porpeys

Middle English

Alternative forms

perpes, porpais, porpas, purpays, porpes, porpeyse, porpos, porpoys, porpus, purpaysse, purpeys, purpois, purpose, purpoys

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French porpeis, from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis; compare pork.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔrˈpæi̯s/, /ˈpɔrpis/

Noun

porpeys

porpoise (cetacean of family Phocoenidae)
Synonyms: (rare) brunswyn, mereswyn
porpoise meat (as food)
Synonym: (rare) tumberel

Descendants

English: porpoise
Scots: porpoise

References

“porpeis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.