porte

French

noun
Definitions
  • door
  • gate to a city, at airport
  • (figuratively) gateway, means, door

Etymology

Inherited from Old French porte inherited from Latin porta (gate, door, entrance, passage, a gate).

Origin

Latin

porta

Gloss

gate, door, entrance, passage, a gate

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

戸, 扉

Emoji

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