From en.wiktionary.org:
[Porter]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm], borrowed from [en] and [en], from [en], from
past participle of [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.
2. * [act=1]
3. * [passage=the unsmotherable delight of all the PORTERS and by - standers]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] An ant having the specialized role of carry ing.
7. [en] One who port s software [makes it usable on another platform] .
8. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1998 | author=Michael McMillan | title=Perl from the Ground Up | page=45
|passage=[...] useful only if you are a Perl PORTER or implementor and you
want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.}}
***** Hyponyms
- [carrier of burdens] [en] [jampan-bearer] ; [en] [dandy-bearer]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[person who carries luggage]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as] , [as] , [as]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [ẖrj-qnj]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Gallo: [roa-gal]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] [ecclesiastical]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey] , [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa] [archaic] , [fa] [for heavy objects carried on back]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], [enm], [enm], borrowed from [en] and [en], from [en], from [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A person in control of the entrance to a building.
2. [en] An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
3. [en] A strong, dark ale , originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
4. [en] Stout (malt brew).
5. * [page=107]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
- [ga]
***** Translations
[person in control of a building entrance]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[employee who puts bowling balls away] [trans-bottom]
[strong, dark ale weaker than a stout]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[(Ireland) another name for stout]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To serve as a porter; to carry.
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
From [ca] or from [ca], from [ca], from [ca]. Compare [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA] < !-- per GDLC -->
- [ca]
*** Noun
[m]
1. doorman , doorkeeper , gatekeeper
2. [ca] goalkeeper
**** Derived terms
- [ca]
**** Related terms
- [ca]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** French
*** Etymology 1
[fr], from [fr], ultimately from [fr].
**** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
**** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. to carry
2. to support , to bear
3. to wear
4. [fr] to be about, to concern [fr]
5. [fr] to feel , to carry one's self
***** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto] [refl=y]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |porté disparu |la nuit porte conseil |porté disparu |porter à faux
|porter à ébullition |porter assistance |porter atteinte |porter aux nues
|porter bonheur |porter dans son cœur |porter de l'eau à la rivière |porter la
culotte |porter la poisse |porter le chapeau |porter malheur |porter ombrage
|porter plainte |porter préjudice |porter sa croix |porter secours |porter ses
fruits |se faire porter pâle |se porter comme un charme |se porter garant}}
***** Related terms
[fr]
*** Etymology 2
From [fr].
**** Pronunciation
- [portère]
- [fr]
**** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [beer]
2. * [chapter=XI]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
** Ladin
*** Etymology
From [lld].
*** Verb
[lld]
1. to carry
**** Conjugation
[port]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
[enm], [xno], from a combination of [enm] and [la]; equivalent to [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[enm-noun]
1. gatekeeper , doorkeeper
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [yol]
**** References
- [entry=portē̆r]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm], from [frm].
*** Verb
[frm]
1. to carry
**** Conjugation
[port]
**** Descendants
- [fr]
** Norman
*** Alternative forms
- [nrf] [Guernsey]
*** Etymology
From [nrf], from [nrf].
*** Pronunciation
- [nrf]
*** Verb
[nrf-verb]
1. [nrf] to carry
2. [nrf] to wear
**** Derived terms
- [nrf]
- [nrf]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Old French
*** Etymology
From [fro].
*** Verb
[fro]
1. to carry
2. to carry a child (to be pregnant)
**** Conjugation
[fro-conj-er]
**** Related terms
- [fro]
**** Descendants
- [frm]
- [fr]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro] or [ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [en] [beer]
**** Declension
[n=sg]