porc/pɔʁ/
noun · A2 · Frequency 2067
nounmasculine
Meanings
pig; pork
Refers to the animal itself and its meat.
dirty pig; contemptible person
Slang usage to describe a dirty or contemptible person.
cop (slang)
Derogatory slang term for police officers.
Examples
Le boucher a préparé un rôti de porc pour le repas de dimanche.
The butcher prepared a pork roast for Sunday dinner.
Quel porc, il a jeté ses déchets par terre devant tout le monde.
What a dirty pig; he threw his rubbish on the ground in front of everyone.
Un porc a contrôlé les papiers du conducteur à la sortie du stade.
A cop checked the driver's papers outside the stadium.
Collocations
- viande de porcpork
- sale porcdirty pig
Common mistakes
le porc est un animal
le porc est un animal domestique
Porc refers to domestic pig, emphasizing its domesticated nature; simply calling it an animal is not precise enough.
il est un porc sale
il est un porc
In slang, porc directly means a contemptible person, no need to add the adjective 'sale'.
Related words
synonymcochonpig
nounmasculine
Meanings
pig; pork
Refers to the animal itself and its meat.
dirty pig; contemptible person
Slang usage to describe a dirty or contemptible person.
cop (slang)
Derogatory slang term for police officers.
Examples
Les porcs cherchent de la nourriture dans la cour.
The pigs are looking for food in the yard.
Ces porcs ont abandonné leur collègue au moment le plus difficile.
Those contemptible people abandoned their colleague at the most difficult moment.
Les porcs ont contrôlé les papiers de tous les passagers.
The cops checked all the passengers' papers.