Phrase guide

port wine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: port

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fortified wine

History

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese vinho do Porto, wherein the city name Porto is etymologically identical to the word porto (“port”).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِينَاء النَّبِيذ (mīnāʔ an-nabīḏ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Arabic: نَبِيذ بُورْتُو (nabīḏ būrtū) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Armenian: պորտվեյն (portveyn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Belarusian: партве́йн (partvjéjn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Bulgarian: по́рто (pórto) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Bulgarian: по̀ртвайн (pòrtvajn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波酒 (bōjiǔ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波特酒 (bōtèjiǔ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 缽酒 /钵酒 (bōjiǔ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 砵酒 (bōjiǔ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波爾圖葡萄酒 /波尔图葡萄酒 (Bō'ěrtú pútáojiǔ) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Czech: portské — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Danish: portvin — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Dutch: porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Dutch: port — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Esperanto: portovino — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Estonian: portvein — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Faroese: portvín — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Finnish: portviini — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • French: vin de Porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • French: porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Galician: porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Georgian: პორტვაინი (ṗorṭvaini) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Georgian: პორტვეინი (ṗorṭveini) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • German: Portwein — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Greek: πορτό (portó) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Greek: οίνος Πορτογαλίας (oínos Portogalías) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Hungarian: portói — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Icelandic: púrtvín — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Italian: porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Japanese: ポートワイン (pōtowain) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Korean: 포트 포도주 (poteu podoju) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Korean: 포트 와인 (poteu wain) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Latvian: portvīns — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Lithuanian: portveinas — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Norwegian: portvin — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Norwegian: port — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Polish: portwajn — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Portuguese: vinho do Porto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Russian: портве́йн (portvéjn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Slovak: portské — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Spanish: vino de Oporto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Spanish: oporto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Swedish: portvin — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Tagalog: tinto — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Ukrainian: портве́йн (portvéjn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Uzbek: portveyn — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
  • Yiddish: פּאָרטווײַן (portvayn) — A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal