porcella

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Syllabification: 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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /porˈkel.la/, [pɔrˈkɛlːʲä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈt͡ʃel.la/, [porˈt͡ʃɛlːä]

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.

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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