porcella

Italian

Etymology

    From Late Latin porcella, from porcellus, from Latin porcus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
    • Rhymes: -ɛlla
    • Hyphenation: por‧cèl‧la

    Noun

    porcella f (plural porcelle)

    1. female equivalent of porcello (piglet)
    2. slut, bitch, goer

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology

    Feminine of porcellus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    porcella f (genitive porcellae); first declension

    1. (pre-Classical, Late Latin) female piglet
    2. (vulgar) a woman's vulva, pussy

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    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
    • Venetan: 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.