porter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman portour, from Old French porteor, from Latin portātor, from past participle of portare (“to carry”)

Noun

porter (plural porters)

1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.

   By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman portour, from Old French portier, from Late Latin portarius (“gatekeeper”), from porta (“gate”).

Noun

porter (plural porters)

1. A person in control of the entrance to a building.
2. In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
3. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
4. (Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
5. (computing) One who ports software (converts it to another platform).

Coordinate terms

• (strong, dark ale): beer, stout

Translations

a person who carries luggage and related objects

• Finnish: kantaja (fi)
• French: porteur (fr) m
• Gallo: portou m
• German: Gepäckträger (de) m
• Greek: αχθοφόρος (el) (achthofóros) m
• Hungarian: hordár (hu)
• Jèrriais: portchi m, porteur m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باربه‌ر (ku) (barber), حه‌ماڵ (ku) (hemal)

• Maori: kaiamo (mi)
• Maori: kaiamo (mi)
• Russian: носильщик (ru) (nosíl'š'ik) m, грузчик (ru) (grúzčik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: nòsāč (sh) m, nosàčica (sh) f
• Spanish: mozo (es) m, cargador (es) m, changador (es) m, changarín (es) m, faquín (es) m, fardero (es) m, gallego (es) m, mecapal (es) m, porteador (es) m, soguilla (es) m
• Swahili: mfinyanzi (sw)

in the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away

• Swahili: mfinyanzi (sw)

a strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong

• Finnish: portteri (fi)
• French: porter (fr) m
• Jèrriais: porteur m

• Russian: портер (ru) (pórter) m
• Swahili: mfinyanzi (sw)
• Swedish: porter (sv) c

(Ireland) another name for stout — see stout

Verb

porter (third-person singular simple present porters, present participle portering, simple past and past participle portered)

1. To serve as a porter, to carry.

Anagrams

• Perrot, perrot, pretor, proter, report

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Catalan

Noun

porter m (plural porters)

1. goalkeeper

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin portō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔʁ.te/

• audio

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Verb

porter

1. to carry
2. to support, to bear
3. to wear
4. (of a subject) to be about, to concern
5. (reflexive, se porter) to feel

   Je me porte mieux. — I am feeling better.

   Il se porte bien. — He's in good health.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of porter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		porter			avoir porté
gerund		en portant			en ayant porté
present participle		portant
past participle		porté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	porte	portes	porte	portons	portez	portent
	imperfect	portais	portais	portait	portions	portiez	portaient
	past historic1	portai	portas	porta	portâmes	portâtes	portèrent
	future	porterai	porteras	portera	porterons	porterez	porteront
	conditional	porterais	porterais	porterait	porterions	porteriez	porteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	porte	portes	porte	portions	portiez	portent
	imperfect1	portasse	portasses	portât	portassions	portassiez	portassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	porte	—	portons	portez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• porter plainte
• porté disparu
• se porter garant de

Related terms

• porteur

Etymology 2

From English porter.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
• Homophone: portèrent

Noun

porter m (plural porters)

1. porter (beer)
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:

     il […] étancha sa soif avec le porter, cette bière noire qui sent le jus de réglisse dépouillé de sucre.

     He quenched his thirst with some porter, that dark beer which smells of unsweetened liquorice.

Anagrams

• Perrot

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French porter, from Latin portō, portāre.

Verb

porter

1. to carry

Derived terms

• porter un coup (“to strike”)
• portchi (“porter”)

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Latin

Verb

porter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of portō

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin portō.

Verb

porter

1. to carry

   porter la banniere

   to carry the banner

Conjugation

   Conjugation of porter

		simple			compound
infinitive		porter			avoir porté
gerund		en portant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		portant
past participle		porté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	porte	portes	porte	portons	portez	portent
	imperfect	portois, portoys	portois, portoys	portoit, portoyt	portions, portyons	portiez, portyez	portoient, portoyent
	past historic	porta	portas	porta	portasmes	portastes	porterent
	future	porterai, porteray	porteras	portera	porterons	porterez	porteront
	conditional	porterois, porteroys	porterois, porteroys	porteroit, porteroyt	porterions, porteryons	porteriez, porteryez	porteroient, porteroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	porte	portes	porte	portons	portez	portent
	imperfect	portasse	portasses	portast	portassions	portassiez	portassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	porte	—	portons	portez	—

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin portō.

Verb

porter

1. to carry

   porter la baniere

   to carry the banner

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of porter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		porter			avoir porté, portez
gerund		en portant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		portant
past participle		porté, portez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	porte, port	portes, ports	porte, port	portons	portez, portés	portent
	imperfect	portoe, porteie, portoie	portoes, porteies, portoies	portot, porteit, portoit	portions, portiions	portiez, portiiez	portoent, portient, portoient
	past historic	portai	portas	porta	portames	portastes	porterent
	future	porterai	porteras	portera	porterons	porterez, portereiz	porteront
	conditional	porteroe, portereie, porteroie	porteroes, portereies, porteroies	porterot, portereie, porteroie	porterions, porteriions	porteriez, porteriiez	porteroent, portereient, porteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	porte, port	portes, ports	porte, port	portons	portez	portent
	imperfect	portasse	portasses	portast	portissons	portissez, portissiez	portassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	porte	—	portons	portez	—