porc
part of speech
noun (French: le porc)
meaning for a pupil
1) (French) «Porc» is the French word for pig, and also for pork, the meat from a pig. It is said roughly «por», with no «c» sound. tree →
2) It is not an English word; in English the meat is «pork» and the animal is «pig». tree →
sense in the lessons
In French lessons it appears in food topics and on menus: «du porc» means some pork, «une côtelette de porc» is a pork chop. Learners spot that English «pork» came from French after the Norman Conquest, when Norman nobles ate meat with French names (pork, beef, mutton) while English farmers kept the animals with English names (pig, cow, sheep). Phrases: «le porc», «du porc», «rôti de porc» (roast pork).
examples
- On the French menu, «rôti de porc» means roast pork. tree →
- «Je ne mange pas de porc» means «I don't eat pork». tree →
- In French, porc sounds like «por». tree →
- English «pork» comes from French «porc». tree →
- The farmer's pig is «un porc» or «un cochon» in French. tree →
- Some people do not eat pork for religious reasons, so the canteen labels dishes with porc. tree →
- Our French worksheet matched «le porc» to a picture of ham. tree →
note
French noun, masculine: le porc. Not English: do not write «porc» in English sentences; write «pork». The final «c» is silent in French. A live pig is more often «un cochon» in everyday French.
Trees and pragmatics
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