portとは

語源 1

The old port of Dubrovnik

From 古期英語 port, from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (かつ thus distantly cognate with ford).

名詞

port (複数形 ports)

1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     peering in maps for ports and piers and roads

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
3. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.

同意語

• (place where ships dock): harbour, haven
• (town または city containing such a place): harbour city, harbour town, port city
• (left-hand side of a vessel): backboard, larboard, left

反意語

• (right-hand side of a vessel): starboard

派生語

関連する語

形容詞

port (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.

   on the port side

同意語

• larboard, left

反意語

• starboard

動詞

port (三人称単数 現在形 ports, 現在分詞 porting, 過去形および過去分詞形 ported)

1. (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.

   Port your helm!

語源 2

Inherited from the 古期英語 port, from the Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced by the Old French porte.

名詞

port (複数形 ports)

1. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:

     Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous […] .

   • 1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V.vi:

     Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd

   • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:

     And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour

2. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sir W. Raleigh, (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]

3. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
5. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.
6. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

下位語

派生語

• backport
• porthole
• (コンピューター): port forwarding

語源 3

From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.

動詞

port (三人称単数 現在形 ports, 現在分詞 porting, 過去形および過去分詞形 ported)

1. To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:

     They are easily ported by boat into other shires.

2. (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.

   Port arms!

   • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:

     […] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.

3. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.
4. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
5. (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

派生語

• port arms
• portage
• porter
• port-o-john, port-o-potty
• portly

名詞

port (複数形 ports)

1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
2. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
   • late 14th c., Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales, line 69:

     And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:

     Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]

   • (Can we date this quote?), South, (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world

3. (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
4. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.

   Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.

   The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.

5. (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

派生語

• (military): at the high port

語源 4

Named from Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

名詞

port (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ports)

1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

同意語

• (fortified wine): porto, port wine

語源 5

Abbreviation of portmanteau.

名詞

port (複数形 ports)

1. (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales and elsewhere, colloquial) A suitcase, particularly a schoolbag.
   • 1964, George Johnston, My Brother Jack:

     No, she just paid up proper-like t' the end of the week, an' orf she went with 'er port, down t' the station, I suppose.

   • 2001, Sally de Dear, The House on Pig Island‎^[1], page 8:

     As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.”
     “What?” asked Penny.
     “Your port - your school bag, silly. It goes in there.”

アナグラム

• Prot., prot-, torp, trop, trop.

発音

• IPA^(key): /port/

語源 1

Borrowed from Latin portus (“harbour”, “port”, “haven”, “warehouse”).

名詞

port m

1. a port, a haven (a harbour または harbor-town)
2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges

語形変化

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: port
  • English: port

参照

• “port” on pages 776–777 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)

語源 2

Borrowed from Latin porta (“gate”, “entrance”, “passage”, “door”).

名詞

port m

1. portal (a door または gate, an entrance)

語形変化

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

派生した語

• Middle English: port
  • English: port

参照

• “port” on page 777/1 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)

Usage note

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Foreign countries and regions", Table T10.3, p. 438-443.