Vocabulary
porte
door; gate (to a city, at airport); gateway, means, door
Noun
port
port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge; transport; postage; poise, bearing, way of carrying oneself; wearing (act of wearing something); carrying (of an object)
Noun
PA
CV (“aircraft carrier”); initialism of porte-avions
Noun
beach
port where goods and passengers embark and debark
Noun
escale
port of call; stopover
Noun
portuaire
port
Adjective
porto
port wine
Noun
PH
CVH: initialism of porte-hélicoptère: helicopter carrier
Noun
PHI
initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'intervention (“helicopter intervention carrier”)
Noun
bâbord
port (left-hand side of a vessel)
Noun
Brestois
native or inhabitant of the port city of Brest, Finistère department, Brittany, France (usually male)
Noun
capitainerie
port authority; captaincy
Noun
havrais
of, from or relating to the port city of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France
Adjective
PHA
LHD: initialism of porte-hélicoptère amphibie (“amphibious helicopter carrier”) (with well deck); LHA: initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'assaut (“helicopter assault carrier”) (without well deck)
Noun
brestois
of, from or relating to the port city of Brest, Finistère department, Brittany, France
Adjective
publicain
publican (public contractors, who often supplied the Roman legions and military; managed the collection of port duties; oversaw public building projects; served as tax collectors, farming the taxes of the Roman provinces, and bidding on contracts for the collection of various types of taxes)
Noun
cochère
only used in porte cochère
Adjective
AGP
abbreviation of Englishaccelerated graphics port; abbreviation of autogynéphilie
Noun
quadripôle
quadripole, two-port network
Noun
portemonnaie
post-1990 spelling form of porte-monnaie
Noun
Douvres
Dover (a town and port in Kent, in southeast England); several places in France, such as Douvres-la-Délivrande (Calvados) or Douvres (Ain)
Name
Ouest
West (Western block, Western Europe); Ouest (a department of Haiti; capital: Port-au-Prince)
Name
portemine
post-1990 spelling of porte-mine
Noun
portésien
of, from or relating to the village of Portes, Gard department, Occitania, France; of, from or relating to the town of Portet-sur-Garonne, Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France; of, from or relating to the village of Portets, Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Adjective
Port-Royal
Port Royal (the former capital city of Jamaica); a location in Canada; Port Royal (the former capital city of Acadia, French North America); Port Royal (former name of Annapolis: a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada); Port Royal (a village in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada); Port Royal (a village in Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada); Port Royal (a neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada); a location in the United States of America; Port Royal (an inlet in South Carolina, United States); Port Royal (an island of South Carolina, United States); …
Name
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (a port city and commune of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Name
crône
area with dense vegetation where fish retreat; a kind of crane in ports
Noun
Naples
Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy); Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)
Name
port franc
free port (port or other area with relaxed jurisdiction of customs or related national regulations)
Noun
Cadix
Cadiz (a port city and municipality, the provincial capital of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain); Cadiz (a province of Andalusia, Spain); Cadix (a village and commune of Tarn department, Occitania, France)
Name
Jacmel
Jacmel (a port town, commune, and capital of Sud-Est department, Haiti)
Name
arrière-port
an inner port
Noun
Port-Saïd
Port Said (a city in Egypt)
Name
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (a port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway)
Name
Sébastopol
Sevastopol (a port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia)
Name
Alat
Alat (a port town on the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan)
Name
Doudinka
Dudinka (a port city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)
Name
porte-épée
porte-épée; a swordtail (fish)
Noun
Cyssunte
Cyssus (an ancient town and port of Ionia mentioned by Livy)
Name
Nagasaki
Nagasaki (a port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan); Nagasaki (a prefecture of Japan)
Name
zone franche
free zone (area within a port where goods may be temporarily stored without paying duty); free-trade area, duty-free zone
Noun
porter
porte: present or present subjunctive, I or he, she, it; command, youto carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to be about, to concern; to feel, to be in good/bad health
Verb
portefeuille
wallet; folder; portfolio (investments); portfolio
Noun
porteur
carrier (one who carries); porter (person who carries luggage and related objects); bringer; bearer; wearer (one who wears)
Noun
porteur
carrying (in the process or carrying); booming, flourishing, high-growth
Adjective
porteuse
carrier wave
Noun
porter
porter (beer)
Noun
portemanteau
coat stand, coat rack
Noun
portefaix
porter
Noun
porte-monnaie
purse
Noun
porte-jaja
suspender belt (UK), garter belt (US)
Noun
porte-mine
mechanical pencil
Noun
porte-clef
turnkey; keychain, keyring
Noun
porte-bébé
baby carrier; papoose
Noun
porte-voix
megaphone, a funnel-shaped device used to amplify a person's voice
Noun
porte-queue
trainbearer; swallowtail (butterfly); cue rack
Noun
porte-coton
Groom of the Stool
Noun
porter beau
to look good, to be elegant
Verb
porte-croix
cross bearer
Noun
porte-copie
document holder; copy holder
Noun