porridge

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porridge

/ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ UK
/ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
/ˈpɑɹɪd͡ʒ/ New York City, Philadelphia
/ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/ Australia
/ˈpɔ̟ɹəd͡ʒ/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒɹɪdʒ

Where it comes from

Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

noun porridges · parritch · porage · porrige

uncountable, usually A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast. Eat your porridge while it's hot!
UK, uncountable, usually Oat porridge; oatmeal.
Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable, usually Rice porridge; congee.
UK, slang, uncountable, usually A prison sentence. Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
rare, uncountable, usually A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pudding, samp, zhou, oatmeal, cereal, pease, pulp, grit, slurry, mush, lurch, mess, congee, porage, porrige, poddish

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noun breakfast cereal dish — see also oatmeal

Español	gachas, puches, papilla
한국어	포리지 poriji
日本語	ポリッジ porijji, 粥, 雑炊 zousui
中文	粥 zhōu
हिन्दी	दलिया daliyā
Kiswahili	uji
Português	mingau, papa
Français	bouillie, porridge, gruau
Deutsch	Brei
Italiano	porridge, pappa d'avena, zuppa d'avena
Ελληνικά	χυλός chylós, κουάκερ kouáker
Română	păsat, terci
Русский	ка́ша káša, овся́нка ovsjánka
Tiếng Việt	cháo
العربية	ثَرِيد ṯarīd, عَصِيدَة ʕaṣīda
עברית	דייסה daysá

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@misc{porridge_2026,
  title = {porridge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porridge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}