meat from a domestic hog or pig
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porc
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for porc.
Editorial note
You would get bad smells from the cattle farmer muckspreading or the porc farmer cleaning out.
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Quick take
meat from a domestic hog or pig
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for porc.
noun
meat from a domestic hog or pig
Example sentences
You would get bad smells from the cattle farmer muckspreading or the porc farmer cleaning out.
Not to mention porc, which is, among other bad things, associated with dirty.
Old English had cognates of all three words: feahr (porc), swin and picga.
Similar to how English uses French words for foods because cuisine was a thing of the elite and they didn't eat pig, they ate porc.
Etymologically, English uses different words for animals than the meat, and the food word comes from the french (cow/beef/boeuf, pig/pork/porc, sheep/mutton/mouton).
French asked for porc, but didn't want a swine.
Rich folk ate in French, and that's why we get terms like pork (porc), beef (boeuf), veal (veau), and mutton (mouton).
English doesn’t because the word for the animal is Germanic from Old English (pig, cow, sheep) and the word for the meat is from Norman French (pork from porc, beef from boeuf, mutton from mouton).
* Beef from Boeuf * Mutton from Mouton * Pork from porc * etc...
Cochon and porc are both used for the live animal, and both used for the food as well (cochon is a bit less used for food, but still common enough).
Boeuf (Beef), Mouton (Mutton), Porc (Pork).
I think you mixed up the words a little, pork and beef are of French origin, compare with modern French porc and bœuf, the germanic words are pig and cow.
Quote examples
But if we called it "terrine de porc à la semoule de maïs" and served it with microgreens they'd sell it for $28 as an appetizer.
[0] and afaik culinary names come from the corresponding animal's name in french: beef comes from boeuf (~ox, a castrated bos taurus male), pork from porc, veal is veau, mutton is mouton and venison is venaison (replaced by "gibier" in modern french).
The peasant Anglo-Saxons, who could not afford to eat such meats, used English names for the animals they took care of: English English French Animal Food Animal ------ ------- ------ cow beef bœuf (adulte mâle castré) calf veal veau ou velle (f.) (jeune jusqu'à 6 mois) pig pork porc sheep mutton mouton deer venison Norman French venaison ("to hunt"; once included boars, hares,...) Peasants could afford chickens.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use porc in a sentence?
You would get bad smells from the cattle farmer muckspreading or the porc farmer cleaning out.
What does porc mean?
meat from a domestic hog or pig
What part of speech is porc?
porc is commonly used as noun.