different between portfolio vs brochure

English

Etymology

From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin port?re (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?fo?.li?o?/, /-o?l.jo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t?f??.li???/, /-??l.j??/
• Rhymes: -??lj??

Noun

portfolio (plural portfolios)

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
3. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
4. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: ministry

6. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
7. (business) A collection of assets generally.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 378]:

     In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets.

8. A range of products.

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: portfólio, portfolio, portefólio

Translations

See also

• blad
• curriculum vitae
• repertoire

Further reading

• portfolio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

portfolio

1. portfolio

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

portfolio m (plural portfolios)

1. portfolio

Polish

Etymology

From English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r?tf?.l??/

Noun

portfolio n (indeclinable)

1. portfolio (case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents)

Further reading

• portfolio in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• portfolio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Cognate to broach.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /b?o?????/, /b?o????/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???.??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

1. A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

Translations

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet
• prospectus

References

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Noun

brochure c (singular definite brochuren, plural indefinite brochurer)

1. brochure, pamphlet

Declension

References

• “brochure” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br???y?.r?/
• Hyphenation: bro?chu?re
• Rhymes: -y?r?

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures, diminutive brochuretje n)

1. A brochure, a booklet

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: brosur

French

Etymology

From brocher +? -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.?y?/
• Homophone: brochures
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures)

1. brocade
2. needlework
3. brochure, booklet, pamphlet

Descendants

• ? Danish: brochure
• ? Dutch: brochure
• ? English: brochure

Further reading

• “brochure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).