porcella
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin porcella, from porcellus, from Latin porcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: por‧cèl‧la
Noun
porcella f (plural porcelle)
- female equivalent of porcello (“piglet”)
- slut, bitch, goer
Related terms
- porca
Anagrams
- carpello, percallo, procella
Latin
Etymology
Feminine of porcellus.
Pronunciation
- (Late Old Latin) IPA(key): /porˈkella/
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /porˈkɛlla/
Noun
porcella f (genitive porcellae); first declension
- (pre-Classical, Late Latin) female piglet
- (vulgar) a woman's vulva, pussy
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | porcella | porcellae |
| Genitive | porcellae | porcellārum |
| Dative | porcellae | porcellīs |
| Accusative | porcellam | porcellās |
| Ablative | porcellā | porcellīs |
| Vocative | porcella | porcellae |
Descendants
- Aromanian: purtseauã
- Catalan: porcella
- Italian: porcella
- Romanian: purcea
- Romansch: purtscheala
- Sicilian: purcedda
- Venetian: porseła
References
- “porcella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- porcella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette