portier

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

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• Rhymes: -iːr

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

portier m (plural portiers, no diminutive)

1. doorman, gatekeeper, porter, doorkeeper

• → Indonesian: portir
• → Papiamentu: pòrtir

Borrowed from French portière.

portier n (plural portieren, diminutive portiertje n)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tje/

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portier m (plural portiers, feminine portière)

1. gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman

   Hyponym: tourier

2. (soccer) goalkeeper

   Synonym: gardien de but

• porte

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

• Pierrot

Borrowed from French portier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.tjɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtjɛr
• Syllabification: por‧tier

portier m pers (female equivalent portierka)

1. doorman, gatekeeper, porter, doorkeeper

• “portier”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “portier”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from Italian portiere.

portier m (plural portieri)

1. (obsolete) doorman

• portier in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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

portier m (plural portieri)

1. gatekeeper, doorman
2. (soccer) goalkeeper