port

See also: Appendix:Variations of "port"

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

port

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(horse–hoarse merger)
- (Received Pronunciation, Northern England, Wales) IPA^(key): /pɔːt/
- (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /poːt/
  - Audio (Received Pronunciation); “a port”: (file)
  - Audio (Australia): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /poɹt/
- Audio (General American): (file)
(without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (Scotland) IPA^(key): /poɾt/
- (Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /poːt/
- (Eastern New England) IPA^(key): /poət/
- (19th century Received Pronunciation, obsolete) IPA^(key): /pɔət/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *pértusder.

Proto-Italic *portus

Latin portusbor.

Old English port

English port

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)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

port (place where ships dock)

Wikipedia

A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
Synonyms: harbour, haven
- 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.
Synonyms: harbour city, harbour town, port city
- 2023 July 1, Mark Townsend, “‘We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the police”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:
  More broadly, the port is seen as a litmus test for France; if its most multicultural city can foster vast Muslim enclaves viewed with broad suspicion or hostility by the police, then what hope is there elsewhere?
(nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing forward. 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
(rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
Each eight has four ports and four starboards.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Nouns

Proper nouns

Place names that include "port"

Descendants

→ Hindi: पोर्ट (porṭ)
→ Russian: порт (port)
→ Thai: พอร์ต (pɔ̀t)

Translations

See port/translations § Etymology 1: Noun.

Adjective

port (not comparable)

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
on the port side

Verb

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!
(nautical) To dock at a port.
- 2009 March 25, Metro International, Atlantic Free Daily Newspapers Inc., Metro Halifax - March 25, 2009‎^[2]:
  The tall ships will port in Pugwash during its annual Harbourfest Celebrations […]
- 2015, M.L. Brummett, Semper Fidelis‎^[3]:
  We have to wait until the ship ports, buddy, and then we can get you the help you need.
- 2017, Willian R. Stephenson, Conversations: Stories and Poems that Speak to Our Soul‎^[4]:
  Our cruise ship ported at Mykonos, a small island off the coast of Greece, for an overnight stay.

Translations

to turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship

Bulgarian: завивам наляво (zavivam naljavo)
Māori: tīrau

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)

(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.
(bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
Synonym: wick
An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
(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

Translations

See port/translations § Etymology 2: Noun.

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)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

porting

Wikipedia

(transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
- 1567 February 8 (Gregorian calendar), John Pits, “The .100. Psalme”, in A Poore Mannes Beneuolence to the Afflicted Church, London: […] Alexander Lacy, signature [B.iv.], recto:
  Dauid in this Pſalme doth exhoꝛt, to pꝛayſe the Loꝛde alwayes: Foꝛ that he did vs make and poꝛt, and guydes vs all our dayes.
- a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Shrop-shire”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 1:
  What one may call River or Freſh-water-Coale, digged out in this Country, at ſuch a diſtance from Severne, that they are eaſily ported by Boat into other Shires.
- 2001, Steven Johnson, “The Myth of the Ant Queen”, in Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, part 1, page 32:
  A handful of ants meander across each plank, some porting crumblike objects on their back, others apparently just out for a stroll.
(transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies 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.
(transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
- 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 259:
  By its tenth week of release, CPH was the best-selling PC game in America. PlayStation and Xbox ports were already in the works, and there was talk of porting it to Nintendo.
(ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one 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.
(US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

Derived terms

Translations

See port/translations § Etymology 3: Verb.

Noun

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.
- 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, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
  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; 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 terms

at the high port

Translations

computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting

Finnish: sovitus (fi), sovittaminen (fi), porttaaminen (informal), porttaus (informal)
Norwegian: porting m
Russian: порт (ru) m (port)
Spanish: versión portada
Swahili: mabandari (sw)
Swedish: portering (sv) c, portning c
Vietnamese: phiên bản chuyển đổi

