port

English

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Port

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Pronunciation

• (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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• 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.

Noun

port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Port (place where ships dock)

Wikipedia

2. 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     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.

4. 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, →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?

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.

   Each eight has four ports and four starboards.

Hyponyms

• cold-water port
• warm-water port

Derived terms

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.

   on the port side

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.

   Port your 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.
   • 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.
   • c. 1615, Sir W. Raleigh, A Discourse of the Invention of Ships, Anchors, Compass :

     […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]

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

• 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)

1. 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.

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!

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:

     […] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.

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, 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.

5. (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.
   • 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. , volumes (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, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

     For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […]

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.

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)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Port wine

Wikipedia

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

Abbreviation of portmanteau.

Noun

port (plural ports)

1. (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, 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

Etymology 6

Abbreviation of portfolio.

Noun

port (plural ports)

1. (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.

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• 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
   • 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!

     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!

     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/,

Noun

port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)

1. gate
2. gateway

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrt/

• Audio

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• 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/

• audio

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• 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. stature, 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)

Further reading

• “port”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• trop

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• 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

Declension

Synonyms

• hlið

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

1. (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.

2. jig (dance)

Declension

Derived terms

• portaireacht

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
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish port.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Syllabification: port

Noun

port m inan

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

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “port”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 255

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

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)

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/,

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"

     ...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

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

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

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

port m (genitive puirt, nominative plural puirt)

1. place
2. shore

Inflection

Descendants

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

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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): (10^th–15^th CE) /pɔrt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pɔrt/

Noun

port m ?

1. 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

• Masurian: port
• 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, editor (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): /pɔrt/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• 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.
    • 1560, M. Krowicki, Obrona nauki‎, page 75:

      izali Papieſz [...]/ niewymamił [...]/ na Ceſárzach/ [...]/ rozmáite Páńſtwá/ Kroleſthwá/ Kxięſtwá/ Powiáty/ Miáſtá/ Porty/ Zamki/ Wśi/ Cżyńſze/ Mytá/ Folwárki/ y inſze rozmáite płáty.

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• → Kashubian: pòrt

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), port is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 11 times in scientific texts, 33 times in news, 10 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 64 times, making it the 1026th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

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

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

• 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

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/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

port c

1. a larger entrance
   1. a (robust) door leading into a larger building, for example an apartment building

      Jag är vid porten, kan du öppna?

      I'm at the door, can you buzz me in?

   2. a doorway
   3. a gate
   4. a portal
2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

Declension

Derived terms

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