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port en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
   • on the port side

Antonyms

starboard

Synonyms

backboard · larboard · left

Translations (16)

bg ляв (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · fr du bâbord (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · ca babord (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · sv babord- (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · sw mabandari (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · gl a babor (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · fi paapuurin (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · sv babord (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · es a babor (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · vi trái (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · it babordo (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · pt bombordo (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · eo baborda (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · el αριστερό (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · nl bakboord- (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) · pl lewoburtowy (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel)

port en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
   • peering in maps for ports and piers and roads c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
   • From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
2. (countable, uncountable) A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
   • More broadly, the port is seen as a litmus test for France; if its most multicultural city can foster vast Muslim enclaves viewed with broad suspicion or hostility by the police, then what hope is there elsewhere? 2023 July 1, Mark Townsend, “‘We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the police”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
3. (uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing forward. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
4. (countable, uncountable) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
   • Each eight has four ports and four starboards.

Forms

Antonyms

starboard

Deriveds

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· skyport · Port Sorell (Place names that include "port") · Cape Portland (Place names that include "port") · Port Clinton (Place names that include "port") · East Devonport (Place names that include "port") · Port Moorowie (Place names that include "port") · Port Noarlunga South (Place names that include "port") · Saint Peter Port · Port Glasgow (Place names that include "port") · half-port · Port Canaveral (Place names that include "port") · Port Royal (Place names that include "port") · Stockport (Place names that include "port") · Port Sudan (Place names that include "port") · Logansport (Place names that include "port") · Moonport · nonport · airport · Port Gaverne (Place names that include "port") · Tayport (Place names that include "port") · Portgordon (Place names that include "port") · Port Gibson (Place names that include "port") · secondary port · Port Wakefield (Place names that include "port") · portlet · Beachport (Place names that include "port") · Port Hedland (Place names that include "port") · Lower Portland (Place names that include "port") · Port Bell (Place names that include "port") · Little Swanport (Place names that include "port") · Port Erin (Place names that include "port") · East Cove Port (Place names that include "port") · Hyannis Port (Place names that include "port") · Dudley Port (Place names that include "port") · Rock Port (Place names that include "port") · portless · Port Elizabeth (Place names that include "port") · Proper nouns · Port Richey (Place names that include "port") · Leesport (Place names that include "port") · Port Moody (Place names that include "port") · Port Jefferson (Place names that include "port") · Port Kenny (Place names that include "port") · Port Huon (Place names that include "port") · Lewisporte · moonport · portmaster · Southport (Place names that include "port") · outport · Port Lincoln (Place names that include "port") · multiport · Yarmouth Port (Place names that include "port") · Port Soderick (Place names that include "port") · Port Angeles (Place names that include "port") · heliport · Gulfport (Place names that include "port") · carport · Port Vincent (Place names that include "port") · Upper Stowport (Place names that include "port") · Port Harcourt (Place names that include "port") · Port Seton (Place names that include "port") · static port · starport · portman · riverport · Port Lyautey (Place names that include "port") · Port Campbell (Place names that include "port") · Jonesport (Place names that include "port") · Port Chester (Place names that include "port") · Port Quin (Place names that include "port") · Port Denison (Place names that include "port") · Port of Menteith (Place names that include "port") · Port Coquitlam (Place names that include "port") · Port Isaac (Place names that include "port") · dry port · Earthport · Teesport (Place names that include "port") · Port Suez (Place names that include "port") · Port Curtis (Place names that include "port") · port authority · river port · Port Julia (Place names that include "port") · treaty port · Lockeport · Port Austin (Place names that include "port") · Port Mellon (Place names that include "port") · portside · Suez Port (Place names that include "port") · any port in a storm · raft port · New Port (Place names that include "port") · Port Broughton (Place names that include "port") · Port Weld (Place names that include "port") · standard port · helm-port · Port Providence (Place names that include "port") · Port Jackson (Place names that include "port") · Port Eynon (Place names that include "port") · Port Macquarie (Place names that include "port") · lakeport · Newport (Place names that include "port") · Port Klang (Place names that include "port") · Port Republic (Place names that include "port") · jetport · Port Botany (Place names that include "port") · waterport · switchport · home port · Port Jervis (Place names that include "port") · Port Gawler (Place names that include "port") · Port St Mary (Place names that include "port") · Port Antonio (Place names that include "port") · Port Pirie West (Place names that include "port") · Port Melbourne (Place names that include "port") · Port Swettenham (Place names that include "port") · Swanport (Place names that include "port") · port knocking · viewport · Port Gordon (Place names that include "port") · port of call · Port Fairy (Place names that include "port") · Port Albert (Place names that include "port") · Port Rickaby (Place names that include "port") · seaport · teleport · Stowport (Place names that include "port") · portmote · Southport · Port Adelaide (Place names that include "port") · North Port (Place names that include "port") · Portpatrick (Place names that include "port") · shuttleport · Harwich Port (Place names that include "port") · Southport Lagoon (Place names that include "port") · Port Orchard (Place names that include "port") · Weedsport (Place names that include "port") · Port Davis (Place names that include "port") · Port Ellen (Place names that include "port") · Nouns · Port Gibbon (Place names that include "port") · port of entry · Port Stephens (Place names that include "port") · Port Talbot (Place names that include "port") · Port Dundas (Place names that include "port") · Port Willunga (Place names that include "port") · Devonport (Place names that include "port") · Port Chicago (Place names that include "port") · Port Erroll (Place names that include "port") · Port Pirie South (Place names that include "port") · Port-Francqui (Place names that include "port") · porthouse · Port Huron (Place names that include "port") · Port Germein (Place names that include "port") · Port Loko (Place names that include "port") · cosmoport · Port Chalmers (Place names that include "port") · Portsea (Place names that include "port") · Port Welshpool (Place names that include "port") · Westport (Place names that include "port") · Port Townsend (Place names that include "port") · Port Hope (Place names that include "port") · Oldport · Port Area (Place names that include "port") · aëroport · Port Mulgrave (Place names that include "port") · Port Eglinton (Place names that include "port") · Eastport · Port Dickson (Place names that include "port") · Port Carlisle (Place names that include "port") · subport · Ellesmere Port (Place names that include "port") · Portman · Port Region (Place names that include "port") · Lockport (Place names that include "port") · Searsport (Place names that include "port") · Port Sunlight (Place names that include "port") · passport · free port · Port Everglades (Place names that include "port") · Port Washington (Place names that include "port") · establishment of the port · Port Bonython (Place names that include "port") · Port Tewfik (Place names that include "port") · first port of call · Port Paterson (Place names that include "port") · container port · Dennisport (Place names that include "port") · Port Augusta (Place names that include "port") · Port Kennedy (Place names that include "port") · Port of Spain (Place names that include "port") · Port Albany (Place names that include "port") · portsale · Amlwch Port (Place names that include "port") · Port Neill (Place names that include "port") · Port Augusta West (Place names that include "port") · Port Blandford (Place names that include "port") · Port Latta (Place names that include "port") · Port Victoria (Place names that include "port") · Port Barre (Place names that include "port") · Port Macdonnell (Place names that include "port") · Dennis Port (Place names that include "port") · Port Arthur (Place names that include "port") · Port Allen (Place names that include "port") · Port Lavaca (Place names that include "port") · hoverport · superport · Port Kembla (Place names that include "port") · joyport · megaport · Port Clyde (Place names that include "port") · Port Alma (Place names that include "port") · Winterport (Place names that include "port") · Port Franklin (Place names that include "port") · Portland · Port Hughes (Place names that include "port") · portpass · Port Mannum (Place names that include "port") · Port Noarlunga (Place names that include "port") · Pembrey and Burry Port Town (Place names that include "port")

Descendants

порт · พอร์ต · पोर्ट

Hyponyms

warm-water port · cold-water port

Synonyms

harbour city · port city · leeboard · harbour town · larboard · harbour · left · backboard · haven

