portable

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French portable.

Adjective

portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)

1. Able to be carried or easily moved.
2. (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

Translations

able to be carried

• Armenian: շարժական (šaržakan)
• Asturian: portátil
• Catalan: portàtil, portable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕便的, 轻便的 (qīngbiàn de)

• Czech: přenosný m
• Danish: bærbar
• Dutch: draagbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: portebla
• Finnish: kannettava (fi), matka-, siirrettävä
• French: portable (fr), portatif (fr)
• Galician: portátil
• German: portabel (de), tragbar (de)

• Greek: φορητός (el) (foritós)
• Italian: portatile (it)
• Norwegian: bærbar, portabel
• Polish: przenośny (pl) m
• Portuguese: portátil (pt), portável
• Russian: переносно́й (ru) (perenosnój), портати́вный (ru) (portatívnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nosivo, nosiv
• Spanish: portátil (es)
• Welsh: cludadwy (cy)

running on multiple systems

• Finnish: siirrettävä
• German: portabel (de)
• Norwegian: portabel

• Polish: przenośny (pl) m
• Portuguese: portável
• Spanish: portable

Derived terms

• hand-portable
• man-portable
• portableness
• portability

See also

• hand-held
• transportable

Noun

portable (plural portables)

1. A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.
2. Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school.
3. (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
4. (computing) a portable computer

Synonyms

• (portable toilet): portable toilet, port-a-john, porta-kybo, portaloo, porta-potty, port-a-san, port-o-let, sani-privy, turdis

Translations

A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse

• Finnish: bajamaja (fi)

• Norwegian: bæsj-and-carry m

Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school

• Norwegian: brakke c

A hand-held electronic gaming device

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French

Etymology

From Latin portabilis, from portare or porter + -able.

Adjective

portable (masculine and feminine, plural portables)

1. portable

Related terms

• portatif

Noun

La fonction principale des portables (1) est de téléphoner.

Travail sur un portable. (2)

portable m (plural portables)

1. a cell phone
2. a laptop

Synonyms

• (cell phone): mobile m, téléphone portable m
• (laptop): ordinateur portable m

External links

• “portable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).