porte

See also: Porte, porté, and portë

Asturian

Verb

porte

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

Danish

Noun

porte c

1. indefinite plural of port

French

Etymology

Inherited 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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• 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

• aimable comme une porte de prison
• aux portes de la mort
• balayer devant sa porte
• enfoncer des portes ouvertes
• être à la porte
• frapper à la bonne porte
• journée portes ouvertes
• mettre à la porte
• mettre la clé 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

Galician

Verb

porte

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

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

Ladin

Verb

porte

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

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French porte < Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

porte f (plural portes)

1. (Jersey) door

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpor.te/, [ˈporˠ.te]

Noun

porte

1. dative singular of port

Old French

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾtə/

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: por‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from portar.

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

   Synonym: tamanho

   Um homen de porte médio.

   A medium-sized man.

4. posture

   Synonym: postura

5. capacity

   Synonym: capacidade

Etymology 2

Verb

porte

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾte/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: por‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from portar.

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

 

Etymology 2

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10