porte-monnaie

See also: portemonnaie and Portemonnaie

English

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Etymology

From French porte-monnaie.

Noun

porte-monnaie (plural porte-monnaies)

  1. A wallet.
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      She saw without looking that her mother pressed a little clasp; heard, without wanting to, the sharp click that marked the closing portemonnaie from which something had been taken.

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French

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).mɔ.nɛ/
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Noun

porte-monnaie m (plural porte-monnaies or porte-monnaie)

  1. purse

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