# portable
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French portable, or from Latin portabilis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbl̩/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/, /ˈpɔɹtəbl̩/, [ˈpʰɔɹɾɪ̈bl̩]
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təbəl
* Hyphenation: por‧ta‧ble

### Adjective

portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)
* Able to be carried or easily moved.
* Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
    a portable pension plan
* (computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
** 2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, page 6:How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?
* (computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
** 2014, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruce Allworth, Desire Brival, IBM XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability, page 10:Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit.

#### Derived terms

* hand-portable
* man-portable
* portability
* portable art
* portable executable
* portableness
* portable stove

#### See also

* hand-held
* transportable

### Noun

portable (plural portables)
* A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
** Clipping of portable toilet.
** A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
* (computing) Clipping of portable computer.
** 1985, New Accountant, volumes 1-3, page lxvii:A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer.
** 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 20, page 71:Compaq portables have grown lighter and more powerful since then. Their newest luggable, the Compaq Portable III, is six times more powerful and 10 pounds lighter than the original model.
* (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.

#### Synonyms

* (facility for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* tropable

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [purˈtab.blə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [porˈtab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [poɾˈta.ble]

### Adjective

portable m or f (masculine and feminine plural portables)
* portable
    Synonym: portàtil

#### Related terms

* portar

### Further reading

* “portable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “portable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “portable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “portable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, porter +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔʁ.tabl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

portable (plural portables)
* portable

#### Derived terms

* téléphone portable
* ordinateur portable

#### Related terms

* portatif

### Noun

portable m (plural portables)
* a mobile phone; Ellipsis of téléphone portable.
* a laptop; Ellipsis of ordinateur portable.
    Synonym: ordinateur portable m

#### Synonyms

* (mobile phone): mobile m, téléphone portable m, cellulaire m (Quebec), cell, téléphone mobile, téléphone cellulaire

### Further reading

* “portable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin portabilis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

portable m (feminine singular portabla, masculine plural portables, feminine plural portablas)
* portable

#### Related terms

* portar

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 769.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin portābilis; equivalent to portar +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poɾˈtable/ [poɾˈt̪a.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: por‧ta‧ble

### Adjective

portable m or f (masculine and feminine plural portables)
* portable
    Synonym: portátil

#### Derived terms

* portabilidad

### Further reading

* “portable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10