portefeuille

See also: Portefeuille

English

Etymology

From French portefeuille.

Noun

portefeuille (plural portefeuilles)

1. (archaic) An artist's portfolio.

Dutch

Etymology

From French portefeuille. Doublet of portfolio.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔr.təˈfœy̯.jə/
• Hyphenation: por‧te‧feuil‧le

Noun

portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles, diminutive portefeuilletje n)

1. wallet, billfold (small, folding sleeve for paper currency, driver's licence, and bank cards)

   Synonym: (general term) portemonnee

2. portfolio (post, set of responsibilities)

Related terms

• portfolio

French

Etymology

From porte (“carry”, third person singular indicative) +‎ feuille (“sheet, paper”). Cognate with Italian portafoglio (whence French portfolio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tə.fœj/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles)

1. wallet
2. folder
3. portfolio (investments)
4. (politics) portfolio

Synonyms

• (wallet): (slang, France) larfeuille

Descendants

• → Danish: portefølje
• → Dutch: portefeuille
• → German: Portefeuille
• → Limburgish: portefui
• → Norwegian Bokmål: portefølje
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: portefølje
• → Polish: portfel
• → Portuguese: porta-fólio
• → Russian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
  • → Romanian: portofel
• → Swedish: portfölj
• → Turkish: portföy
• → Ukrainian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
• → West Frisian: portefúlje

Further reading

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