porte

See also: Porte, porté, and portë

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) porte

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of portar

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Danish

Noun

porte c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of port

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French

Etymology

From Old French porte, from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”). Compare English portal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁt/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

porte f (plural portes)

1. door
2. gate (to a city, at airport)
3. (figuratively) gateway, means, door

Derived terms

• aimable comme une porte de prison
• aux portes de la mort
• balayer devant sa porte
• enfoncer des portes ouvertes
• enfoncer une porte ouverte
• être à la porte
• frapper à la bonne porte
• journée portes ouvertes
• mettre à la porte
• mettre la clé sous la porte
• mettre la clef sous la porte
• porte à deux battants
• porte de sortie
• porte d’embarquement
• porte d’entrée
• porte moustiquaire
• porte papillon
• porte-cochère
• porte-parole
• portier (doorman)
• portière (car door)
• prendre la porte
• Sublime Porte
• trouver porte close
• voir midi à sa porte

 

Verb

porte

1. inflection of porter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

See also

• huis

Further reading

• “porte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• opter

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Galician

Verb

porte

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of portar

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Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: pòr‧te

Noun

porte f

1. plural of porta

Derived terms

• alle porte

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.te/, /ˈpor.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔrte, -orte
• Hyphenation: pòr‧te, pór‧te

Participle

porte f pl

1. feminine plural of porto (“(having) given, (having) handed”)

Anagrams

• petro-, poter

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Ladin

Verb

porte

1. inflection of porter:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French porte < Latin porta.

Noun

porte f (plural portes)

1. door

Etymology 2

See porter

Verb

porte

1. inflection of porter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French porte < Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

porte f (plural portes)

1. (Jersey) door

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tə/

Noun

porte oblique singular, f (oblique plural portes, nominative singular porte, nominative plural portes)

1. door

Descendants

• Middle French: porte
  • French: porte
• Norman: porte
• Walloon: poite

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from portar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: por‧te

Noun

porte m (plural portes)

1. postage (the charge for posting an item)
2. carrying, possession

   Portugal descriminou o porte de drogas para uso pessoal.

   Portugal has decriminalized the possession of drugs for personal use.

3. size

   Um homen de porte médio.

   A medium-sized man.

   Synonym: tamanho

4. posture

   Synonym: postura

5. capacity

   Synonym: capacidade

Verb

porte

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Noun

porte m (plural portes)

1. carriage, carrying

   Prohibe porte de armas ― Carrying of arms is prohibited

2. size, dimension

   Synonyms: tamaño, talla

3. freightage (price of transporting goods)
4. freight, cargo
5. appearance of a person

Related terms

• portar

Verb

porte

1. inflection of portar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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