Translations (216)

cho peni ataya (dock or harbour) · is bakborði (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · eo haveno (dock or harbour) · ml തുറമുഖം (dock or harbour) · mr बंदर (dock or harbour) · haw awa (dock or harbour) · fa بَنْدَرْگاه (dock or harbour) · ms pelabuhan (dock or harbour) · sc portu (dock or harbour) · el λιμάνι (dock or harbour) · sq port (dock or harbour) · ru порт (dock or harbour) · or ନୌକାଶ୍ରୟ (dock or harbour) · ps بندرګا (dock or harbour) · ff telloorde (dock or harbour) · sw bandari (dock or harbour) · km កំពង់ (dock or harbour) · ota اسكله (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ca babord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · or ପୋତାଶ୍ରୟ (dock or harbour) · nrf babord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · bg порт (dock or harbour) · ka პორტი (dock or harbour) · bg бакбо́рд (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · pl bakbort (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · is höfn (dock or harbour) · ru ле́вый борт (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · km កំពង់ផែ (dock or harbour) · as বন্দৰ (dock or harbour) · or ବନ୍ଦର (dock or harbour) · kk порт (dock or harbour) · yi האַוון (dock or harbour) · ka ნავსადგური (dock or harbour) · ko 항 (dock or harbour) · tk port (dock or harbour) · pl lewa burta (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · hil dulungkaan (dock or harbour) · or ମୁହାଣ (dock or harbour) · fi satama (dock or harbour) · yi פּאָרט (dock or harbour) · bn বন্দর (dock or harbour) · sc poltu (dock or harbour) · bo མཚོ་ཁ (dock or harbour) · bg приста́нище (dock or harbour) · sl luka (dock or harbour) · cbk puerto (dock or harbour) · ka მარცხენა ბორტი (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · af hawe (dock or harbour) · mn боомт (dock or harbour) · ta துறைமுகம் (dock or harbour) · tl daungan (dock or harbour) · sl pristanišče (dock or harbour) · ceb dunggoanan (dock or harbour) · lld port (dock or harbour) · fa بَنْدَر (dock or harbour) · eu portu (dock or harbour) · scn portu (dock or harbour) · tg бандар (dock or harbour) · gur ategʋlɩŋa (dock or harbour) · oc pòrt (dock or harbour) · fr bâbord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · la portus (dock or harbour) · fur puart (dock or harbour) · he נָמֵל (dock or harbour) · br porzh (dock or harbour) · my ဆိပ် (dock or harbour) · ko 좌현 (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · my ဆိပ်ကမ်း (dock or harbour) · rsk лука (dock or harbour) · zh 港 (dock or harbour) · mn ᠪᠣᠭᠤᠮᠲᠠ (dock or harbour) · kmr bendergeh (dock or harbour) · tt порт (dock or harbour) · gv çheu chiare (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · rsk пристанїще (dock or harbour) · uz bandargoh (dock or harbour) · ru га́вань (dock or harbour) · ceb pantalan (dock or harbour) · sk prístav (dock or harbour) · pl przystań (dock or harbour) · de Hafen (dock or harbour) · sco harbery (dock or harbour) · gv lherrym (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · th ท่าเรือ (dock or harbour) · cy larbwrd (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · tg бандаргоҳ (dock or harbour) · it babordo (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ur بَنْدَرْگاہ (dock or harbour) · ltg ūsta (dock or harbour) · lo ທ່າເຮືອ (dock or harbour) · my သင်္ဘောဆိပ် (dock or harbour) · da bagbord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · pl port (dock or harbour) · io portuo (dock or harbour) · mt port (dock or harbour) · mk пристаниште (dock or harbour) · gv çheu hoshtal (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ang hæfen (dock or harbour) · be га́вань (dock or harbour) · bn পোর্ট (dock or harbour) · crh liman (dock or harbour) · sq liman (dock or harbour) · gd bòrd-cùlaibh (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · pt porto (dock or harbour) · sv babord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ja 左舷 (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · am ወደብ (dock or harbour) · fa بَنْدَر (dock or harbour) · gd cala (dock or harbour) · gl babor (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ka მარცხენა ქიმი (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · es babor (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · hu kikötő (dock or harbour) · tr liman (dock or harbour) · pl bakburta (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · mi mauī (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · sv hamn (dock or harbour) · ti ወደብ (dock or harbour) · fa بَنْدَرْگَاه (dock or harbour) · cs přístav (dock or harbour) · hil dulungan (dock or harbour) · et sadam (dock or harbour) · fo havn (dock or harbour) · zza hebur (dock or harbour) · zh 港埠 (dock or harbour) · de Backbord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · sh лу́ка (dock or harbour) · kn ರೇವು (dock or harbour) · co portu (dock or harbour) · ro babord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · lv osta (dock or harbour) · fr babord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · id pelabuhan (dock or harbour) · ko 항구 (dock or harbour) · da port (dock or harbour) · ar مِينَاء (dock or harbour) · ilo puerto (dock or harbour) · ug پورت (dock or harbour) · kk кемежай (dock or harbour) · tr iskele (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · el λιμένας (dock or harbour) · th ท่า (dock or harbour) · cy porth (dock or harbour) · tg порт (dock or harbour) · fi paapuuri (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ga calafort (dock or harbour) · gd port (dock or harbour) · az liman (dock or harbour) · it porto (dock or harbour) · kmr lîman (dock or harbour) · nl bakboord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · hil puwerto (dock or harbour) · or ଘାଟ (dock or harbour) · sh lúka (dock or harbour) · bg ба́кборд (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · gv çheu chlee (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · nap puorto (dock or harbour) · lo ທ່າ (dock or harbour) · id bandar (dock or harbour) · hy նավահանգիստ (dock or harbour) · sco hairbour (dock or harbour) · be порт (dock or harbour) · nl haven (dock or harbour) · es puerto (dock or harbour) · ky порт (dock or harbour) · ota مرسی (dock or harbour) · ota لیمان (dock or harbour) · khb ᦑᦱᧈᦵᦣᦲ (dock or harbour) · bo གྲུ་ཁ་ (dock or harbour) · fr port (dock or harbour) · ga port (dock or harbour) · ca port (dock or harbour) · ht pò (dock or harbour) · uk порт (dock or harbour) · gd acarsaid (dock or harbour) · izh salmi (dock or harbour) · gv purt (dock or harbour) · ur پورْٹ (dock or harbour) · lt uostas (dock or harbour) · ar مينا (dock or harbour) · hi पोर्ट (dock or harbour) · az port (dock or harbour) · vi mạn trái (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · yi לינקער באָרט (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · hi बंदरगाह (dock or harbour) · or ବାରା (dock or harbour) · ro port (dock or harbour) · myv кершвенчире (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · uz port (dock or harbour) · vi cảng (dock or harbour) · ast puertu (dock or harbour) · rm port (dock or harbour) · rgn pört (dock or harbour) · da havn (dock or harbour) · te ఓడరేవు (dock or harbour) · ps بندر (dock or harbour) · hil dungkaan (dock or harbour) · tao minato (dock or harbour) · gl porto (dock or harbour) · zh 左舷 (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · uk га́вань (dock or harbour) · zh 口岸 (dock or harbour) · izh portta (dock or harbour) · kmr bender (dock or harbour) · sco harbory (dock or harbour) · si ගමන්ලීලාව (dock or harbour) · ga clébhord (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · nb port (dock or harbour) · nb havn (dock or harbour) · eo babordo (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · ja 港 (dock or harbour) · pt bombordo (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) · zh 港口 (dock or harbour) · ff 𞤼𞤫𞤤𞥆𞤮𞥅𞤪𞤣𞤫 (dock or harbour) · th พอร์ต (dock or harbour) · tl port (dock or harbour)