Etymology 4

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

Noun

port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

port wine

Wikipedia

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

Synonyms

Porto, porto, port wine

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

fortified wine

Armenian: պորտվեյն (hy) (portveyn)
Bulgarian: портвайн m (portvajn)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 砵酒 (but¹ zau²)
Czech: portské n
Dutch: porto (nl), port (nl) m
Estonian: portvein
Finnish: portviini (fi)
French: vin de Porto m
Galician: porto (gl) m
German: Portwein (de) m
Greek: πορτό n (portó), (rare) οίνος Πορτογαλίας m (oínos Portogalías)
Hungarian: portói bor, portói (hu)
Icelandic: púrtvín n, portvín n
Irish: pórt m, pórtfhíon m
Italian: porto (it) m
Japanese: ポートワイン (pōto wain), ポート・ワイン (pōto wain)
Korean: 포트 와인 (poteu wain)
Māori: pōta
Norman: vîn d'Porto m
Norwegian: portvin (no) m, (slang) port (no) m
Polish: porto (pl) n, portwajn (pl) m inan
Portuguese: vinho do Porto (pt) m
Russian: портве́йн (ru) m (portvéjn)
Spanish: vino de Oporto m
Swahili: mabandari (sw)
Swedish: portvin (sv) n
Yiddish: פּאָרטווײַן m (portvayn)

Etymology 5

Clipping of portmanteau.

Noun

port (plural ports)

(Queensland) 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^[5], 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, published 2012, page 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.

Derived terms

school port

Etymology 6

Clipping of portfolio.

Noun

port (plural ports)

(informal) The portfolio of a model or artist or investor.
- 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.

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Noun

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

port, harbor

Declension

Declension of **port**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	port	porti	porte	portet
accusative	port	portin	porte	portet
dative	porti	portit	porteve	porteve
ablative	porti	portit	portesh	porteve

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpo̞rt]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈpɔrt]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɔɾt]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
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)

port, harbour

Derived terms

aeroport

Related terms

portuari

Etymology 2

From portar.

Noun

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

References

“port”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “port”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chinese

FWOTD – 11 November 2023

Etymology

Clipping of English report.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): pot¹ / pok¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pot¹ / pok¹
  - Yale: pōt / pōk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pot⁷ / pok⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: pod¹ / pog¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːt̚⁵/, /pʰɔːk̚⁵/

Verb

port

(Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, informal) to file a complaint against; to report
- 1992, Fight Back to School II:
  
  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!
- 2019, “聲音監獄 [Sonic Jail]”, in 理想國 [The Republic], spoken by 單立奇 [Sim Lap Ki] (黃秋生 [Anthony Wong]):
  
  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

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出首 (chūshǒu) (literary)
告密 (gàomì)
告發 / 告发 (gàofā)
報水 / 报水 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
控 (literary, or in compounds)
檢舉 / 检举 (jiǎnjǔ)
舉報 / 举报 (jǔbào)

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)

gate
gateway

Declension

Declension of *port*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	port	porten	porte	portene
genitive	ports	portens	portes	portenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: port
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French port.

Noun

port m or n (plural porten, no diminutive)

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)

(a glass of) port, port wine, Porto

Descendants

→ Indonesian: port

Etymology 3

Verb

port

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

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔʁ/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Paris)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Homophones: ports, porc, porcs, pore, pores

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)

port, harbour
port, harbour city
refuge
transport
postage
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[6], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
  […] la mère Rolet réclama le port d'une vingtaine de lettres; et, comme Charles demandait des explications, elle eut la délicatesse de répondre: […] .
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
poise, bearing, way of carrying oneself

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: بُور (būr)
→ Dutch: port, porto
- → Papiamentu: pòrt, port
Haitian Creole: pò

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port m (plural ports)

wearing (act of wearing something)
carrying (of an object)

Anagrams

trop

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

port (plural portok)

(computing) port

Declension

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
non-attributive possessive – singular	porté	portoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	portéi	portokéi

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 2

por +‎ -t

Noun

port

accusative singular of por

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɔr̥t]
Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

Noun

port n (genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)

gate, gateway, entryway
Synonym: hlið

Declension

Declension of *port* (neuter)
	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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

port

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈport/ [ˈport̪̚]
Rhymes: -ort
Syllabification: port

Etymology 1

Noun

port (plural port-port)

nonstandard form of porta

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port (plural port-port)

(a glass of) port, port wine, Porto

Related terms

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish port (“tune, melody”).

