portable

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• UK: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/
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• UK: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbl̩/
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• US: /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/
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• US: [ˈphɔɹɾɪ̈bl̩]
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• India: /ˈpoː(r).ʈə.bɨl/
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• homophone: potable
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From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَحْمُول (maḥmūl) — able to be carried or moved
• Armenian: շարժական (šaržakan) — able to be carried or moved
• Asturian: portátil — able to be carried or moved
• Azerbaijani: daşınabilən — able to be carried or moved
• Azerbaijani: daşınan — able to be carried or moved
• Belarusian: перано́сны (pjeranósny) — able to be carried or moved
• Belarusian: партаты́ўны (partatýwny) — able to be carried or moved
• Bulgarian: преносим (prenosim) — able to be carried or moved
• Catalan: portàtil — able to be carried or moved
• Catalan: portable — able to be carried or moved
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕便的 /轻便的 (qīngbiàn de) — able to be carried or moved
• Chinese Mandarin: 便攜式 /便携式 (biànxiéshì) — able to be carried or moved
• Czech: přenosný — able to be carried or moved
• Danish: bærbar — able to be carried or moved
• Dutch: draagbaar — able to be carried or moved
• Esperanto: portebla — able to be carried or moved
• Finnish: kannettava — able to be carried or moved
• Finnish: matka- — able to be carried or moved
• Finnish: siirrettävä — able to be carried or moved
• French: portable — able to be carried or moved
• French: portatif — able to be carried or moved
• Galician: portátil — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: გადატანადი (gadaṭanadi) — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: გადასატანი (gadasaṭani) — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: ტარებადი (ṭarebadi) — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: სატარებელი (saṭarebeli) — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: პორტატული (ṗorṭaṭuli) — able to be carried or moved
• Georgian: მოძრავი (moʒravi) — able to be carried or moved
• German: portabel — able to be carried or moved
• German: tragbar — able to be carried or moved
• Greek: φορητός (foritós) — able to be carried or moved
• Ancient Greek: ἀγώγιμος (agṓgimos) — able to be carried or moved
• Ancient Greek: περιφορητός (periphorētós) — able to be carried or moved
• Hungarian: hordozható — able to be carried or moved
• Italian: portatile — able to be carried or moved
• Latin: lātīcius — able to be carried or moved
• Latin: circumlatitius — able to be carried or moved
• Latin: carriabilis — able to be carried or moved
• Latin: portabilis — able to be carried or moved
• Māori: tangara — able to be carried or moved
• Khiamniungan Naga: wāshîkò — able to be carried or moved
• Norwegian Bokmål: bærbar — able to be carried or moved
• Norwegian Bokmål: flyttbar — able to be carried or moved
• Norwegian Bokmål: portabel — able to be carried or moved
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flyttbar — able to be carried or moved
• Norwegian Nynorsk: portabel — able to be carried or moved
• Occitan: portable — able to be carried or moved
• Plautdietsch: droagboa — able to be carried or moved
• Polish: przenośny — able to be carried or moved
• Portuguese: portátil — able to be carried or moved
• Portuguese: portável — able to be carried or moved
• Russian: переносно́й (perenosnój) — able to be carried or moved
• Russian: портати́вный (portatívnyj) — able to be carried or moved
• Serbo-Croatian: nosivo — able to be carried or moved
• Serbo-Croatian: nosiv — able to be carried or moved
• Slovak: prenosný — able to be carried or moved
• Spanish: portátil — able to be carried or moved
• Spanish: portable — able to be carried or moved
• Thai: เคลื่อนที่ (klʉ̂ʉan-tîi) — able to be carried or moved
• Turkish: taşınabilir — able to be carried or moved
• Turkish: portatif — able to be carried or moved
• Turkish: seyyar — able to be carried or moved
• Ukrainian: переносни́й (perenosnýj) — able to be carried or moved
• Welsh: cludadwy — able to be carried or moved
• Finnish: siirrettävä — running on multiple systems
• French: portable — running on multiple systems
• German: portabel — running on multiple systems
• Norwegian: portabel — running on multiple systems
• Polish: przenośny — running on multiple systems
• Portuguese: portável — running on multiple systems
• Russian: портативный (portativnyj) — running on multiple systems
• Spanish: portable — running on multiple systems
• Finnish: bajamaja — portable toilet; self-contained outhouse
• Norwegian: bæsj-and-carry — portable toilet; self-contained outhouse
• Finnish: siirrettävä rakennus — temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school
• Norwegian: brakke — temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school
• Finnish: kannettava pelilaite — hand-held electronic gaming device