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porter:
- porteur; portefaix; crocheteur; chargeur; portière; portier; concierge; gardien d'immeuble
Wiktionary:
- porter → porteur, porter
- porter → porteur, concierge, appariteur, portier

English

Detailed Translations for porter from English to French

porter:

porter [the ~] noun

the porter (bearer; dock-hand)

– a person employed to carry luggage and supplies ¹
le porteur; le portefaix; le crocheteur; le chargeur
- porteur [le ~] noun
- portefaix [le ~] noun
- crocheteur [le ~] noun
- chargeur [le ~] noun
the porter (doorman; doorkeeper; attendant; sentry; guard; watchman; warder)

– someone who guards an entrance ¹
la portière; le portier; le concierge; le gardien d'immeuble
- portière [la ~] noun
- portier [le ~] noun
- concierge [le ~] noun
- gardien d'immeuble [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for porter:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chargeur	bearer; dock-hand; porter	dock-hand; loader; ship broker; ship's agent; shipping agent
concierge	attendant; doorkeeper; doorman; guard; porter; sentry; warder; watchman	attendant; blabber; blabbermouth; bodyguard; caretaker; chatterbox; chattering fool; concierge; dawdler; door-keeper; doorkeeper; driveller; ginger-snap; gossip; guard; hall porter; janitor; landlady; landlord; lodging-house keeper; milksop; rattle; scald-head; school porter; sentry; slowcoach; stick-in-the-mud; trifler; usher; waffler; warder; watchman
crocheteur	bearer; dock-hand; porter
gardien d'immeuble	attendant; doorkeeper; doorman; guard; porter; sentry; warder; watchman	caretaker; doorkeeper; guard; hall porter; janitor; sentry; warder; watchman
portefaix	bearer; dock-hand; porter
porteur	bearer; dock-hand; porter	bearer; bringer; carrier; coffin bearer; courier; delivery-man; dock-hand; holder; messenger; owner; penholder; possessor; proprietor; shipping-agent
portier	attendant; doorkeeper; doorman; guard; porter; sentry; warder; watchman	attendant; bodyguard; caretaker; concierge; doorkeeper; gate-keeper; guard; guardsman; hall porter; janitor; keeper; sentry; usher; warder; watchman
portière	attendant; doorkeeper; doorman; guard; porter; sentry; warder; watchman	guard; sentry; warder; watchman
-	Pullman porter; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; gatekeeper; hall porter; ostiary; porter's beer

Related Words for "porter":

reporter, porters

Synonyms for "porter":

laborer; manual laborer; labourer; jack
doorkeeper; doorman; door guard; hall porter; gatekeeper; ostiary; guard
Porter; Katherine Anne Porter; writer; author
Cole Porter; Cole Albert Porter; composer
William Sydney Porter; O. Henry
Pullman porter; employee
porter's beer; ale
transport; carry

Related Definitions for "porter":

a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley¹
someone who guards an entrance¹
a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)¹
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies¹
carry luggage or supplies¹
- They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists¹

Wiktionary Translations for porter:

porter

noun

a person who carries luggage and related objects
- porter → porteur
a strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong
- porter → porter

porter

noun

personne au métier de porter quelque chose
- porteur → porter

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• porter	→ porteur	↔ kruier — iemand die bagage vervoert op o.a. stations en vliegvelden
• porter	→ concierge	↔ conciërge — een huisbewaarder, een toezichter in een gebouw
• porter	→ appariteur	↔ Pedell — veraltet: Hausmeister einer Schule oder Hochschule
• porter	→ portier	↔ Portier — männliche Person, die am Eingang von Gebäuden mit viel Publikumsverkehr (etwa Hotels, Wohnanlagen oder Bürokomplexen) Kommende und Gehende in Augenschein nimmt, ihnen beim Betreten beziehungsweise Verlassen des Gebäudes behilflich ist und Auskünfte erteilt

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