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of port (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	port	poirt
vocative	a phoirt	a phorta
genitive	poirt	port
dative	port	poirt

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an port	na poirt
genitive	an phoirt	na bport
dative	leis an bport don phort	leis na poirt

Derived terms

portaireacht

Descendants

→⇒ Fingallian: portlaghrin

Etymology 2

From Old Irish port (“bank, shore”),^[1] borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour”).

Noun

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

Declension

Declension of port (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	port	poirt
vocative	a phoirt	a phorta
genitive	poirt	port
dative	port	poirt

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an port	na poirt
genitive	an phoirt	na bport
dative	leis an bport don phort	leis na poirt

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *port*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
port	phort	bport

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

port m (plural porc)

port, harbour

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian portu, from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

port m (plural portijiet)

harbour, port
Synonym: (archaic) marsa

Middle English

Noun

port (plural ports)

behaviour, bearing
- late 14th c., Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales, line 69:
  And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

port m (plural ports)

(Jersey) harbour, port
Synonyms: caûchie, hâvre

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

port (datakommunikasjon)

Wikipedia ^no

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)

a gate
(computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
(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)

a gate
(computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
(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

a port, a haven (a harbor or harbor-town)
a town, particularly one with special trading privileges
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
  ...he wolde gan ut of ðam porte...
  ...he desired to go out of the town...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
  nu ic wæs of þam rihtan wege mines ingeþances ac betere hit bið þæt ic eft fare ut of þysum porte ðylæs þe ic to swiðe dwelige and for-þy þonne ne cume to minum geferum þe me ær hyder sendon; gewislice ic her ongyten hæbbe þæt me hæfð gelæht fæste mines modes oferstige þæt ic nat na forgeare hu ic hit þus macige.
  Now I was in the right way in my inward thought, but better will it be that I go out of this town again lest I be too greatly bewildered, and so may not come to my comrades who erewhile sent me here; certainly I have here perceived that the over anxiety of my mind hath here seized me, so that I know not very certainly why I thus act.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	port	portas
accusative	port	portas
genitive	portes	porta
dative	porte	portum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: port
- English: port
- Scots: port

Etymology 2

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

Noun

port m

portal (a door or gate; an entrance)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	port	portas
accusative	port	portas
genitive	portes	porta
dative	porte	portum

Descendants

Middle English: port
- English: port
- Scots: port

References

Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “port”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[7], second 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)

port (for watercraft)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
  As porz d'Espaigne en est passet Rollant
  Roland went to the ports of Spain

Descendants

French: port
- → Arabic: بُور (būr)
- → Dutch: port, porto
  - → Papiamentu: pòrt, port
- Haitian Creole: pò
Norman: port
→ Middle High German: port
- German: Port (see there for further descendants)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈport̪/

Noun

port m (genitive puirt, nominative plural puirt)

place
shore

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	port	port^L	puirt^L
vocative	puirt	port^L	portu^H
accusative	port^N	port^L	portu^H
genitive	puirt^L	port	port^N
dative	purt^L	portaib	portaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: port
Manx: purt
Scottish Gaelic: port

Mutation

Mutation of *port*
radical	lenition	nasalization
port	phort or unchanged	port pronounced with /b-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *pértusder.

Proto-Italic *portus

Latin portuslbor.

Old Polish port

Learned borrowing from Latin portus. First attested in 1471.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

port m animacy unattested

port (a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers)
- 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 135:
  Applicuimus przistalischmy kv portu (inde navigantes... applicuimus Samum Act 20, 15)
  [Applicuimus przystalismy ku portu (inde navigantes... applicuimus Samum Act 20, 15)]

Descendants

Polish: port
- → Kashubian: pòrt

References

Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “port”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “port”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

port

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrt/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrt/

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: port

Noun

port m inan (diminutive porcik, related adjective portowy)

