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porter

/ˈpɔːtə/

/ˈpɔrtər/

porternoun

porters

/ˈpɔːtə/

/ˈpɔrtər/

Traductions

porteur

The porter helped us with our bags as we checked into the hotel.

Le porteur nous a aidés avec nos bagages lorsque nous nous sommes enregistrés à l'hôtel.

portier

The porter at the entrance checked our tickets before allowing us inside.

Le portier à l'entrée a vérifié nos billets avant de nous laisser entrer.

porterTerme de brasserie, employé surtout pour la bière brune.

He ordered a pint of porter to go with his meal.

Il a commandé une pinte de porter pour accompagner son repas.

Traductions supplémentaires

conciergeDans un bâtiment, pour la personne chargée de l'entretien et de la surveillance.

Définitions

A person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a hotel or at a railway station.

The porter helped us with our bags as we checked into the hotel.

A dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature.

He ordered a pint of porter to go with his meal.

A person stationed at a door or gate to admit or assist those entering.

The porter at the entrance checked our tickets before allowing us inside.

A person employed to clean and maintain a building; a janitor.

The night porter swept the corridors and emptied the trash cans.

Synonymes

luggage handler

porterverb

portered

Past Simple

portered

Past Participle

portering

Gerund

Used transitively and intransitively meaning ‘to carry luggage as a porter’.

Traductions

porterPour des bagages ou des charges, souvent contre rémunération.

During the festival he portered for tourists at the railway station.

Pendant le festival, il portait les bagages des touristes à la gare.

Définitions

To carry luggage or other loads, typically for payment, in the manner of a porter.

During the festival he portered for tourists at the railway station.

Synonymes

man-port (rare)

porteradjective

Attributive use, chiefly before a noun, relating to porter beer or porter services (e.g., ‘porter bottles’, ‘porter staff’).

Traductions

Traductions supplémentaires

porterEn cuisine, pour ce qui est à base de bière porter.

Définitions

Relating to or characteristic of porter beer or of porters and their services.

We enjoyed a hearty meal with a rich porter sauce.

porterproper noun

Définitions

A surname of English origin, originally denoting someone who worked as a porter; also occasionally used as a male given name.

The novelist Katherine Anne Porter shares her surname with the composer Cole Porter.