porteur
French
Etymology
From Old French portour, from Late Latin portātor, 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
- porteur d'un message
- 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
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Adjective
porteur (feminine singular porteuse, masculine plural porteurs, feminine plural porteuses)
- carrying (in the process or carrying)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “porteur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Synonyms
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