porteur
French
    
    Etymology
    
From Old French portour, from Late Latin portātor, portātōrem, from Latin portō. Equivalent to porter + -eur.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.tœʁ/
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Noun
    
porteur m (plural porteurs, feminine porteuse)
- carrier (one who carries)
- porter
- bringer; bearer
- porteur d'un message- message bearer
 
 
- wearer (one who wears)
-  1985, Bernard Clavel, La saison des loup, →ISBN, page 143:- Après tout, il suffirait peut-être de leur expliquer qu'il pouvait nullement leur communiquer le mal puisqu'il était porteur de gui qui protège- After all, perhaps it would suffice to explain to them that he couldn't transmit the sickness to them because he was wearing protective mistletoe
 
 
 
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Derived terms
    
Adjective
    
porteur (feminine porteuse, masculine plural porteurs, feminine plural porteuses)
- carrying (in the process or carrying)
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
- → Turkish: portör
Further reading
    
- “porteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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