colporteur
/kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/
colporteur noun: a peddler of publications, especially of religious books.
Noun
colporteur (plural colporteurs)
- A peddler of publications, especially of religious books
colporteur meaning in Tamil and Bengali
colporteur in Tamil
- புத்தகச் சிறு வணிகர், சமய நூல் விற்பனையாளர், நூல் விற்பனையாளர்
colporteur in Bengali
- ধর্মীয় বই, পুস্তিকা বিক্রেতা
Forms of colporteur
| plural | colporteurs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | colporter |
Origin of colporteur
Borrowed from French colporteur, from comporteur by influence of col (“neck”) (re-analyzed as col + porteur (“porter”)), from verb comporter, from Latin comportō (English comport).
Questions about colporteur
- What does colporteur mean?
- Colporteur means a peddler of publications, especially of religious books.
- What is colporteur in Tamil?
- Colporteur in Tamil is புத்தகச் சிறு வணிகர், சமய நூல் விற்பனையாளர், நூல் விற்பனையாளர். See Colporteur meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is colporteur?
- Colporteur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce colporteur?
- Colporteur is pronounced /kɒlpɔː(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of colporteur?
- The plural of colporteur is colporteurs.
Words near colporteur in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: colporteur (page history and authors); colporteur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); colporteur (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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