port en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.

Meanings

1. (imperative, transitive) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
   • Port your helm!
2. To dock at a port.
   • The tall ships will port in Pugwash during its annual Harbourfest Celebrations[…] 2009 March 25, Metro International, Atlantic Free Daily Newspapers Inc., Metro Halifax - March 25, 2009:
   • Our cruise ship ported at Mykonos, a small island off the coast of Greece, for an overnight stay. 2017, Willian R. Stephenson, Conversations: Stories and Poems that Speak to Our Soul:
   • We have to wait until the ship ports, buddy, and then we can get you the help you need. 2015, M.L. Brummett, Semper Fidelis:

Forms

Translations (2)

mi tīrau (to turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship) · bg завивам наляво (to turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship)

port en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Inherited from the Old English port, from the Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced by the Old French porte. Doublet of porta.

Meanings

1. (Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
   • And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:
   • Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous […]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
   • And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’ 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, book X:
   • Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd 1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V.vi:
2. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
   • […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […] c. 1615, Sir W. Raleigh, A Discourse of the Invention of Ships, Anchors, Compass […] :
3. A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
4. (qualifier:bowls) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
5. An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
6. An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
7. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
8. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
9. (also) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.

Forms

Deriveds

rowport · portsill · port replicator · portscanner · portlight · portless · portmapper · portsweep · two-port network · backport · porthole · air port · unport · port forwarding · sternport · lickport · portscan · port triggering

Hyponyms

graphics port · USB port · entry port · antiport · game port · fireport · sally port · gameport · parallel port · chase port · serial port · docking port · gunport · accelerated graphics port

Synonyms

wick

Translations (50)

hy միացք (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · ko 포트 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · cmn 端口 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · yue 埠 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · ru порт (opening where a connection is made) · cmn 埠 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · yue 接口 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · pt passagem (opening where a connection is made) · sw mabandari (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · uk порт (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · eo pordo (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · sh врата (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · es puerto (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · gl porto (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · da port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · yi פּאָרט (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · zza port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · fr port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · tr port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · nl poort (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · ja ポート (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · cmn 接口 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · sv port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · sh vrata (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · yue 端口 (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · fi liitin (opening where a connection is made) · pl port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · fi portti (opening where a connection is made) · nl poort (opening where a connection is made) · be порт (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · pt porta (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · vi cổng (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · et port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · eo konektejo (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · de Port (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · ar مَنْفَذ (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · is tengi (opening where a connection is made) · de Port (opening where a connection is made) · bg порт (opening where a connection is made) · fi portti (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · th พอร์ต (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · pl złącze (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · sw mabandari (opening where a connection is made) · el θύρα (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · sv port (opening where a connection is made) · el υποδοχή (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · ru порт (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) · pt abertura (opening where a connection is made) · vi cửa tàu (opening where a connection is made) · bg порт (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred)

port en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.

Meanings

1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
2. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
   • For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […] 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
   • the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC:
3. The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
4. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
   • Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
   • The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
5. A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

Forms

Deriveds

at the high port

Translations (11)

no porting (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · sv portning (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · ru порт (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · vi phiên bản chuyển đổi (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · sv portering (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · fi sovitus (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · es versión portada (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · fi sovittaminen (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · fi porttaus (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · fi porttaaminen (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) · sw mabandari (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting)

port en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
   • What one may call River or Freſh-water-Coale, digged out in this Country, at ſuch a diſtance from Severne, that they are eaſily ported by Boat into other Shires. a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Shrop-shire”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 1:
   • A handful of ants meander across each plank, some porting crumblike objects on their back, others apparently just out for a stroll. 2001, Steven Johnson, “The Myth of the Ant Queen”, in Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, part 1, page 32:
   • Dauid in this Pſalme doth exhoꝛt, to pꝛayſe the Loꝛde alwayes: Foꝛ that he did vs make and poꝛt, and guydes vs all our dayes. 1567 February 8 (Gregorian calendar), John Pits, “The .100. Psalme”, in A Poore Mannes Beneuolence to the Afflicted Church, London: […] Alexander Lacy, signature [B.iv.], recto:
2. (transitive) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
   • Port arms!
   • […] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:
3. (transitive) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
   • By its tenth week of release, CPH was the best-selling PC game in America. PlayStation and Xbox ports were already in the works, and there was talk of porting it to Nintendo. 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 259:
4. (ergative) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
   • If you submit a request to port a number, and you list the name on the account as Bob Smith, but your local carrier has the number listed under your wife's name Mary Mahoney, the porting request is rejected. 2011, Stephen P. Olejniczak, Telecom For Dummies, page 131:
5. (US) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

