porcella
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin porcella, from porcellus, from Latin porcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: por‧cèl‧la
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Feminine of porcellus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /porˈkel.la/, [pɔrˈkɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃel.la/, [porˈt͡ʃɛlːä]
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.
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