Port

Port

See also: port, PORT, pórt, port., and Port.

English

Proper noun

Port

1. A city in Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro, after which port wine is named
2. A surname​.

Anagrams

• Prot., prot-, torp, trop, trop.

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German port, borrowed from Old French port, itself borrowed from Latin portus (“harbor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁt/, [pɔɐ̯t]

Noun

Port m (genitive Portes or Ports, plural Porte)

1. (poetic, obsolete) haven (place of safety)
2. (obsolete) harbor, port

Declension

Declension of Port

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Port	die	Porte
genitive	eines	des	Portes, Ports	der	Porte
dative	einem	dem	Port, Porte1	den	Porten
accusative	einen	den	Port	die	Porte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Descendants

• → Russian: порт (port)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English port, ultimately from Latin porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːt/

Noun

Port m (genitive Ports, plural Ports)

1. (computer hardware, networking) port

Declension

Declension of Port

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Port	die	Ports
genitive	eines	des	Ports	der	Ports
dative	einem	dem	Port	den	Ports
accusative	einen	den	Port	die	Ports

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Old English

Etymology

Back-formation from Portesmūþa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /port/

Proper noun

Port m

1. A male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “Port” on page 777/1 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)