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port

See also: Port, PORT, pórt, port., and Port.

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EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
The old port of Dubrovnik

From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus distantly cognate with ford).

NounEdit

port (plural ports)

 
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  1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      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.
  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. (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.
  4. (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
    Each eight has four ports and four starboards.
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DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
port city — see port city
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AdjectiveEdit

port (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
    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)

  1. (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

Etymology 2Edit

Inherited from the Old English port, from the Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced by the Old French porte.

NounEdit

port (plural ports)

  1. (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
  2. 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.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Sir W. Raleigh, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]
  3. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  5. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.   Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  6. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
entryway, portal — see portal

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)

  1. To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:
      They are easily ported by boat into other shires.
  2. (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!
  3. (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
  4. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
  5. (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to hold or carry with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body

NounEdit

port (plural ports)

  1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  2. (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 […]
    • (Can we date this quote?), South, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (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)

 
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  1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
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Etymology 5Edit

Abbreviation of portmanteau.

NounEdit

port (plural ports)

  1. (Australia) A suitcase.
    • 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.

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

NounEdit

port m (indefinite plural porte, definite singular porti, definite plural portet)

  1. port, harbor

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Occitan 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)

  1. port, harbour
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From portar.

NounEdit

port m (plural ports)

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Further readingEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From late Old Norse port, portr, from Latin porta.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /port/, [pʰoɐ̯ˀd̥]

NounEdit

port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)

  1. gate
  2. gateway

InflectionEdit

Declension of port
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative port porten porte portene
genitive ports portens portes portenes

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French port.

NounEdit

port m or n (plural porten)

  1. postage

Etymology 2Edit

Named from Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.

NounEdit

port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)

  1. (a glass of) port, port wine, Porto

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

port

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of porren
  2. (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)

  1. port, harbour
  2. port, harbour city
  3. refuge
  4. transport
  5. postage
  6. stature, way of carrying oneself
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Deverbal of porter. Ultimately from the same source as etymology 1 above.

NounEdit

port m (plural ports)

  1. wearing (act of wearing something)

AnagramsEdit

Further readingEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈport]
  • Hyphenation: port

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

port (plural portok)

  1. (computing) port
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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

por +‎ -t

NounEdit

port

  1. accusative singular of por

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin porta.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

port n (genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)

  1. gate, gateway, entryway

DeclensionEdit

declension of port
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative port portið port portin
accusative port portið port portin
dative porti portinu portum portunum
genitive ports portsins porta portanna

SynonymsEdit

IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).

NounEdit

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

  1. (music) tune
    Proverb:
    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.
  2. jig (dance)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative port poirt
Vocative a phoirt a phorta
Genitive poirt port
Dative port poirt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an port na poirt
Genitive an phoirt na bport
Dative leis an bport

don phort

leis na poirt

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)

  1. landing-place
  2. harbor, port
  3. bank (of river, etc.)
  4. mound, embankment
  5. refuge, haven, resort
  6. stopping-place
  7. place, locality
  8. fortified place, stronghold
  9. occupied place, seat, center
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative port poirt
Vocative a phoirt a phorta
Genitive poirt port
Dative port poirt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an port na poirt
Genitive an phoirt na bport
Dative leis an bport

don phort

leis na poirt

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
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

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin portus.

NounEdit

port m (plural porc)

  1. port, harbour

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”).

NounEdit

port m (plural ports)

  1. (Jersey) harbour, port
    Synonyms: caûchie, hâvre

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, ultimately from Latin porta f.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

port m (definite singular porten, indefinite plural porter, definite plural portene)

  1. a gate
  2. (computing) port (ogical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
  3. (computing) port (female connector of an electronic device)

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ReferencesEdit

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)

  1. a gate
  2. (computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
  3. (computing) port (female connector of an electronic device)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour, port, haven, warehouse”).

NounEdit

port m

  1. a port, a haven (a harbor or harbor-town)
  2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative port portas
accusative port portas
genitive portes porta
dative porte portum
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin porta (“gate, entrance, passage, door”).

NounEdit

port m

  1. portal (a door or gate; an entrance)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of port (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative port portas
accusative port portas
genitive portes porta
dative porte portum
DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “port” on page 777/1 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin portus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

port m (oblique plural porz or portz, nominative singular porz or portz, nominative plural port)

  1. 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

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately borrowed from Latin portus. Compare French and English port.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

port m inan

  1. port, harbour (area for ships)
  2. port, a town or city containing such a place

DeclensionEdit

declension of port
singular plural
nominative port porty
genitive portu portów
dative portowi portom
accusative port porty
instrumental portem portami
locative porcie portach
vocative porcie porty

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • port in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.

NounEdit

port n (plural porturi)

  1. port (town with port)
DeclensionEdit
declension of port
singular plural
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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of purta
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of purta

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).

NounEdit

port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

  1. tune

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”), ultimately from Latin portus (“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).

NounEdit

port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

  1. port, harbour
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
port phort
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From late Old Norse port n, portr m, from Latin porta f. Computing sense a semantic loan from English.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

port c

  1. an entrance (into a building), a gate, a portal, a door, a doorway
  2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of port 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative port porten portar portarna
Genitive ports portens portars portarnas

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English port.

NounEdit

port (definite accusative portu, plural portlar)

  1. (computer hardware, networking) port

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
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
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular portum portlarım
2nd singular portun portların
3rd singular portu portları
1st plural portumuz portlarımız
2nd plural portunuz portlarınız
3rd plural portları portları
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