porteur
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French portour, from Late Latin portātōrem, from Latin portō. Equivalent to porter + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.tœʁ/
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Noun
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
Adjective
porteur (feminine porteuse, masculine plural porteurs, feminine plural porteuses)
- carrying (in the process or carrying)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: portör
Further reading
- “porteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Synonyms
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