Home › Words › P › porretporret/ˈpɒɹɪt/porret means A scallion; a leek or small onion.porret is pronounced /ˈpɒɹɪt/.EtymologyFrom Middle English poret, from Old French por(r)et, porete, from Medieval Latin porretum. See porraceous.nounA scallion; a leek or small onion.e.g.“Why garlic, molyes, and porrets have white roots, deep green leaves, and black seeds?” — 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).