port (a place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers)
port (a town or city containing such a place, a port city)
harbor, haven (place of safety)
Synonyms: azyl, przystań, schronienie
(computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)
(computing, networking) port (number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service)
(Middle Polish) goal, aim (intent of one's actions)
Synonym: cel
(Middle Polish) harbor, haven (one who gives a place of safety)
(Middle Polish) gate (place where one enters)
Synonym: wrote
(Middle Polish) warehouse
Synonyms: magazyn, skład
(Middle Polish) a type of tax
(Middle Polish) papal estate; Further details are uncertain.
- 1560, M. Krowicki, Obrona nauki‎^[8], page 75:
  izali Papieſz [...]/ niewymamił [...]/ na Ceſárzach/ [...]/ rozmáite Páńſtwá/ Kroleſthwá/ Kxięſtwá/ Powiáty/ Miáſtá/ Porty/ Zamki/ Wśi/ Cżyńſze/ Mytá/ Folwárki/ y inſze rozmáite płáty.
  [izali Papież [...]/ niewymamił [...]/ na Cesarzach/ [...]/ rozmaite Państwa/ Krolestwa/ Księstwa/ Powiaty/ Miastá/ Porty/ Zamki/ Wsi/ Czynsze/ Myta/ Folwarki/ y insze rozmaite płaty.]

Declension

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

Related terms

noun

Descendants

→ Kashubian: pòrt

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.

Noun

port n (plural porturi)

port (town with port)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	port	portul	porturi	porturile
genitive-dative	port	portului	porturi	porturilor
vocative	portule		porturilor

Related terms

portuar

Etymology 2

Verb

port

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)

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)

port, harbour

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of *port*
radical	lenition
port	phort

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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): /ˈpʊrt/, [-ʊʈ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

port c

a larger entrance
1. a (robust) door leading into a larger building, like for example an apartment building
  Jag är vid porten, kan du öppna?
  I'm at the door, can you buzz me in?
  - 1982, Adolphson & Falk, “Stockholmsserenad [Stockholm Serenade]”, in Med rymden i blodet [With [the] (Outer) Space in the Blood]‎^[11]:
    Det hörs ett vrål ifrån tusen kubik, men för Jonny själv är det ljuvlig musik, som en frihetssång, genom nattens trafik mot en soluppgång. Intill en port väntar Cathrine med sin syntpop och sin avmätta min. Men hon tinar upp när Jonnys maskin vrålar ut sin sång, att natten är lång.
    There's [it is heard] a roar from a thousand cc, but to Jonny himself, it's a sweet melody [lovely music], like a freedom song, through the night-time traffic towards a sunrise. Next to a [more robust] door [to an apartment building or the like], Cathrine waits with her synth-pop and her chilly [facial] expression. But she thaws out when Jonny's machine roars out its song, that the night is long.
2. a doorway
3. a gate
4. a portal
(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

Declension of **port**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	port	ports
singular	definite	porten	portens
plural	indefinite	portar	portars
plural	definite	portarna	portarnas

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of portvin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpoːrt/, [-oːʈ]

Noun

port ?

clipping of portvin (“port wine”)
Synonym: porto (obsolete)

References

“port”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“port”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“port”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

torp

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English port.

Noun

port (definite accusative portu, plural portlar)

(computer hardware, networking) port

Declension

Declension of port

	singular	plural
nominative	port	portlar
definite accusative	portu	portları
dative	porta	portlara
locative	portta	portlarda
ablative	porttan	portlardan
genitive	portun	portların

Possessive forms
nominative
	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
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	portumu	portlarımı
2nd singular	portunu	portlarını
3rd singular	portunu	portlarını
1st plural	portumuzu	portlarımızı
2nd plural	portunuzu	portlarınızı
3rd plural	portlarını	portlarını
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	portuma	portlarıma
2nd singular	portuna	portlarına
3rd singular	portuna	portlarına
1st plural	portumuza	portlarımıza
2nd plural	portunuza	portlarınıza
3rd plural	portlarına	portlarına
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	portumda	portlarımda
2nd singular	portunda	portlarında
3rd singular	portunda	portlarında
1st plural	portumuzda	portlarımızda
2nd plural	portunuzda	portlarınızda
3rd plural	portlarında	portlarında
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	portumdan	portlarımdan
2nd singular	portundan	portlarından
3rd singular	portundan	portlarından
1st plural	portumuzdan	portlarımızdan
2nd plural	portunuzdan	portlarınızdan
3rd plural	portlarından	portlarından
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	portumun	portlarımın
2nd singular	portunun	portlarının
3rd singular	portunun	portlarının
1st plural	portumuzun	portlarımızın
2nd plural	portunuzun	portlarınızın
3rd plural	portlarının	portlarının

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

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Albanian

Noun

Declension

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

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Chinese

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Danish

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Dutch

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French

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