porca

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porca.

Adjective

porca

  1. feminine singular of porco

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ka/, [ˈpɔr.ka]

Etymology 1

Feminine of porcus.

Noun

porca f (genitive porcae); first declension

  1. sow (female pig)
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative porca porcae
genitive porcae porcārum
dative porcae porcīs
accusative porcam porcās
ablative porcā porcīs
vocative porca porcae
Synonyms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂. Compare English furrow.

Noun

porca f (genitive porcae); first declension

  1. (agriculture) the ridge between two furrows; a balk
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative porca porcae
genitive porcae porcārum
dative porcae porcīs
accusative porcam porcās
ablative porcā porcīs
vocative porca porcae
Descendants

References

  • porca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • porca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • porca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • porca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin porca (“sow”), feminine of porcus (“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹ.ka/, /ˈpɔɹ.kɐ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɻ.ka/
  • Hyphenation: por‧ca

Noun

porca f (plural porcas)

  1. sow; feminine equivalent of porco
  2. nut (that fits on a bolt)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • porca-marinha
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