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portiere

portiere is the alternative spelling of portière.

Meaning of portière

Noun

portière (plural portières)

  1. A car door.
  2. A hanging, such as a heavy curtain, placed over a door or doorway; a door curtain.
    • Carefully unfolding it, he spread it on the floor. It proved to be a curtain or portière, beautifully stencilled with a design on roses.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Forms of portiere

pluralportieres

Questions about portiere

What is portiere the alternative spelling of?
Portiere is the alternative spelling of portière.

Words near portiere in the dictionary

  1. porticolike
  2. porticos
  3. porticus
  4. porticuses
  5. Portier
  6. portiere
  7. portiered
  8. portieres
  9. portiforia
  10. portifories
  11. portiforium

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