portiere
English
Noun
portiere (plural portieres)
- Alternative spelling of portière
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French portier, from Late Latin portārius (“doorkeeper”, “gatekeeper”).
Surface analysis: porta (“door”) + -iere (“-er”, agent noun suffix)
Noun
portiere m (plural portieri, feminine portiera)
- doorman, janitor, concierge, caretaker, doorkeeper, porter
- Synonym: portinaio
- (sports) goalkeeper, keeper, goaltender, goalie
- Synonym: estremo difensore
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
portiere f
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛre
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛre/3 syllables
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-
- Italian terms borrowed from Middle French
- Italian terms derived from Middle French
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms suffixed with -iere
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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