Port

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English

Noun

Port (plural Ports)


  1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  2. A town or city containing such a place.
  3. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.

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Adjective

Port (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
    on the port side

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Noun

Port (plural Ports)
  1. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
      And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
    Him I accuse/The city ports by this hath enter'd — Shakespeare, Coriolanus (1623), V.vi.
    And from their ivory port the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour, — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV
  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... — Sir W. Raleigh
  3. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  5. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. 15px Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Computer port (hardware)
  6. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

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Verb

Port (third-person singular simple present Ports, present participle Porting, simple past and past participle Ported)

  1. (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
    They are easily ported by boat into other shires. — Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England
  2. (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays 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. — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV
  3. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform; to adapt a console video game title to be sold and played on another brand of console. 15px Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Porting
  4. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.Ferrarama 21:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

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Noun

Port (plural Ports)
  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.
    • late 14th c., Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, line 69:
      And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
      Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace [...].
  3. (military) 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. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; 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. (computing) (FreeBSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

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Noun

Port (plural Ports)


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

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Noun

Port (plural Ports)
  1. (Australian, colloquial) A schoolbag or suitcase.

Adjectives for Port

alluring; tropical; princely; delectable; centuried; heavenly; intervening; broad-brimmed; broad-armed; tranquil; convenient; favorite; neighboring; unfrequented; swaggering; blockaded; difficult; hostile; much-used.

Thesaurus

Gospel side, action, actions, activity, acts, address, aerodrome, affectation, air, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, anchorage, anchorage ground, aport, asylum, avenue, basin, bay, bay window, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, berth, bird sanctuary, blowhole, bourn, bow window, breakwater, brow, bulkhead, cantorial side, carriage, casement, casement window, cast, cast of countenance, channel, chuck, chute, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, counterclockwise, cover, covert, culture pattern, custom, debouch, demeanor, deportment, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, doing, doings, door, dry dock, egress, embankment, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, face, facial appearance, fan window, fanlight, favor, feature, features, field, floodgate, flume, folkway, forest preserve, game preserve, game sanctuary, garb, gestures, goal, goings-on, grille, groin, guise, harbor, harbor of refuge, harborage, haven, heliport, island, jetty, jutty, lancet window, landing, landing field, landing place, landing stage, lantern, larboard, last stop, lattice, left, left hand, left wing, left-hand, left-hand side, left-wing, left-winger, left-wingish, leftward, leftwardly, leftwards, levorotatory, liberal, light, lineaments, lines, looks, loophole, louver window, maintien, manner, manners, marina, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, mole, mooring, moorings, motions, movements, moves, near, near side, nigh, observable behavior, on the left, opening, oriel, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pane, pattern, physiognomy, picture window, pier, poise, pore, port tack, porthole, portside, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, preserve, procedure, proceeding, protected anchorage, quay, radical, refuge, retreat, riding, road, roads, roadstead, rose window, safe haven, safehold, sally port, sanctuary, seaport, seawall, set, shipyard, sinister, sinistrad, sinistral, sinistrally, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, skylight, slip, sluice, snug harbor, social science, spiracle, spout, stance, stop, stopping place, stronghold, style, tactics, tap, terminal, terminal point, terminus, to the left, tone, traits, transom, turn, vent, ventage, venthole, verso, visage, vomitory, way, way of life, way out, ways, weir, wharf, wicket, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane, wrong side

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poʊɹt/, /pɔːɹt/, /pɔːt/, SAMPA: /poUr\t/, /pO:r\t/, /pO:t/
  • Audio - 'a port' (UK)noicon(file)
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Etymology 1

Old English port, from Latin portus (“port, harbour”).

Etymology 2

From Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced in Middle English from Old French porte.

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Named from Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of portmanteau.

Translations

Noun

dock or harbour
town or city with a dock or harbour
left-hand side of a vessel — see larboard
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Adjective

of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel

Noun

entryway, portal — see portal
opening where a connection is made
computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred

Verb

computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform

Noun

computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting

Noun

fortified wine

Anglo-Norman

Noun

Port m. (oblique plural porz, nominative singular porz, nominative plural Port)

  1. port (docking station for watercraft)

Danish

Noun

Port c. (singular definite Porten, plural indefinite Porte)

  1. gate
  2. gateway

Etymology

From late Old Norse port, portr, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /port/, [pʰoɐ̯ˀd̥]

Inflection

    Inflection of Port
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Port Porten Porte Portene
genitive Ports Portens Portes Portenes

Dutch

Noun

Port n.

  1. postage

Noun

Port m.

  1. port, port wine, porto

Verb

Port

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of porren.
  2. plural imperative of porren.

French

Noun

Port m.

  1. port, harbour
  2. port, harbour city
  3. refuge
  4. act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
  5. transport
  6. postage
  7. stature, way of carrying oneself

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Norwegian

Noun

Port m.

  1. gate
  2. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
  3. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

Etymology

From late Old Norse port n., Middle Norwegian portr m., from Latin porta f..

Inflection

    Inflection of Port</small>
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m Port Porten Porter Portene
Nynorsk m Port Porten Portar Portane

References

  • “Port” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old English

Noun

Port m.

  1. port (for watercraft)

Etymology

Latin portus

Old French

Noun

Port m. (oblique plural porz, nominative singular porz, nominative plural port)

  1. port (for watercraft)

Etymology

Latin portus

Polish

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port

Noun

Port m.

  1. port, harbour (area for ships)
  2. port, a town or city containing such a place

Declension

    declension of Port
singular plural
nominative port porty
genitive portu portów
dative portowi portom
accusative port porty
instrumental portem portami
locative porcie portach
vocative porcie porty

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Romanian

Noun

Port n. (plural porturi)

  1. port (town with port)

Declension

declension of Port
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un Port portul niște porturi porturile
genitive/dative unui Port portului unor porturi porturilor
vocative — — — —
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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

  1. port, harbour
  2. tune

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Swedish

Noun

Declension of Port
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Port Porten Portar Portarna
genitive Ports Portens Portars Portarnas

Port c.

  1. entrance (into a building), gate, portal
  2. (computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

Etymology

From late Old Norse port n., portr m., from Latin porta f.. Computing sense loan-translation from English.

Pronunciation

See also

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