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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porch

/pɔɹt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
porch
IPA
/pɔɹt͡ʃ/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

noun

A portico; a covered walk.

noun

The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

name

A surname.

name

The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɔɹt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /pɔːtʃ/

Inflected Forms

porches (plural)

Derived Forms

outporch porched porchful porchless porchlight porchlike porchscape porchway sunporch

Phrases

back porch Chicago porch front porch garage-porch porch monkey porch piracy porch pirate porch swing

Frequently Paired Words

loggia porte-cochère cloisters colonnade entrance entrance hall stoa veranda

Synonyms

Portico porch

Rhymes With

torch scorch dortch foertsch blorch

Questions

How do you pronounce porch?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɔɹt͡ʃ/.
What does porch mean?
A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
Where does porch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce porch

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