The word is in the Wiktionary

8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• porpoise n. A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
• porpoise n. (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.
• porpoise v. (Intransitive) Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly…
• porpoise v. (Intransitive) Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a…

— English words, defined in Latin —

• porpoise n.subs. Zool. Phocaena, sive tursio sive porcus marinus; animal quod zoologice Phocaena phocaena vocatur.
• porpoise n.subs. (Informaliter) Quisquam animal simile phocaenae, ut delphinus.

— English word, defined in French —

• porpoise n. Marsouin.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• porpoise s. Toninha.

36 English words from 4 English definitions

air aircraft America and animal Any aquatic breathing cetacean dolphin dolphins family imprecisely Intransitive landing make North North␣America of␣a of␣an off penguin plunges porpoise related repeatedly Said series small such such␣as taking taking␣off the whales when

4 English words from 4 foreign definitions

animal quod simile Zool.

9 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

delphinus Marsouin porcus porcus␣marinus Quisquam sive Toninha tursio Zool

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

porpoised porpoises porpoiselike

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

finless␣porpoises harbour␣porpoises

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

finless␣porpoise harbour␣porpoise

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ise ISE -ise I'se OIs OIS Oise OISE orp poi POI P.O.I. pois POIs POIS P.O.I.s poise POR RPO

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ESI IOP OPr. pro Pro PRO pro- Pro. -pro- prop prop- Prop. ROP SIOP

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

periopods porpoised porpoises

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

isopore opposer poopers poopier poopies propose soppier

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

portoise

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (12 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.