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

Related terms

• porca

Anagrams

• carpello, percallo, procella

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of porcellus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /porˈkel.la/, [pɔrˈkɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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.