Forms

Deriveds

port-o-potty · portage · portation · portative · port-o-john · portly · porter · port arms

Translations (32)

bg пренасям (to carry, bear, or transport) · fi siirtää (to transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another) · ja 移植する (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · ru переносить (to carry or transfer a telephone number) · fi kantaa (to carry, bear, or transport) · ar كَيَّفَ (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · vi chuyển (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · ko 포팅하다 (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · fa تبدیل کردن (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · ar غَيَّرَ (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · es portar (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · nl porten (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · nl overdragen (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · fi siirtää (to carry, bear, or transport) · fi siirtää (to carry or transfer a telephone number) · bg пренасям (to carry or transfer a telephone number) · vi chuyển đổi (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · tr uyarlamak (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · fr porter (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · sw mabandari (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · sv portera (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · ru портировать (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · pt portar (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · hi पोर्ट करना (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · pl konwertować (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · fi siirtää (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · no porte (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · eo porti (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · sv porta (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · cmn 移植 (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · fi portata (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) · ru переносить (to carry, bear, or transport)

port en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Named from Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

Forms

Coordinates

Marsala · marsala · sherry · madeira · Madeira

Deriveds

vintage port · port-winy · port tong · port flip · claret would be port if it could · ruby port · port-winey · port-wine stain · port-wine mark · portlike

Synonyms

port wine · porto · Porto

Translations (35)

it porto (fortified wine) · ko 포트 와인 (fortified wine) · pl portwajn (fortified wine) · es vino de Oporto (fortified wine) · pl porto (fortified wine) · cs portské (fortified wine) · gl porto (fortified wine) · ga pórtfhíon (fortified wine) · mi pōta (fortified wine) · hu portói bor (fortified wine) · ga pórt (fortified wine) · pt vinho do Porto (fortified wine) · et portvein (fortified wine) · hy պորտվեյն (fortified wine) · no port (fortified wine) · ru портве́йн (fortified wine) · yi פּאָרטווײַן (fortified wine) · el πορτό (fortified wine) · is púrtvín (fortified wine) · yue 砵酒 (fortified wine) · ja ポート・ワイン (fortified wine) · fr vin de Porto (fortified wine) · nl porto (fortified wine) · el οίνος Πορτογαλίας (fortified wine) · nl port (fortified wine) · de Portwein (fortified wine) · hu portói (fortified wine) · sw mabandari (fortified wine) · fi portviini (fortified wine) · nrf vîn d'Porto (fortified wine) · no portvin (fortified wine) · ja ポートワイン (fortified wine) · bg портвайн (fortified wine) · is portvín (fortified wine) · sv portvin (fortified wine)

port en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Clipping of portmanteau.

Meanings

1. A suitcase or schoolbag.
   • As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.” “What?” asked Penny. “Your port - your school bag, silly. It goes in there.” 2001, Sally de Dear, The House on Pig Island, page 8:
   • How do you think the cane toads got into this pristine environment? Joseph Midnight brought them in his port from Townsville, smuggled them in, not that anyone was there to stop him. 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 53:
   • No, she just paid up proper-like t' the end of the week, an' orf she went with 'er port, down t' the station, I suppose. 1964, George Johnston, My Brother Jack:

Forms

Deriveds

school port

port en · NOUN · etymology 6

Pronunciation

• /poɾt/ (Scotland)
• /poːt/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
• /pɔət/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
• /poɹt/ (General-American)
• /poːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /pɔːt/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /poət/ (Eastern-New-England)

Etymology

Clipping of portfolio.

Meanings

1. (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist or investor.
   • This is a logical way to order your work, but use it only if you're confident the first piece in your port is a strong one. Also note that this style of arrangement works best if all the pieces are in the same category. 2011, Debbie Rose Myers, The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design, page 53:

Forms

Relateds

port de bras