porte-parole
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French porte-parole.
Noun
[edit]porte-parole (plural porte-paroles)
- A spokesperson, one who speaks on another's behalf.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From porter + parole. First attested in 1552 as Middle French porteparolle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]porte-parole m or f by sense (plural porte-parole)
- spokesperson; spokesman, spokeswoman
- Synonyms: représentant, truchement
- 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde[1]:
- Cette restriction du passage à la frontière germano-autrichienne, principale porte d’entrée des réfugiés sur le territoire allemand et ultime étape du périple de la plupart des réfugiés fuyant la guerre ou la pauvreté, prend effet « immédiatement », selon une porte-parole du ministère allemand de l’Intérieur à l’Agence France Presse.
- This restriction on crossing the German-Austrian border, the main gateway for refugees to German territory and the final stage in the exodus of most refugees fleeing war or poverty, will take effect "immediately", according to a spokesperson of the German Ministry of the Interior to Agence France Presse.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: porte-parole
Further reading
[edit]- “porte-parole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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