portal
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
architecture
computer-graphics
computing
engineering
fantasy
literature
mathematics
media
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Inflected forms:
form: portals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: portals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: portaling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: portalling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: portaled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: portaled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: portalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: portalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
pos: noun
examples: The local library, a portal of knowledge.
Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently constructed, properly architected tunnel portal in Britain.
gloss: An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
pos: noun
gloss: A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
gloss: A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
Philippines
examples: I have already inputted my info on the portal.
gloss: A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
Philippines
examples: You need to have a portal to have a driver's license.
gloss: A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
pos: noun
gloss: A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
pos: noun
gloss: A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
pos: noun
gloss: Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
pos: noun
gloss: A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
pos: noun
examples: Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.
gloss: The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
pos: noun
gloss: A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
pos: noun
gloss: The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
pos: noun
gloss: A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the portal vein
gloss: To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
pos: verb
Derived words: antiportal
captive portal
ePortal
geoportal
hepatic portal vein
intraportal
megaportal
porous portal
portalable
portal hypertension
portalisation
portalization
portal rendering
portal site
portal-to-portal
portal venous
portlet
Providence Portal
teleportal
vortal
Wikiportal
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: порта́л
roman: portál
lang: Esperanto
word: portalo
lang: Esperanto
word: enirejo
lang: Finnish
word: portti
lang: French
word: portail
lang: Georgian
word: პორტალი
roman: ṗorṭali
lang: German
word: Portal
lang: Hindi
word: प्रवेशमार्ग
roman: praveśmārg
lang: Indonesian
word: portal
lang: Italian
word: portale
lang: Korean
word: 입구
roman: ipgu
lang: Persian
word: درگاه
roman: dargâh
lang: Polish
word: portal
lang: Portuguese
word: portal
lang: Spanish
word: portada
lang: Spanish
word: portal
lang: Vietnamese
word: cổng
lang: Belarusian
word: парта́л
roman: partál
lang: Bulgarian
word: порта́л
roman: portál
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 門戶網站 /门户网站
roman: ménhù wǎngzhàn
lang: Czech
word: portál
lang: Dutch
word: portaal
lang: Finnish
word: portaali
lang: French
word: portail
lang: Georgian
word: პორტალი
roman: ṗorṭali
lang: German
word: Portal
lang: Greek
word: πύλη
roman: pýli
lang: Hungarian
word: portál
lang: Icelandic
word: vefgátt
lang: Indonesian
word: portal
lang: Irish
word: tairseach
lang: Italian
word: portale
lang: Japanese
word: ポータル
roman: pōtaru
lang: Kazakh
word: портал
roman: portal
lang: Korean
word: 포털
roman: poteol
lang: Persian
word: پورتال
roman: portâl
lang: Polish
word: portal
lang: Portuguese
word: portal
lang: Russian
word: порта́л
roman: portál
lang: Spanish
word: portal
lang: Spanish
word: ciberportal
lang: Spanish
word: portal web
lang: Turkish
word: portal
lang: Ukrainian
word: порта́л
roman: portál
lang: Vietnamese
word: cổng