pork
English
/pɔːk/, /pɔɹk/, /po(ː)ɹk/, /poək/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
- (US) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pork derived from Old French porc (pig, hog, pork, swine) derived from Latin porcus (pig, domestic hog, pork, domesticated hog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig, pig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pórḱos
Gloss
young swine, young pig, pig
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Porkopolis English
- antipork English
- nonpork English
- porkalicious English
- porkburger English
- porker English
- porkily English
- porkiness English
- porkish English
- porkishly English
- porkishness English
- porkless English
- porklike English
- porkling English
- porkman English
- porkmeister English
- porkwood English
- porky English
- wood English
- betoniporsas Finnish
- jouluporsas Finnish
- maitoporsas Finnish
- porsaankyljys Finnish
- porsaanliha Finnish
- porsaanreikä Finnish
- porsas Finnish
- porsasmainen Finnish
- porsastella Finnish
- salvuporsas Finnish
- *porcopiscis Latin
- cōrtis, cōrs, cors Latin
- porcaricia Latin
- porcarius Latin
- porcella Latin
- porcellus Latin
- porcile Latin
- porculus Latin
- porcum, porcus Latin
- porcus Latin
- porcāricia Latin
- porcārius Latin
- porcīle Latin
- porco Italian
- puercoespín Spanish, Castilian
- πόρκος Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *porḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pórḱos Proto-Indo-European
- *farhaz Proto-Germanic
- ポーク Japanese
- fearh Old English
- *farwe Middle English
- pork Middle English
- purka Old Norse
- *porsę Proto-Slavic
- porc Old French
- porc-espin Old French
- porko Esperanto
- porc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porko Ido
- por Norman
- porc Middle French
- porco Old Portuguese
- *porcas Proto-Finnic
- *ɸorkos Proto-Celtic
- porcu Aromanian
- *porkos Proto-Italic
- piertg Romansh
- portg Romansh
- püerch Romansh
- puercu Asturian
- porcarie Friulian
- purcit Friulian
- porc Old Occitan
- puerco Old Spanish
- pòrco Ligurian
- puarc Dalmatian
- porcu Corsican
- *porćas urj-fpr-pro
- pôrz Emilian
- pōrc Emilian
- porcom Lusitanian