverbal of porter. Ultimately from the same source as etymology 1 above.
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
- wearing (act of wearing something)
Further readingEdit
- “port”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port (plural portok)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | port | portok |
accusative | portot | portokat |
dative | portnak | portoknak |
instrumental | porttal | portokkal |
causal-final | portért | portokért |
translative | porttá | portokká |
terminative | portig | portokig |
essive-formal | portként | portokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | portban | portokban |
superessive | porton | portokon |
adessive | portnál | portoknál |
illative | portba | portokba |
sublative | portra | portokra |
allative | porthoz | portokhoz |
elative | portból | portokból |
delative | portról | portokról |
ablative | porttól | portoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
porté | portoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
portéi | portokéi |
Possessive forms of port | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | portom | portjaim |
2nd person sing. | portod | portjaid |
3rd person sing. | portja | portjai |
1st person plural | portunk | portjaink |
2nd person plural | portotok | portjaitok |
3rd person plural | portjuk | portjaik |
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
port
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port n (genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)
DeclensionEdit
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IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)
- (music) tune
- Is buaine port ná glór na n-éan; is buaine focal ná toice an tsaoil. (proverb)
- A tune is more lasting than the song of birds; a word is more lasting than the wealth of the world.
- jig (dance)
DeclensionEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From Old Irish port (“bank, shore (of river or sea); landing-place, haven; bank, mound, entrenchment; place, spot, locality; stead, abode; stronghold, fortress”), borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)
- landing-place
- harbor, port
- bank (of river, etc.)
- mound, embankment
- refuge, haven, resort
- stopping-place
- place, locality
- fortified place, stronghold
- occupied place, seat, centre
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
port | phort | bport |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “port”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
port m (plural porc)
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sicilian portu, from Latin portus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (plural portijiet)
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”).
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Danish port, from late Old Norse portr m, port n, ultimately from Latin porta f.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (definite singular porten, indefinite plural porter, definite plural portene)
- a gate
- (computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
- (computing) port (female connector of an electronic device)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “port” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, ultimately from Latin porta f.
NounEdit
port m (definite singular porten, indefinite plural portar, definite plural portane)
- a gate
- (computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
- (computing) port (female connector of an electronic device)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “port” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour, port, haven, warehouse”).
NounEdit
port m
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- portcwēn f
- Portesmūþa m
- portgeat n
- portġerēfa m
- portgeriht n
- portherepaþ m
- portmann m
- portstrǣt f
- portwara m
- portweall m
- portweg m
- portwer m
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”).
NounEdit
port m
- portal (a door or gate; an entrance)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (oblique plural porz or portz, nominative singular porz or portz, nominative plural port)
- port (for watercraft)
- circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
- As porz d'Espaigne en est passet Rollant
- Roland went to the ports of Spain
DescendantsEdit
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (genitive puirt, nominative plural puirt)
InflectionEdit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | port | portL | puirtL |
Vocative | puirt | portL | portuH |
Accusative | portN | portL | portuH |
Genitive | puirtL | port | portN |
Dative | purtL | portaib | portaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
port | phort or unchanged |
port pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately borrowed from Latin portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Compare French and English port. Doublet of fiord (“fjord”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m inan
DeclensionEdit
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Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.
NounEdit
port n (plural porturi)
- port (town with port)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) port | portul | (niște) porturi | porturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) port | portului | (unor) porturi | porturilor |
vocative | portule | porturilor |
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
port
Scottish GaelicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Irish port (“bank, shore (of river or sea); landing-place, haven; bank, mound, entrenchment; place, spot, locality; stead, abode; stronghold, fortress”), ultimately from Latin portus (“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)
SynonymsEdit
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MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
port | phort |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From late Old Norse port n, portr m, from Latin porta f. Computing sense a semantic loan from English.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port c
- a larger entrance
- a door leading into a larger building, e.g. an apartment building
- Jag är vid porten, kan du öppna?
- I'm by the door, can you buzz me in?
- a doorway
- a gate
- a portal
- a door leading into a larger building, e.g. an apartment building
- (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | port | porten | portar | portarna |
Genitive | ports | portens | portars | portarnas |
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port ?
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
port (definite accusative portu, plural portlar)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | port | |
Definite accusative | portu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | port | portlar |
Definite accusative | portu | portları |
Dative | porta | portlara |
Locative | portta | portlarda |
Ablative | porttan | portlardan |
Genitive | portun | portların |