Port

See also: Appendix:Variations of "port"

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Proper noun

Port

  1. Archaic form of Porto (A city in Portugal)
  2. A surname.

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Portsmouth.[1]

Proper noun

Port

  1. (after a qualification) University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.[2]

Proper noun

Port

  1. (Australia, informal) Short for Port Macquarie.

References
  1. Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 4.
  2. Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔrt/, [pɔʁt], [pɔɐ̯t], [pɔːt]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”).

Noun

Port m (strong, genitive Portes or Ports, plural Porte)

  1. (poetic, highly archaic) haven (place of safety)
  2. (obsolete) harbor, port
Declension
Declension of Port [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Port die Porte
genitive eines des Portes, Ports der Porte
dative einem dem Port, Porte1 den Porten
accusative einen den Port die Porte

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → Russian: порт (port)

Noun

Port m (strong, genitive Ports, no plural)

  1. Short for Portwein.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).

Noun

Port m (strong, genitive Ports, plural Ports)

  1. (computer hardware, networking) port
    Synonyms: Anschluss, Anschlussbuchse, Schnittstelle
Declension
Declension of Port [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Port die Ports
genitive eines des Ports der Ports
dative einem dem Port den Ports
accusative einen den Port die Ports

Old English

Etymology

Back-formation from Portesmūþa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /port/, [porˠt]

Proper noun

Port m

  1. a male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References
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