different between porch vs ramada

English

Etymology

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /po(?)?t?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /po?t?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?

Noun

porch (plural porches)

1. (architecture) A covered and enclosed 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.
2. A portico; a covered walk.
3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
   • 2012, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo

     By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:porch

Derived terms

• back porch
• front porch
• porch monkey
• snow porch
• wet porch

Translations

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} verönd f

See also

• loggia
• porte-cochère

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ramada, from rama (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m??d?/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

ramada (plural ramadas)

1. (US) A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches. [from 19th c.]
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     They sat in the shade of the pole and brush ramada in front of the place and sipped their drinks and looked out at the desolate stillness of the little crossroads at noon.

   • 2006, Wayne R Kime, Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, p. 23:

     As protection against the fierce heat, he caused a ramada to be constructed over and around his tent, which he employed only for sleeping.

   • 2008, Sally Binford & Lewis Binford, Archeology in Cultural Systems, p. 155:

     The well- built structure suggested that the occupation was not temporary, and the presence of the ramada indicated that at least part of the occupation was during warm weather.

Translations

Anagrams

• Armada, Damara, armada

Catalan

Etymology

rama +? -ada

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??ma.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra?ma.da/

Noun

ramada f (plural ramades)

1. A cluster of branches, foliage.

   Synonyms: brancam, brancatge

2. A herd, especially of sheep.

   Synonym: ramat

3. A flock of birds.

   Synonym: vol

Derived terms

• ramat

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From ramo +? -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?mada/, [ra?ma.ð?a]

Noun

ramada f (plural ramadas)

1. a cluster of branches, foliage
2. (Latin America) a shed or hut made of branches

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.