portefeuille
See also: Portefeuille
English
Etymology
Dutch
Etymology
From French portefeuille. Doublet with portfolio.
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˌpɔr.təˈfœy̯.jə/
- Hyphenation: por‧te‧feuil‧le
Noun
portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles, diminutive portefeuilletje n)
- wallet
- Synonym: portemonnee
- portfolio (post, set of responsibilities)
Related terms
French
Etymology
From porte (“carry”, second person singular imperative) + feuille (“sheet, paper”). Cognate with Italian portafoglio (whence French portfolio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔʁ.tə.fœj/
audio (file)
Noun
portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles)
Synonyms
- (wallet): (slang, France) larfeuille
Descendants
- → Danish: portefølje
- → Dutch: portefeuille
- → German: Portefeuille
- → Limburgish: portefui
- → Norwegian Bokmål: portefølje
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: portefølje
- → Polish: portfel
- → Portuguese: porta-fólio
- → Russian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
- → Romanian: portofel
- → Swedish: portfölj
- → Turkish: portföy
- → Ukrainian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
- → West Frisian: portefúlje
Further reading
- “portefeuille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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