Meanings
nounporridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)
plural porridges · alternative Scotland parritch · alternative porage · alternative porrige
- uncountableusuallyA dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
Eat your porridge while it's hot!
1 more example
There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.
1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pap
- papbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Ancient Greek ἀθάρη, πτισάνη
- ἀθάρη (athárē)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- πτισάνη (ptisánē)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- πόλτος (póltos)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Arabic ثَرِيد, عَصِيدَة
- ثَرِيد (ṯarīd)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- عَصِيدَة (ʕaṣīda)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Basque ahi, morokil
- ahibreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- morokilbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Bulgarian ка́ша
- ка́ша (káša)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Catalan farinetes
- farinetesbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Chinese Cantonese 粥, 麥片 /麦片
- 粥 (zuk¹)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- 麥片 /麦片breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Chinese Mandarin 粥
- 粥 (zhōu)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Czech kaše
- kašebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Danish grød
- grødbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Dutch pap
- papbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Esperanto griaĵo, kaĉo
- griaĵobreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- kaĉobreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Estonian puder
- puderbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Finnish puuro, kakku
- puurobreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- kakkuslang: prison sentence
French bouillie, porridge
- bouilliebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- porridgebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- gruaubreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
German Brei
- Breibreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Greek χυλός, κουάκερ
- χυλός (chylós)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- κουάκερ (kouáker)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Hebrew דייסה
- דייסה (daysá)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Hindi दलिया
- दलिया (daliyā)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Hungarian kása, börtönbüntetés
- kásabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- börtönbüntetésslang: prison sentence
Indonesian bubur
- buburbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Irish leite
- leitebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Italian porridge, pappa d'avena
- porridgebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- pappa d'avenabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- zuppa d'avenabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Japanese ポリッジ, 粥
- ポリッジ (porijji)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- 粥breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- 雑炊 (zousui)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Korean 포리지
- 포리지 (poriji)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Latin puls, pappa
- pulsbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- pappabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Latvian putra
- putrabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Lithuanian košė
- košėbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Malay bubur
- buburbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Māori pāreti, pākū
- pāretibreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- pākūbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Norwegian grøt
- grøtbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Persian فرنی, حریره
- فرنی (ferni)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- حریره (harire)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- هریسه (harise)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Polish owsianka, odsiadka
- owsiankabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- odsiadkaslang: prison sentence
Portuguese mingau, papa
- mingaubreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- papabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Punjabi ਦਲੀਆ
- ਦਲੀਆ (dalīā)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Romanian păsat, terci
- păsatbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- tercibreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Russian ка́ша, овся́нка
- ка́ша (káša)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- овся́нка (ovsjánka)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Scottish Gaelic lite, brochan
- litebreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- brochanbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Slovak kaša
- kašabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Spanish gachas, puches
- gachasbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- puchesbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
- papillabreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Swahili uji
- ujibreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Swedish gröt
- grötbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Tagalog lugaw
- lugawbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Ukrainian ка́ша
- ка́ша (káša)breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Vietnamese cháo
- cháobreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Welsh uwd
- uwdbreakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with porridge
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
porridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porridge
MLA
“porridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porridge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porridge.
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