Meanings
porch1
nounporch (plural porches)
plural porches
- architectureA covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.
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But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - A portico; a covered walk.
- The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.
2012, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo
Porch2
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).
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Origin
- Latinporticus“portico”
- Middle Englishporche
- Englishporch
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παστάς, παστάς
- παστάς (pastás)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- παστάς (pastás)a portico; a covered walk
Arabic رِوَاق, رُوَاق
- رِوَاق (riwāq)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- رُوَاق (ruwāq)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- شُرْفَة (šurfa)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Basque apiriku
- apirikua covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Bengali বারান্দা, রোয়াক
- বারান্দা (baranda)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- রোয়াক (roak)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Bulgarian вера́нда
- вера́нда (veránda)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Catalan porxo, pòrtic
- porxoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- pòrtica covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Chinese Mandarin 門廊 /门廊, 玄關 /玄关
- 門廊 /门廊 (ménláng)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- 玄關 /玄关 (xuánguān)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Czech veranda
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Danish veranda, vindfang
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- vindfanga covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- bislaga covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Dutch veranda, portiek
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portieka covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Esperanto porĉo, alero
- porĉoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- aleroa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portikoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portikoa portico; a covered walk
Estonian veranda
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Finnish porstua, kuisti
- porstuaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- kuistia covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- pylväshallia portico; a covered walk
French porche, véranda
- porchea covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- vérandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portiquea covered and enclosed entrance to a building
German Vorbau, Vordach
- Vorbaua covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- Vordacha covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- Verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- Windfanga covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- Vorrauma covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Hebrew מִרְפֶּסֶת
- מִרְפֶּסֶת (mirpéset)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Hindi द्वारमण्डप, बरामदा
- द्वारमण्डप (dvārmaṇḍap)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- बरामदा (barāmdā)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- द्वारमण्डप (dvārmaṇḍap)a portico; a covered walk
Hungarian tornác, veranda
- tornáca covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Irish póirse
- póirsea covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Italian veranda, portico
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- porticoa portico; a covered walk
Japanese ポーチ, 玄関
- ポーチ (pōchi)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- 玄関 (genkan)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Korean 현관, 포치
- 현관 (hyeon'gwan)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- 포치 (pochi)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Latin porticus, porticus
- porticusa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- porticusa portico; a covered walk
Latvian lievenis, veranda
- lievenisa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Lithuanian veranda
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Māori mahau, whakamahau
- mahaua covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- whakamahaua covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- kōihia covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- tupehaua covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- pikitaraa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- kopa pākaia covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Norwegian veranda
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Persian ایوان
- ایوان (eyvân)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Polish ganek, przedsionek
- ganeka covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- przedsioneka covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portyka portico; a covered walk
Portuguese alpendre, pórtico
- alpendrea covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- pórticoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- varandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Romanian verandă, portic
- verandăa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- portica covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Russian крыльцо́, вера́нда
- крыльцо́ (krylʹcó)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- вера́нда (veránda)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- по́ртик (pórtik)a portico; a covered walk
- кры́тая галере́я (krýtaja galeréja)a portico; a covered walk
Scottish Gaelic fosglan
- fosglana covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Slovak veranda
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Spanish pórtico, porche
- pórticoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- porchea covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- pórticoa portico; a covered walk
- soportala portico; a covered walk
Swedish veranda, förstukvist
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- förstukvista covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Tagalog portiko
- portikoa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Thai เฉลียง, มุข
- เฉลียง (chlǐiang)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- มุข (múk)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- ระเบียง (rá-biiang)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Turkish sundurma, veranda
- sundurmaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- verandaa covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Ukrainian ґа́нок, вера́нда
- ґа́нок (gánok)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- вера́нда (veránda)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Welsh porth, cyntedd
- portha covered and enclosed entrance to a building
- cyntedda covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Yiddish גאַניק
- גאַניק (ganik)a covered and enclosed entrance to a building
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with porch
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APA
porch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch
MLA
“porch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch.
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