portier

See also: Portier

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrˈtiːr/
• Hyphenation: por‧tier

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch portier, from Old French portier, from Late Latin portārius.

Noun

portier m (plural portiers)

1. doorman, gatekeeper, porter, doorkeeper

Descendants

• → Indonesian: portir
• → Papiamentu: pòrtir

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French portière.

Noun

portier n (plural portieren, diminutive portiertje n)

1. a door of a vehicle, especially of a car or a coach

French

Etymology

From porte +‎ -ier. From Old French portier, from Late Latin portārius (“porter, gatekeeper”), from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tje/

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Noun

portier m (plural portiers, feminine portière)

1. gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman

   Hyponym: tourier

2. (soccer) goalkeeper

   Synonym: gardien de but

Related terms

• porte

Further reading

• “portier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Pierrot

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

portier

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Etymology

Borrowed from French portier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tjɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrtjɛr
• Syllabification: por‧tier

Noun

portier m pers (female equivalent portierka)

1. doorman, gatekeeper, porter, doorkeeper

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	portier	portierzy/portiery (deprecative)
genitive	portiera	portierów
dative	portierowi	portierom
accusative	portiera	portierów
instrumental	portierem	portierami
locative	portierze	portierach
vocative	portierze	portierzy

Declension of portier

Derived terms

• portiernia

 

Further reading

• portier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• portier in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Venetan

Etymology

Of Gallo-Romance origin; probably borrowed from French portier. Compare Italian portiere

Noun

portier m (plural portieri)

1. gatekeeper, doorman
2. (soccer) goalkeeper