English winemaking term
How to pronounce Port
Port is pronounced PORT, written /pɔrt/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The stress falls on PORT.
PORT
IPA /pɔrt/
What is Port?
A fortified wine from the Douro Valley in Portugal ranging from ruby to tawny styles.
Other accepted pronunciations
These are also correct, and Vinolingo scores them as correct:
- PORT (rhotic) — American rhotic [pɔrt].
Tips for saying it
Often heard as POTT.
Port has a long vowel as in sport, with or without the r, never the short o of pot: PORT.
Related pronunciations
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