porpoise
English
/ˈpɔːpəs/, /ˈpɔːɹpəs/
noun
Definitions
- A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
- (North America) Any small dolphin.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English porpeys borrowed from porpeis derived from Old French pourpois derived from Latin *porcopiscis, porcus (pig, domestic hog, pork, domesticated hog).
Origin
Latin
porcus
Gloss
pig, domestic hog, pork, domesticated hog
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
🐗 🐷 🐽
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mere#Etymology_1 English
- mereswine English
- swine#Etymology_1 English
- *porcopiscis Latin
- cōrtis, cōrs, cors Latin
- porcaricia Latin
- porcarius Latin
- porcella Latin
- porcellus Latin
- porcile Latin
- porculus Latin
- porcus Latin
- porcāricia Latin
- porcārius Latin
- porcīle Latin
- Meer German
- Meerschwein German
- Meerschweinchen German
- Schwein German
- porco Italian
- puercoespín Spanish, Castilian
- πόρκος Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *porḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pórḱos Proto-Indo-European
- marsvin Norwegian Bokmål
- *mariswīną Proto-Germanic
- marsvin Norwegian Nynorsk
- mereswin Middle English
- porpeys Middle English
- marsvín Old Norse
- purka Old Norse
- marsvin Danish
- porc Old French
- porc-espin Old French
- porpeis Old French
- pourpois Old French
- porko Esperanto
- porc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- พอร์พอยส์ Thai
- porko Ido
- pourpais Norman
- merswīn Middle High German
- porco Old Portuguese
- porcu Aromanian
- *porkos Proto-Italic
- piertg Romansh
- portg Romansh
- püerch Romansh
- puercu Asturian
- porcarie Friulian
- purcit Friulian
- porc Old Occitan
- puerco Old Spanish
- porpeis xno
- pòrco Ligurian
- puarc Dalmatian
- porcu Corsican
- pôrz Emilian
- pōrc Emilian