portefeuille
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See also: Portefeuille
Etymology
From French portefeuille.
Noun
portefeuille (plural portefeuilles)
Etymology
From French portefeuille. Doublet of portfolio.
Pronunciation
Noun
portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles, diminutive portefeuilletje n)
- wallet, billfold (small, folding sleeve for paper currency, driver's licence, and bank cards)
- Synonym: (general term) portemonnee
- portfolio (post, set of responsibilities)
Related terms
Etymology
From porte (“carry”, third person singular indicative) + feuille (“sheet, paper”). Cognate with Italian portafoglio (whence French portfolio).
Pronunciation
Noun
portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles)
Synonyms
- (wallet): (slang, France) larfeuille
Descendants
- → Danish: portefølje
- → Dutch: portefeuille
- → German: Portefeuille
- → Limburgish: portefui
- → Norwegian Bokmål: portefølje
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: portefølje
- → Polish: portfel
- → Portuguese: porta-fólio
- → Russian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
- → Romanian: portofel
- → Swedish: portfölj
- → Turkish: portföy
- → Ukrainian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
- → West Frisian: portefúlje
Further reading
- “portefeuille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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