pork

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig.
2. (US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, collective, countable, slang, uncountable) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution

Verb

To have sex with (someone).

Concepts

porc

cochon

viande de porc

viande porcine

cochonnerie

Synonymes

pig

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swine

ham

hog

pork barrel

bacon

🥓

porc

veal

pig meat

swine’s flesh

bounder

grunter

piggy

piglet

squealer

subsidy

Traductions

Schweinefleisch

maiale

🐖

carne de porco

cerdo

carne de cerdo

varkensvlees

χοιρινό

carne di maiale

Schwein

porco

🐖

porco

🐖

porc

🐖

porcina

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɔːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pork

Appartenant à ancien anglais: fearh

In summary

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”).
Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken.
Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.
US politics sense is related to pork barrel.