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:

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Noun

porte f (plural portes)

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

Derived terms

• être à la porte
• porte-cochère
• porte-parole
• portière (car door)
• portier (doorman)

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔrte

Noun

porte f

1. plural of porta

Derived terms

• alle porte

Verb

porte

1. feminine plural past participle of porgere

Anagrams

• 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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Novial

Noun

1. 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.

4. posture
5. capacity

Synonyms

• (size): tamanho
• (posture): postura
• (capacity): capacidade

Verb

porte

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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. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of portar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of portar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of portar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of portar.