different between gateway vs portico

English

Etymology

From gate +? way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?we?/

Noun

gateway (plural gateways)

2. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
3. A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
4. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
5. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
6. (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

Hyponyms

• (digital communication): default gateway

Related terms

• gateway drug

Translations

Verb

gateway (third-person singular simple present gateways, present participle gatewaying, simple past and past participle gatewayed)

1. (transitive, digital communications) To make available via a gateway, or access point.

Anagrams

• get away, get-away, getaway, waygate

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.tw?/

Noun

gateway m (plural gateways)

1. (Internet) gateway

English

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t?k??/

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:porch

Derived terms

• porticoed
• porticolike

Translations

Anagrams

• porotic, prootic

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural portici)

1. portico, arcade, porch

   Synonym: pronao

Derived terms

• sottoportico

Related terms

• porticato
• porta

Descendants

• ? English: portico

Anagrams

• protico, tropico

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch