portable

Borrowed from Middle French portable, or from Latin portabilis.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/, /ˈpɔɹtəbl̩/, [ˈpʰɔɹɾɪ̈bl̩]
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təbəl
• Hyphenation: por‧ta‧ble

portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)

1. Able to be carried or easily moved.
2. (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

• hand-held
• transportable

portable (plural portables)

1. A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
   1. Clipping of portable toilet.
   2. A trailer or other portable structure used for classes at a school.
2. (computing) Clipping of portable computer.
   • 1985, New Accountant (volumes 1-3, page lxvii)

     A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer.

   • 1987, InfoWorld (volume 9, number 20, page 71)

     Compaq portables have grown lighter and more powerful since then. Their newest luggable, the Compaq Portable III, is six times more powerful and 10 pounds lighter than the original model.

3. (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.

• (facility for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom

• tropable

From Latin portabilis.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /poɾˈta.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /purˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /poɾˈta.ble/

portable (masculine and feminine plural portables)

1. portable

   Synonym: portàtil

• portar

• “portable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “portable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “portable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “portable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin portābilis; synchronically analysable as porter +‎ -able.

portable (plural portables)

1. portable

• portatif

La fonction principale des portables (1) est de téléphoner.

Travail sur un portable. (2)

portable m (plural portables)

1. a cell phone
2. a laptop

• (cell phone): mobile m, téléphone portable m, cellulaire m (Quebec)
• (laptop): ordinateur portable m

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

From Latin portabilis.

portable m (feminine singular portable, masculine plural portables, feminine plural portables)

1. portable

• portar

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 769.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin portabilis; equivalent to portar +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /porˈtable/, [porˈt̪aβle]

portable (plural portables)

1. portable

   Synonym: portátil

• “portable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.