porteur
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French portour, from Late Latin portātōrem, from Latin portō. Equivalent to porter + -eur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]porteur m (plural porteurs, feminine porteuse)
- carrier (one who carries)
- porter
- bringer; bearer
- porteur d’un message
- message bearer
- wearer (one who wears)
- 1985, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loup, →ISBN, page 143:
- Après tout, il suffirait peut-être de leur expliquer qu’il pouvait nullement leur communiquer le mal puisqu’il était porteur de gui qui protège
- After all, perhaps it would suffice to explain to them that he couldn't transmit the sickness to them because he was wearing protective mistletoe
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]porteur (feminine porteuse, masculine plural porteurs, feminine plural porteuses)
- carrying (in the process or carrying)
- une mère porteuse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- booming, flourishing, high-growth
- Near-synonyms: prometteur, florissant
- un marché porteur ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
[edit]- → Turkish: portör
Further reading
[edit]- “porteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]porteur m (plural porteurs)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]porteur m (plural porteurs)
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