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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Audio - 'a port' (UK) (file) -
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1Edit
The old port of Dubrovnik
From Old English port, from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus distantly cognate with ford).
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
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(Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, (Please provide the title of the work):
- peering in maps for ports and piers and roads
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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.
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- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
SynonymsEdit
- (place where ships dock): harbour, haven
- (town or city containing such a place): harbour city, harbour town, port city
- (left-hand side of a vessel): larboard, left
AntonymsEdit
- (right-hand side of a vessel): starboard
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
dock or harbour
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port city — see port city
left-hand side of a vessel — see larboard
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AdjectiveEdit
port (not comparable)
- (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
- on the port side
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel
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!
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced in Middle English, from Old French porte.
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
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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?’
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1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous […] .
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1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V.vi:
- Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd
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1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:
- And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour
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- 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.
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(Can we date this quote?), Sir W. Raleigh, (Please provide the title of the work):
- […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]
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- (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:Computer port (hardware) - (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
Derived termsEdit
- porthole
- chase port
- sally port
- (computing): port forwarding, accelerated graphics port, serial port, USB port
TranslationsEdit
entryway, portal — see portal
opening where a connection is made
computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred
Etymology 3Edit
From Old French porter, from Latin portare (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.
VerbEdit
port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)
- (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
- (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!
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1667, 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:Porting
- (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform
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.
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late 14th c., Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales, line 69:
- And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
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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 […]
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(Can we date this quote?), South, (Please provide the title of the work):
- the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world
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- (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.
Derived termsEdit
- (military): at the high port
TranslationsEdit
computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting
Etymology 4Edit
Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
fortified wine
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Etymology 5Edit
Abbreviation of portmanteau.
NounEdit
port (plural ports)
- (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales and elsewhere, colloquial) A suitcase, particularly a schoolbag.
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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.
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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.”
- As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.”
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AlbanianEdit
NounEdit
port m (indefinite plural porte, definite singular porti, definite plural portet)
- port, harbor
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
Etymology 2Edit
From portar
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From late Old Norse port, portr, from Latin porta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of port
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
port m, n (plural porten)
Etymology 2Edit
Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.
NounEdit
port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)
Etymology 3Edit
See porren.
VerbEdit
port
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of porren
- (archaic) plural imperative of porren
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French 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)
Etymology 2Edit
Deverbal of porter. Ultimately from the same source as etymology 1 above.
NounEdit
port m (plural ports)
- wearing (act of wearing something)
AnagramsEdit
External linksEdit
- “port” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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 |
| 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
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɔr̥t
NounEdit
port n (genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)
DeclensionEdit
declension of port
SynonymsEdit
IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).
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.
- A tune is more lasting than the song of birds; a word is more lasting than the wealth of the world.
- Is buaine port ná glór na n-éan; is buaine focal ná toice an tsaoil.
- jig (dance)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port
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”), 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, center
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port
Derived termsEdit
- taobhfort m (“traverse”)
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. |
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ReferencesEdit
- "port" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
LadinEdit
NormanEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, from Latin porta f.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (definite singular porten, indefinite plural porter, definite plural portene)
- a gate
- (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred).
- (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
ReferencesEdit
- “port” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, from Latin porta f.
NounEdit
port m (definite singular porten, indefinite plural portar, definite plural portane)
- a gate
- (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred).
- (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
ReferencesEdit
- “port” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
port m (oblique plural porz or portz, nominative singular porz or portz, nominative plural port)
- port (for watercraft)
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circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
- As porz d'Espaigne en est passet Rollant
- Roland went to the ports of Spain
- As porz d'Espaigne en est passet Rollant
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DescendantsEdit
- French: port
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Audio (file)
NounEdit
port m inan
DeclensionEdit
declension of port
Derived termsEdit
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.
NounEdit
port n (plural porturi)
- port (town with port)
DeclensionEdit
declension of port
| 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 | ||
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
port
- first-person singular present tense form of purta.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of purta.
Scottish GaelicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)
SynonymsEdit
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”), from Latin portus (“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).
NounEdit
port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
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. |
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ReferencesEdit
- “1 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From late Old Norse port n, portr m, from Latin porta f. Computing sense loan-translation from English.
PronunciationEdit
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audio (file)
NounEdit
port c
- an entrance (into a building), a gate, a portal, a door, a doorway
- (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of port | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | port | porten | portar | portarna |
| Genitive | ports | portens | portars | portarnas |
Related termsEdit
Related terms
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- port in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
port (definite accusative portu, plural portlar)
- (computer hardware, networking) port
DeclensionEdit
declension of port
possessive forms of port