porpoise en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈpɔːɹpəs/ (US)
- /pɔːˈpɔɪs/ (UK)
- /ˈpɔːpəs/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “hog-fish”), taken from Latin porcus (“hog, pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marīnus (“sea hog”); akin in formation to Frankish *mariswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”) (whence German Meerschwein, English mereswine). Displaced native Middle English brunswyn. More at mereswine.
Meanings
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A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.
1991, Zhou Kaiya, Zhang Xingduan, translated by Luo Changyan, Baiji: The Yangtze River Dolphin and Other Endangered Animals of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
- (Canada, US, broadly) Any small dolphin.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| porpoises | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Cape Porpoise · finless porpoise · porpicide · sperm-whale porpoise · harbour porpoise · Dall's porpoise · spectacled porpoise · porpoiselike
Descendants
profosu · profosoe · พอร์พอยส์
Hypernyms
mammal · vertebrate · whale · organism · cetacean · animal · creature
Synonyms
sea hog · sea pig · phocoenid · seaswine · mereswine
Translations (101)
gd puthag (porpoise family) · nl bruinvis (porpoise family) · cmn 鼠海豚 (porpoise family) · vi cá heo (porpoise family) · fa گرازماهی (porpoise family) · is hnísa (porpoise family) · km សមុទ្រសុករ (porpoise family) · pl morświn (porpoise family) · tr musur (porpoise family) · kw morhogh (porpoise family) · nds-de Trömmelswien (porpoise family) · nb nise (porpoise family) · br morhoc'h (porpoise family) · th พอร์พอยส์ (porpoise family) · sv tumlare (porpoise family) · sh морско прасе (porpoise family) · sh плискавица (porpoise family) · enm porpeys (porpoise family) · pl delfin (imprecisely, any small dolphin) · hu tengeridisznó (porpoise family) · fo nísa (porpoise family) · eo foceno (porpoise family) · hy ծովախոզ (porpoise family) · nn nise (porpoise family) · te నీరుపంది (porpoise family) · sh pliskavica (porpoise family) · uk морська́ свиня́ (porpoise family) · cs sviňucha (porpoise family) · ga muc mhara (porpoise family) · de Tümmler (porpoise family) · ang mereswīn (porpoise family) · hu disznódelfin (porpoise family) · ko 쇠돌고래 (porpoise family) · nuk hicwin (porpoise family) · pt marsuíno (porpoise family) · sw poposi (porpoise family) · fr marsouin (porpoise family) · lo ເດິນຟິນໜູ (porpoise family) · tr mutur (porpoise family) · sl pliskavka (porpoise family) · sv tumlare (imprecisely, any small dolphin) · ota یونس بالغی (porpoise family) · ast boticu (porpoise family) · es marsopa (porpoise family) · clm k'ʷánət' (porpoise family) · pt boto (imprecisely, any small dolphin) · ro marsuin (porpoise family) · gl porco de mar (porpoise family) · fi pyöriäinen (porpoise family) · grc φώκαινα (porpoise family) · mk мо́рска сви́ња (porpoise family) · fa خوکماهی (porpoise family) · fi delfiini (imprecisely, any small dolphin) · el γουρουνόψαρο (porpoise family) · sk sviňucha (porpoise family) · gd cana (porpoise family) · wyi tingin (porpoise family) · squ kwʼúnutʼ (porpoise family) · nv tééh hóyáanii (porpoise family) · hi सूंस (porpoise family) · sq marsuinët (porpoise family) · hu barna delfin (porpoise family) · kl niisa (porpoise family) · wyi tole.ler.bope (porpoise family) · de Schweinswal (porpoise family) · ast moscote (porpoise family) · tl marsopa (porpoise family) · ka ზღვის ღორი (porpoise family) · ja ネズミイルカ (porpoise family) · nds-de Dümmler (porpoise family) · cy llamhidydd (porpoise family) · gl touliña (porpoise family) · sco dunter (porpoise family) · wyi bar-bar-ka (porpoise family) · ota طوڭوز بالغی (porpoise family) · chr ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩᏳᏍᏗ (porpoise family) · enm mereswyn (porpoise family) · sjd нышшь (porpoise family) · ru морска́я свинья́ (porpoise family) · cy morhwch (porpoise family) · is marsvín (porpoise family) · sh morsko prase (porpoise family) · gl fouliña (porpoise family) · pdt Mäaschwien (porpoise family) · ca marsopa (porpoise family) · lt jūrų kiaulė (porpoise family) · ar خِنْزِير الْبَحْر (porpoise family) · bg тъпонос делфин (porpoise family) · it focena (porpoise family) · mi tūpoupou (porpoise family) · rm balena-portg (porpoise family) · mhr вӱд сӧсна (porpoise family) · wo piipa bi (porpoise family) · ast botu (porpoise family) · nrf pourpais (porpoise family) · non hnísa (porpoise family) · be марска́я свіння́ (porpoise family) · gl toniña (porpoise family) · gd peileag (porpoise family) · ka დელფინი (porpoise family) · ko 돌고래 (porpoise family)