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opening
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?.p?.n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.p?.n??/
Verb
opening
- present participle of open
Derived terms
- eye-opening (adjective)
Noun
opening (plural openings)
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
- He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
- Something that is open.
- A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
- He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.
- Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
- The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
- John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
- A time available in a schedule.
- If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
- The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- We have an opening in our marketing department.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
Synonyms
- (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
- (available time): availability, slot
- (unoccupied employment position): job opening
Coordinate terms
- (opening of an art show): vernissage
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (?puningu)
Translations
Adjective
opening (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
- The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.
- (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack
Derived terms
References
- “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dutch
Etymology
From openen +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?p?n??/
Noun
opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)
- opening, gap
- the act or process of being opened
Spanish
Noun
opening m (plural openings)
- opening sequence; title sequence
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portal
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin port?le, from porta.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??t?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p???t?l/, [?p???????]
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?l
Noun
portal (plural portals)
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
Hyponyms
- (elevated corridor permitting access to a plane from an airport): See jet bridge
Derived terms
- portal rendering
Translations
Adjective
portal (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
- the portal vein
Derived terms
- biportal
- nonportal
- portal triad
- portal vein
- uniportal
See also
- porthole
- porch
Further reading
- Portals on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- patrol, pratol
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /po??tal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pur?tal/
Adjective
portal (masculine and feminine plural portals)
- portal
Noun
portal m (plural portals)
- portal
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese portal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin portalis, from Latin porta (“gate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po??tal/
Noun
portal m (plural portais)
- portal
- 1395, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 555:
- seendo o Conçello da dicta vila da Crunna ajuntado por pregon en o portal da iglesia de Santiago da dicta vila. segundo que an de huso et de costume
- being the Council of the aforementioned town of A Coruña reunited by announcement at the portal of the church of Saint James of the mentioned town, as they have as customary usage
- seendo o Conçello da dicta vila da Crunna ajuntado por pregon en o portal da iglesia de Santiago da dicta vila. segundo que an de huso et de costume
- Synonym: pórtico
- 1395, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 555:
- porch, portico
- 1390, M. L. Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 64:
- que façades ?na dita cassa dous portaes cõ súas portas et alpénderes contra a rrúa do Çiqueello
- you must build at that house two porches, with their doors and their roofs, on the Sequelo street
- que façades ?na dita cassa dous portaes cõ súas portas et alpénderes contra a rrúa do Çiqueello
- 1434, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 609:
- Manda o conçello et os alcalldes, regidores et procuradores desta villa da crunna de parte de noso sennor el Rey et do dito conçello da dita villa et porque asi he ordenança antiga que nehunus çapateiros et outras quasquer personas que non sejan çapateiros et vezinnos et moradores da dita villa et en ela non pagan talla con os outros çapateiros vezjnnos da dita villa que non son confrades dos çapateiros asi como os çapateiros de portal, que non vsen dos ditos ofiçios de çapateria nen vendan çapatos nen botas nen outro calçado de coiro en publico nen ascondido nen los ponnan en tendas nen portaes nen anden a vender por la dita villa et pescaria dela Et desde Palavea et media legoa da villa enderredor a villa saluo se os venderen a engros aos ditos çapateiros que viuen et moran na dita villa ou eles os consentiren vender en seus portaes.
- the council and mayors, councilmen and agents of this town of A Coruña, on behalf of our lord the King and of this town council, and because so it is an old ordinance; that no shoemaker or whichever other person who is not a shoemaker and neighbour and dweller of the said town and in it they did not pay contributions with the other shoemakers neighbours of the said town and which are not a brother of the guild of the shoemakers, as well as the shoemakers who work at their porches; that they should not use of this office of shoemaking nor should they sell shoes nor boots nor any other leather footwear, nor publicly, nor in hiding, nor should they put them in shops nor porches nor should they go selling them around this town and its fishery [outskirts neighbourhood], nor from Palavea and half a league around this town, except if they sell them in bulk to the said shoemakers that live and dwell in the said town or if they let them sell at their porches
- Manda o conçello et os alcalldes, regidores et procuradores desta villa da crunna de parte de noso sennor el Rey et do dito conçello da dita villa et porque asi he ordenança antiga que nehunus çapateiros et outras quasquer personas que non sejan çapateiros et vezinnos et moradores da dita villa et en ela non pagan talla con os outros çapateiros vezjnnos da dita villa que non son confrades dos çapateiros asi como os çapateiros de portal, que non vsen dos ditos ofiçios de çapateria nen vendan çapatos nen botas nen outro calçado de coiro en publico nen ascondido nen los ponnan en tendas nen portaes nen anden a vender por la dita villa et pescaria dela Et desde Palavea et media legoa da villa enderredor a villa saluo se os venderen a engros aos ditos çapateiros que viuen et moran na dita villa ou eles os consentiren vender en seus portaes.
- Synonyms: alpendre, soportal
- 1390, M. L. Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 64:
- gate
- Synonym: cancela
- hall
Derived terms
- Portal
- soportal
References
- “portal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “portal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “portal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “portal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “portal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch portaal, from Middle French portal, from Old French portal, from Latin porta. Doublet of porta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?r.tal]
- Hyphenation: por?tal
Noun
portal (first-person possessive portalku, second-person possessive portalmu, third-person possessive portalnya)
- portal
- gate.
- entry point.
- (colloquial) barrier at entry point.
- (colloquial) website as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (colloquial) marketplace.
Further reading
- “portal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- portail
- portaul
Etymology
Old French portal.
Noun
portal m (plural portaulx)
- gate (doorlike structure usually outside of a building or property)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (portal)
Occitan
Alternative forms
- portau (Gascon, Provençal, Limousin, Auvernhat, Vivaro-Alpine)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu??tal/
Noun
portal m (plural portals)
- (Languedoc) portal
Old French
Alternative forms
- portail
Etymology
porte +? -al.
Noun
portal m (oblique plural portaus or portax or portals, nominative singular portaus or portax or portals, nominative plural portal)
- gate (doorlike structure usually outside of a building or property)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (portal)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?r.tal/
Noun
portal m inan
- (architecture) portal
- (computing) portal
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From porta +? -al
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu??ta?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po??taw/
- Hyphenation: por?tal
Noun
portal m (plural portais)
- (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway
Related terms
- porta
Romanian
Etymology
From German Portal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /por?tal/
Noun
portal n (plural portaluri)
- (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway
Declension
Related terms
- arcad?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Portal, from Latin porta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?rta?l/
Noun
pòrt?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- (architecture) portal
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po??tal/, [po??t?al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: por?tal
Etymology 1
From puerta.
Noun
portal m (plural portales)
- (architecture) portal; porch
- (Internet) portal
Related terms
- portón
- puerta
See also
- Portales
Etymology 2
From vena porta.
Adjective
portal (plural portales)
- (anatomy) portal
Further reading
- “portal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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