portable
Syllables: por·ta·bleUK/ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl//ˈpɔɹtəbəl/
portable adjective: able to be carried or easily moved. Also the clipping of portable toilet.
Adjective
portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)
- Able to be carried or easily moved.
- Synonyms:
- bearable, shiftable, transportable
- Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
- a portable pension plan
- Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable.2015 August 9, Jon Caramanica, “Pimp C in a Journalist’s Back Pages”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2021
- Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, page 6
- Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
- Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit.2014, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruce Allworth, Desire Brival, IBM XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability, page 10
- Bearable, endurable.
- How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, / When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow.c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […]...
- Christianity consists in a blessed exchange of yokes between Christ and a pious soul. He takes our uneasy yoke, and gives his easy yoke: the soul puts upon him that unsupportable yoke of transgressions, and takes from him the portable yoke of his commandments.a. 1654, Hugh Binning, “Sermon VIII. Matt[hew] xi. 29.—Take my yoke upon you, &c.”, in James Cochrane, editor, The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning: […] (Select Library of Scottish Divines: […]; III)...
- Synonyms:
- abideable, livable, survivable, bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable, tolerable, withstandable
Noun
portable (plural portables)
Also used as
portable is also the clipping of portable toilet.
portable is also the clipping of portable computer.
portable meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
portable in Hindi
- पोर्टेबल
portable in Marathi
- पोर्टेबल, सुवाह्य
portable in Urdu
- پورٹیبل
portable in Bengali
- বহনযোগ্য, পোর্টেবল
More languagesFewer languages
- portable in Telugu
- పోర్టబుల్
- portable in Malayalam
- പോർട്ടബിൾ
- portable in Kannada
- ಪೋರ್ಟಬಲ್, ಒಯ್ಯಬಹುದಾದ
- portable in Punjabi
- ਪੋਰਟੇਬਲ, ਪੋਰ੍ਟੇਬਲ
- portable in Gujarati
- પોર્ટેબલ, વહનક્ષમ
- portable in Odia
- ପୋର୍ଟେବଲ୍, ବହନଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼, ପୋର୍ଟେବଲ
- portable in Nepali
- पोर्टेबल
- portable in Arabic
- مَحْمُول maḥmūl
- portable in Thai
- เคลื่อนที่ klʉ̂ʉan-tîi
Examples of portable in a sentence
- To quhich it was answered that he is ane burges of the burgh and hes borne portable burding with the remanent burgesses these xxiiij yeares bygone.1689, R[obert] Renwick, editor, Extracts from the Records of the Royal Burgh of Stirling. A.D. 1667-1752. […], Glasgow: […] [T]he Glasgow...
- [N]one be choſen to be upon the Council but Magiſtrats and Craftſmen, actual and real Burgeſſes dwelling within the Town, and bearing all portable charges within the ſame; […]1707, W[illiam] B[lack], “Sect[ion] I. Anent Their Regulating Elections within the Burgh.”, in The Privileges of the Royal Burrows […]...
Synonyms of portable
- bearable
- shiftable
- transportable
- abideable
- livable
- survivable
- endurable
- sufferable
- supportable
- tolerable
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Forms of portable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more portable |
| superlative | most portable |
| Noun | |
| plural | portables |
Origin of portable
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
Words formed from portable
Phrases with portable
Words that rhyme with portable
Questions about portable
- What does portable mean?
- Portable means able to be carried or easily moved.
- What is portable in Hindi?
- Portable in Hindi is पोर्टेबल. See Portable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use portable in a sentence?
- To quhich it was answered that he is ane burges of the burgh and hes borne portable burding with the remanent burgesses these xxiiij yeares bygone.
- What part of speech is portable?
- Portable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce portable?
- Portable is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/ (UK).
Words near portable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: portable (page history and authors); portable (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); portable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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