different between portable vs portably

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)

1. Able to be carried or easily moved.
2. Able to be transferred from one organization to another.

   a portable pension plan

3. (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?

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• hand-held
• transportable

Noun

portable (plural portables)

1. A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
   1. Clipping of portable toilet.
   2. A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
2. (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.

3. (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)

1. 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)

1. portable

Related terms

• portatif

Derived terms

• téléphone portable
• ordinateur portable

Noun

portable m (plural portables)

1. a cell phone; Ellipsis of téléphone portable.
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. portable

   Synonym: portátil

Further reading

• “portable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Adverb

portably (comparative more portably, superlative most portably)

1. In a portable manner