English-Thai Dictionary

porch

N ชานบ้าน  ลาน  ระเบียง  เฉลียง  มุข  หน้ามุข  doorstep gallery veranda piazza chan-ban

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORCH

n.[L. porticus, from porta, a gate, entrance or passage, or from portus, a shelter. ] 1. In architecture, a kind of vestibule supported by columns at the entrance of temples, halls, churches or other buildings.
2. A portico; a covered walk.
3. By way of distinction, the porch, was a public portico in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples. It was called the painted porch, from the pictures of Polygnotus and other eminent painters, with which it was adorned. Hence, the Porch is equivalent to the school of the Stoics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORCH

Porch, n. Etym: [F. porche, L. porticus, fr. porta a gate, entrance, or passage. See Port a gate, and cf. Portico. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A covered and inclosed 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. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia. The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple. Dryden.

 

2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs. ] Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. Shak. The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki `lh stoa `. [See Poicile.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

porch

porch |pôrCH pɔrtʃ | ▶noun a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building. • a veranda. DERIVATIVES porched adjective, porch less adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade, ’ from porta ‘passage. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

porch

porch |pɔːtʃ | ▶noun a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building. • N. Amer. a veranda. DERIVATIVES porched adjective, porchless adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade ’, from porta ‘passage ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

porch

porch noun the chair would be ideal for a porch or patio: vestibule, foyer, entrance (hall ), entry, portico, lobby; veranda, terrace; stoop; Architecture lanai, tambour, narthex.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

porch

porch noun vestibule, foyer, entrance, entrance hall, entry, portal, portico, lobby, anteroom; N. Amer. ramada, stoop; Austral. /NZ sleepout; Indian mandapam; Architecture lanai, narthex, galilee, peristyle, stoa, colonnade, porte cochère, tambour.

 

French Dictionary

porche

porche n. m. nom masculin Construction destinée à abriter la porte d ’entrée d ’un édifice, d ’une maison. : Attendez-moi sous le porche de l ’immeuble, car il pleut.

 

porcherie

porcherie n. f. nom féminin 1 Bâtiment où l ’on garde les porcs. 2 figuré Lieu très sale.

 

Spanish Dictionary

porche

porche nombre masculino 1 Estructura exterior de un edificio que forma un acceso cubierto a la puerta principal de entrada y está apoyada sobre columnas o pilares .2 Estructura con cubierta soportada por columnas y arcadas a lo largo de una fachada o rodeando una plaza a modo de claustro .SINÓNIMO portal, pórtico, soportal .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del catalán porxe (actual porxo ) y este del latín vulgar porticus ‘pasaje cubierto ’. De la familia etimológica de puerta (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

porch

porch /pɔː r tʃ /名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 1 (家 教会などの屋根付きの )玄関 , 入り口 ; ポーチ (→house )▸ front [back ] porch 表玄関 [裏口 ]▸ step onto the porch (家の中から )玄関へ出る ; (外から )玄関に立つ .2 ｟主に米 ｠ベランダ .