port

port

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɔɹt/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹt/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poət/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of 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. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.

Noun

port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)

  2. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
    Synonyms: harbour, haven
  4. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
    Synonyms: harbour city, harbour town, port city
  5. (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.
    Synonyms: backboard, larboard, leeboard, left
    Antonym: starboard
  6. (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
Hyponyms
  • cold-water port
  • warm-water port
Derived terms
Nouns
Proper nouns
Descendants
  • → Hindi: पोर्ट (porṭ)
  • → Russian: порт (port)
  • → Thai: พอร์ต (pɔ̂ɔt)
Translations

Adjective

port (not comparable)

  2. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
Synonyms
  • larboard, backboard, left
Antonyms
  • starboard
Translations

Verb

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.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port (plural ports)

  1. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
  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.
  3. (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.
  4. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  5. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  6. (computing):
    1. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    2. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
    3. (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • air port
  • backport
  • porthole
  • port forwarding
  • unport
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.

Verb

port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)

  2. To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
  3. (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.
  4. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.
  5. (telephony, transitive) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
  6. (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

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.
  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.
  5. (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
Derived terms
  • at the high port
Translations

Etymology 4

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

Noun

port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)

  1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
Synonyms
  • Porto, porto, port wine
Coordinate terms
  • Madeira, madeira
  • Marsala, marsala
  • sherry
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 5

Clipping of portmanteau.

Noun

port (plural ports)

  1. (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Clipping of portfolio.

Noun

port (plural ports)

  1. (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.

See also

  • port de bras

Anagrams

  • -trop-, Prot., prot-, torp, trop, trop-, trop.

Albanian

Noun

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

  1. port, harbor

Declension

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔrt]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾt]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan port, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

Noun

port m (plural ports)

  1. port, harbour
Derived terms
  • aeroport
Related terms
  • portuari

Etymology 2

From portar.

Noun

port m (plural ports)

  1. (rare or archaic) the action of carrying something from one place to another
  2. (rare) the volume a boat or another vehicle can carry

References

  • “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.

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English report.

Pronunciation

Verb

port

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, informal) to file a complaint against; to report
    • 有，你點放兩隻癲狗嚟打我呀？吓？你講呀！我要port你、port你，我要port埋你個死肥婆！ [Cantonese, trad.]
      有，你点放两只癫狗嚟打我呀？吓？你讲呀！我要port你、port你，我要port埋你个死肥婆！ [Cantonese, simp.]
      jau5, nei5 dim2 fong3 loeng5 zek3 din1 gau2 lei4 daa2 ngo5 aa3? haa2? nei5 gong2 aa3! ngo5 jiu3 pok1 nei5, pok1 nei5, ngo5 jiu3 pok1 maai4 nei5 go3 sei2 fei4 po4! [Jyutping]
      Yes! Why are you letting these two mad dogs to beat me up? Why, tell me! I'm reporting you, you, and you big fat woman!
    • 我唔撚食喇我呀！妖，我而家port你呀！我而家port你呀我！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      ngo5 m4 lan2 sik6 laa3 ngo5 aa3! jiu2, ngo5 ji4 gaa1 pot1 nei5 aa3! ngo5 ji4 gaa1 pot1 nei5 aa3 ngo5! [Jyutping]
      I'm not fucking gonna eat this shit! Damn, I'm gonna report you now! I'm gonna report you now!

Synonyms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse portr m, port n, borrowed via Old English port m (“gate”) from Latin porta. Compare also German Pforte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːˀrt/, [ˈpʰoɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)

  1. gate
  2. gateway

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔrt/
  • Hyphenation: port
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French port.

Noun

port m or n (plural porten)

  1. postage
Alternative forms
  • porto
Derived terms
  • briefport
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: pòrt, port

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English port, from port wine. Named for Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.

Noun

port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

port

  1. inflection of porren:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔʁ/
  • Homophones: porc, porcs, ports

Etymology 1

Inherited 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”).

Noun

port m (plural ports)

  1. port, harbour
  2. port, harbour city
  3. refuge
  4. transport
  5. postage
  6. poise, bearing, way of carrying oneself
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Romanian: port

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port m (plural ports)

  1. wearing (act of wearing something)
  2. carrying (of an object)

Further reading

  • “port”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • trop

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈport]
  • Hyphenation: port
  • Rhymes: -ort

Etymology 1

Noun

port (plural portok)

  1. (computing) port
Declension

Etymology 2

por +‎ -t

Noun

port

  1. accusative singular of por

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɔr̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

Noun

port n (genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)

  1. gate, gateway, entryway
    Synonym: hlið

Declension

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).

Noun

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

  1. (music) tune
  2. jig (dance)
Declension
Derived terms
  • portaireacht
Descendants
  • →⇒ Yola: portlaghrin

Etymology 2

From Old Irish port (“bank, shore”), borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour”).

Noun

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, centre
Declension
Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “port”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 port ‘tune’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

port m (plural porc)

  1. port, harbour

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian portu, from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔrt/

Noun

port m (plural portijiet)

  1. harbour, port
    Synonym: (archaic) marsa

Middle English

Noun

port (plural ports)

  1. behaviour, bearing

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

port m (plural ports)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʈ/
  • Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

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

  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 terms

  • inngangsport

References

  • “port” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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 terms

  • inngangsport

References

  • “port” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /port/, [porˠt]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

port m

  1. a port, a haven (a harbor or harbor-town)
  2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: port
    • English: port
    • Scots: port

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port m

  1. portal (a door or gate; an entrance)
Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants
  • Middle English: port
    • English: port
    • Scots: port

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

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

  1. port (for watercraft)

Descendants

  • French: port
    • → Romanian: port
  • Norman: port
  • → Middle High German: port
    • German: Port
      • → Russian: порт (port)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [por͈t]

Noun

port m (genitive puirt, nominative plural puirt)

  1. place
  2. shore

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: port
  • Manx: purt
  • Scottish Gaelic: port

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin portus. First attested in 1471.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɔrt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɔrt/

Noun

port m animacy unattested

  1. port (a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers)

Descendants

  • Polish: port
    • → Kashubian: pòrt

References

  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “port”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “port”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish port. Sense 4 and sense 5 are semantic loans from English port. Doublet of fiord (“fjord”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔrt
  • Syllabification: port

Noun

port m inan (diminutive porcik, related adjective portowy)

  1. port (a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers)
  2. port (a town or city containing such a place, a port city)
  3. harbor, haven (place of safety)
    Synonyms: azyl, przystań, schronienie
  5. (computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
  7. (computing, networking) port (number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service)
  8. (Middle Polish) goal, aim (intent of one's actions)
    Synonym: cel
  9. (Middle Polish) harbor, haven (one who gives a place of safety)
  10. (Middle Polish) gate (place where one enters)
    Synonym: wrote
  11. (Middle Polish) warehouse
    Synonyms: magazyn, skład
  12. (Middle Polish) a type of tax
  13. (Middle Polish) papal estate; Further details are uncertain.

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: pòrt

Further reading

  • port in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • port in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “port”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “PORT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2019
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “port”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “port”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “port”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 719

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.

Noun

port n (plural porturi)

  1. port (town with port)
Declension
Related terms
  • portuar
See also
  • iman

Etymology 2

Verb

port

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɔrˠʃt̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).

Noun

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

  1. tune
Synonyms
  • fonn
  • mànran
Derived terms
  • puirt à beul

Etymology 2

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”).

Noun

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

  1. port, harbour
Synonyms
  • acarsaid
  • cala
Derived terms
  • longphort
  • port-adhair

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 port”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊʈ/

Noun

port c

  1. a larger entrance
    1. a (robust) door leading into a larger building, for example an apartment building
    2. a doorway
    3. a gate
    4. a portal
  2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
Usage notes

A non-solid gate, like a grid or mesh gate, is a grind.

Declension
Derived terms
See also
  • grind (“(non-solid) gate”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of portvin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːʈ/

Noun

port ?

  1. Clipping of portvin (“port wine”).
    Synonym: porto (obsolete)

References

  • port in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • port in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • port in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • torp

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English port.

Noun

port (definite accusative portu, plural portlar)

  1. (computer hardware, networking) port

Declension

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