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portable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French portable, or from Latin portabilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??(?)t?b?l/, /?p??(?)t?bl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??t?b?l/, /?p??t?bl?/, [?p??????bl?]
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?b?l
- Hyphenation: por?ta?ble
Adjective
portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)
- Able to be carried or easily moved.
- Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
- a portable pension plan
- (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- 2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 6)
- How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?
- 2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 6)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- hand-held
- transportable
Noun
portable (plural portables)
- A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
- Clipping of portable toilet.
- A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
- (computing) Clipping of portable computer.
- 1985, New Accountant (volumes 1-3, page lxvii)
- A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer.
- 1987, InfoWorld (volume 9, number 20, page 71)
- Compaq portables have grown lighter and more powerful since then. Their newest luggable, the Compaq Portable III, is six times more powerful and 10 pounds lighter than the original model.
- 1985, New Accountant (volumes 1-3, page lxvii)
- (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
Synonyms
- (facility for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Translations
Anagrams
- tropable
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin portabilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /po??ta.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pur?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /po??ta.ble/
Adjective
portable (masculine and feminine plural portables)
- portable
- Synonym: portàtil
Related terms
- portar
Further reading
- “portable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “portable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “portable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “portable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin port?bilis; synchronically analysable as porter +? -able.
Adjective
portable (plural portables)
- portable
Related terms
- portatif
Derived terms
- téléphone portable
- ordinateur portable
Noun
portable m (plural portables)
- a cell phone; Ellipsis of téléphone portable.
- a laptop; Ellipsis of ordinateur portable
Synonyms
- (cell phone): mobile m, téléphone portable m, cellulaire m (Quebec), cell, téléphone mobile, téléphone cellulaire
- (laptop): ordinateur portable m
Further reading
- “portable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin portabilis.
Adjective
portable m (feminine singular portabla, masculine plural portables, feminine plural portablas)
- portable
Related terms
- portar
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 769.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin portabilis; equivalent to portar +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po??table/, [po??t?a.??le]
Adjective
portable (plural portables)
- portable
- Synonym: portátil
Further reading
- “portable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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installer
English
Etymology
install +? -er
Noun
installer (plural installers)
- One who installs.
- (computing) A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.
Synonyms
- (program): setup, set-up
Translations
Further reading
- installer at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- interalls, reinstall
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Medieval Latin install? (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand, be rigid”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at on, stall.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.ta.le/
Verb
installer
- to install
- to place
- (reflexive) to settle
Conjugation
Related terms
- installation
- installateur
Descendants
- ? Romanian: instala
Further reading
- “installer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
installer
- imperative of installere
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