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porch

/ˈpɔːtʃ/PAWRCH
/ˈpɔɹtʃ/PAWRCH

Meaninga covered walk by a gate

Common meaning: a covered entrance to a building

Journey through time

  1. Latinporticus‘a gallery, arcade’source
  2. Frenchporche‘a porch’source
  3. Middle Englishporchesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa gallery, arcade → a covered entrance to a buildingporch‘a covered entrance to a building’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin porticus ‘a covered walk by a gate’.

Roots

  • porticus Latin “a covered walk by a gate”

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