porket

English

Etymology

Diminutive of French porc. See pork.

Noun

porket (plural porkets)

  1. (archaic) A young hog; a pig.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      Adorned in white, a reverend priest appears, / And offerings to the flaming altars bears— ; / A porket, and a lamb that never suffered shears.
    • 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England:
      […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.

See also

Tagalog

Etymology

Univerbation of porke +‎ 't.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾket/ [ˈpoɾ.kɛt̪̚], /poɾˈket/ [poɾˈkɛt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -oɾket, -et
  • Syllabification: por‧ket

Conjunction

porket or porkét (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. just because
    Synonym: porke
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