porter

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtə/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpoətə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour, from Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”).

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.

2. (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
3. (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

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

porter (plural porters)

1. A person in control of the entrance to a building.
2. (bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
3. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
4. (Ireland) Stout (malt brew).

• (strong, dark ale): beer, stout

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

1. To serve as a porter; to carry.

• Perrot, perrot, porret, pretor, proter, report, troper

From porta or from Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin portārius, from Latin porta. Compare French portier.

porter m (plural porters)

1. doorman, doorkeeper, gatekeeper
2. goalkeeper

• porta

From Old French porter, from Latin portāre, present active infinitive of portō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“go, traverse”).

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.te/

• audio

  (file)

porter

1. to carry
2. to support, to bear
3. to wear
4. (of a subject, followed by the preposition sur) (porter sur quelque chose) to be about, to concern

   Sur quoi portait la question ? ― What was the question concerning?

5. (reflexive, se porter) to feel

   Je me porte mieux. ― I am feeling better.

   Il se porte bien. ― He's in good health.

• porter plainte
• porté disparu
• se porter garant de

From English porter.

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
• Homophone: portèrent

porter m (plural porters)

1. porter (beer)
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:

     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.

• Perrot

• “porter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin portāre, present active infinitive of portō (“bring, carry”).

porter

1. to carry

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

porter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of portō

From Old French porter, from Latin portō, portāre.

porter

1. to carry

   porter la banniere

   to carry the banner

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

• French: porter

• portaïr (Guernsey)

From Old French porter, from Latin portō, portāre.

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

porter

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

• porter un coup (“to strike”)
• portchi (“porter”)

porter m

1. indefinite plural of port

From Latin portāre, present active infinitive of portō.

porter

1. to carry

   porter la baniere

   to carry the banner

2. to carry a child (to be pregnant)

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.

• portour

• Middle French: porter
  • French: porter