portable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
Bearable, endurable.

noun

A portable building used for temporary purposes
Clipping of portable toilet.
A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
Clipping of portable computer.
A hand-held video gaming device.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-portable.wav /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/ /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbl̩/ /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/ /ˈpɔɹtəbl̩/ [ˈpʰɔɹɾɪ̈bl̩] /poː(r).ʈə.bᵻl/

Word forms

portable more portable most portable portables

Etymology

From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.

Synonyms

bearable carriable fieldable grab-and-go handcarried portable portatile portative shiftable totable transportable abideable livable survivable endurable sufferable supportable tolerable withstandable bathroom

Antonyms

anchored fixed immobile immotile immovable lugsome nonportable permanent stationary unportable

Related words

hand-held transportable collapsible foldable foldout fold-up loose pocket pocket-size pocket-sized move

Derived words

airportable hand-portable heliportable man-portable nonportable portability portabilization portable art portable engine portable executable portableness portable phone portable stove portable telephone portably portafilter portaledge porta-potty semiportable superportable ultraportable unportable

Translations

Finnish: siirrettävä rakennus Norwegian: brakke

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