porche

== Aromanian == === Alternative forms === poarcã === Etymology === From Latin porca. Compare Romanian poarcă. === Noun === porche f (plural portsi) sow (female pig) ==== Related terms ==== porc purtsiau, purtsel == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French porche, inherited from Latin porticus. Doublet of portique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁʃ/ Hyphenation: porche === Noun === porche m (plural porches) (architecture) porch, portico (decorated or ornate entrance to a building) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “porche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ke/ Rhymes: -ɔrke Hyphenation: pòr‧che === Adjective === porche feminine plural of porco === Noun === porche f plural of porca (all senses) == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin porticus. === Noun === porche oblique singular, m (oblique plural porches, nominative singular porches, nominative plural porche) porch (decorated or ornate entrance to a building) ==== Related terms ==== porte ==== Descendants ==== French: porche → Irish: póirse → Latin: porchia → Middle English: porche English: porch == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Catalan porxe, variant of porxo, from Latin porticus. Doublet of pórtico. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoɾt͡ʃe/ [ˈpoɾ.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -oɾtʃe Syllabification: por‧che === Noun === porche m (plural porches) veranda, verandah; stoop; porch Synonym: veranda ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “porche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025