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porter

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See also: Porter and pórter

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (to carry). By surface analysis, port (to carry) +‎ -er.

Noun

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porter (plural porters)

  1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.
    By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.
    • 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:
      Tips were an important part of porters' income, and at Christmas passengers felt there was extra pressure to give them - despite some perceiving the level of service to be poor.
  1. (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  2. (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
    • 1998, Michael McMillan, Perl from the Ground Up, page 45:
      [] useful only if you are a Perl porter or implementor and you want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English porter, portere, portare, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French portier, from Late Latin portarius (gatekeeper), from Latin porta (gate).

Noun

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porter (countable and uncountable, plural porters)

  1. (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
  2. (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
  3. (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
    Coordinate term: stout
  4. (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
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Descendants
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  • Irish: pórtar
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Verb

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porter (third-person singular simple present porters, present participle portering, simple past and past participle portered)

  1. To serve as a porter; to carry.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From porta +‎ -er or from Old Catalan porter, from Late Latin portārius, from Latin porta. Compare French portier.

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porter m (plural porters)

  1. doorman, doorkeeper, gatekeeper
  2. (sports) goalkeeper

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French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French porter, from Latin portāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (go, traverse).

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Verb

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porter

  1. to carry
  2. to support, to bear
  3. to wear
  4. (intransitive) to be about, to concern [with sur]
    Sur quoi portait la question ?What was the question concerning?
  5. (reflexive, se porter) to feel, to carry one's self
    Je me porte mieux.I am feeling better.
    Il se porte bien.He's in good health.
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Etymology 2

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From English porter.

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porter m (plural porters)

  1. porter (beer)
    • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, chapter XI, in À rebours [Against the Grain]:
      il [] étancha sa soif avec le porter, cette bière noire qui sent le jus de réglisse dépouillé de sucre.
      He quenched his thirst with some porter, that dark beer which smells of unsweetened liquorice.

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin portāre (bring, carry).

Verb

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porter

  1. to carry

Conjugation

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  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Latin

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Verb

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porter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of portō

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman porter, portour, from a combination of Late Latin portārius and portātor, portātōrem; equivalent to port +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔrtər/, /pɔrˈteːr/

Noun

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porter (plural porters)

  1. gatekeeper, doorkeeper

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French porter, from Latin portō, portāre.

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porter

  1. to carry
    porter la banniere
    to carry the banner

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French porter, from Latin portō, portāre.

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porter

  1. (Jersey) to carry
  2. (Jersey) to wear

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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porter m

  1. indefinite plural of port

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin portāre.

Verb

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porter

  1. to carry
    porter la baniere
    to carry the banner
  2. to carry a child (to be pregnant)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English porter or French porter.

Noun

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porter n (uncountable)

  1. porter (beer)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative porter porterul
genitive-dative porter porterului
vocative porterule