porro

See also: porrò

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. leek

References


Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. (botany) leek
  2. (slang) a cigarette made with cannabis, joint

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈporːo/, [ˈpo̞rːo̞]
  • Hyphenation: por‧ro

Noun

porro

  1. Synonym of valkoporro (Ballota nigra)
  2. any plant of the genus Ballota
  3. (in the plural) the genus Ballota

Declension

Inflection of porro (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative porro porrot
genitive porron porrojen
porroiden
porroitten
partitive porroa porroja
porroita
illative porroon porroihin
singular plural
nominative porro porrot
accusative nom. porro porrot
gen. porron
genitive porron porrojen
porroiden
porroitten
partitive porroa porroja
porroita
inessive porrossa porroissa
elative porrosta porroista
illative porroon porroihin
adessive porrolla porroilla
ablative porrolta porroilta
allative porrolle porroille
essive porrona porroina
translative porroksi porroiksi
instructive porroin
abessive porrotta porroitta
comitative porroineen

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese porro, from Latin porrum (leek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔro/

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. (botany) leek
    Synonym: allo porro
  2. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)

Derived terms

References

  • porro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • porro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • porro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • porro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ro/, [ˈpɔr̺r̺o]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrro
  • Stress: pòrro
  • Hyphenation: por‧ro

Noun

porro m (plural porri)

  1. leek
  2. wart
    Synonym: verruca

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Bor

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρρω (pórrhō) (Attic) for πρόσω (prósō), from πρό (pró).

Adverb

porrō (comparative porrius, superlative porrissimē)

  1. further
  2. onwards

References

  • porro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • porro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese porro, from Latin porrum (leek).

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, a vegetable)
    Synonyms: alho-francês, alho-porro, alho-poró

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈporo/

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum, possibly through Catalan porro. Compare the inherited form puerro.

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. (botany) leek
    Synonym: puerro

Etymology 2

From porra.

Adjective

porro (feminine singular porra, masculine plural porros, feminine plural porras)

  1. (colloquial) stupid

Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

  1. joint, reefer
Synonyms
Derived terms
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