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portable — [ pɔrtabl ] adj. • 1265; de porter 1 ♦ Vx Facile à porter. Mod. Anglic. Portatif. Machine à écrire, téléviseur portable. « Il les recopiait [ses articles] sur sa Remington “portable” » (Romains). Un ordinateur portable, ou n. m. un portable. Un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Portable — may refer to:* Portable building, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work * Portable classroom, a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional… … Wikipedia
Portable — Port a*ble, a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South. [1913 Webster] 2. Possible … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
portable — [pôr′tə bəl] adj. [ME < MFr < LL portabilis < portare: see FARE] 1. that can be carried 2. a) easily carried or moved, esp. by hand [a portable TV] b) that can be used anywhere because operated by self contained batteries [a portable… … English World dictionary
portable — c.1400, from Fr. portable, from L.L. portabilis that can be carried, from L. portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)). Related: Portability … Etymology dictionary
portable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be easily carried or moved. 2) (of a loan or pension) capable of being transferred or adapted. 3) Computing (of software) able to be ported. ► NOUN ▪ a portable object. DERIVATIVES portability noun … English terms dictionary
portable — → portátil … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
portable — [adj] easily transported carriageable, cartable, compact, convenient, conveyable, easily carried, handy, haulable, light, lightweight, manageable, movable, portative, transportable, wieldy; concepts 491,584,773 Ant. clumsy, cumbersome … New thesaurus
Portable — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Portable », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot portable qualifie ce qui peut être… … Wikipédia en Français
portable — ▪ I. portable portable 2 noun [countable] COMPUTING a computer that is light enough to be carried around: • He set his portable to automatically check his electronic mail boxes. [m0] ▪ II. portable por‧ta‧ble 1 [ˈpɔːtəbl ǁ ˈpɔːr ] ad … Financial and business terms
Portable — Osborne 1 Computer Compaq Portable 1983 Der Begriff Port … Deutsch Wikipedia
