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porch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɔːtʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /poətʃ/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• (US) audio
• /pɔɹt͡ʃ/ (General-American)
• /po(ː)ɹtʃ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Etymology

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.

Meanings

1. A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
   • But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.
2. A portico; a covered walk.
3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
   • By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least. 2012, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo:

Forms

Deriveds

outporch · porchlight · garage-porch · porch monkey · front porch · snow porch · porchlike · back porch · porch pirate · porchscape · porchless · porchful · Chicago porch · sunporch · porch swing · wet porch · porched · porch piracy · porchway

Relateds

entrance hall · loggia · colonnade · cloisters · stoa · porte-cochère · veranda · entrance

Synonyms

portico · porch

Translations (137)

uz ayvon (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · got 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · be га́нак (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · cy porth (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ky крыльцо (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sv förstukvist (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · az eyvan (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ru кры́тая галере́я (a portico; a covered walk) · th มุข (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · fa ایوان (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · uk вера́нда (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sv veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ru вера́нда (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · hy պատշգամբ (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mi whakamahau (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ko 포치 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pdc Portsch (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · de Windfang (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mi mahau (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ru крыльцо́ (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · kk шығаберіс (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · eo portiko (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mk трем (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pt pórtico (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · az talvar (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · lt veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ky босого (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · alt кирнесте (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · cy cyntedd (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ko 현관 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tl portiko (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · eo alero (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · de Vordach (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · fr portique (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ja 玄関 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · la porticus (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · de Veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ar رِوَاق (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · lv veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mn кирлц (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · hi बरामदा (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · bn বারান্দা (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ro verandă (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pt varanda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · fi pylväshalli (a portico; 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a covered walk) · alt веранда (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · gd fosglan (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · gl soportal (a portico; a covered walk) · fr véranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mi kōihi (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ar شُرْفَة (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tt болдыр (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · et veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · cmn 玄關 /玄关 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tr sundurma (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · myv кустембе (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tg айвон (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · gl alpendre (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · az səki (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · bho बरामदा (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sq treme (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · eo portiko (a portico; a covered walk) · sh trijem (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sh трем (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · hi द्वारमण्डप (a portico; a covered walk) · sq hajat (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · atv паскыш (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pl ganek (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · lv lievenis (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · nrf portico (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pl portyk (a portico; a covered walk) · da bislag (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · quc rokib'al (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · no veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ang forehūs (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sh тријем (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · bg вера́нда (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · gl portal (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · cs veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · mi pikitara (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ro portic (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · es pórtico (a portico; a covered walk) · nrf portico (a portico; a covered walk) · hu tornác (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · kea varanda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ga póirse (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · yi גאַניק (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tr veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ru по́ртик (a portico; a covered walk) · sk veranda (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · th ระเบียง (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · it portico (a portico; a covered walk) · ca pòrtic (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · unm alëwikaon (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · grc παστάς (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · es soportal (a portico; a covered walk) · he מִרְפֶּסֶת (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · eu apiriku (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · pl przedsionek (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · cmn 門廊 /门廊 (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · sh trem (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · nl portiek (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ml പൂമുഖം (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · ja ポーチ (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · hi द्वारमण्डप (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · tg айвончаи дари даромад (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · fr porche (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · es pórtico (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · da vindfang (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) · fi kuisti (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building)