porte tournante

\pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\

/\pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\/ noun

The verdict

“porte tournante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.

Corpus desk

Index FR-porte-tournante · porte tournante · French

porte tournante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for porte tournante
PropertyValue
Headwordporte tournante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « porte tournante » en français

porte tournantereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porte tournante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.".

No misspelling variants are generated for porte tournante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is porte tournante, spelled P-O-R-T-E- -T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how porte tournante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Paolo m'attend déjà devant les portes tournantes pour la pause-déjeuner. Il a son regard agacé des jours où je ne suis pas parfaitement à l'heure.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porte tournante"?
"porte tournante" is spelled P-O-R-T-E- -T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\.
What does "porte tournante" mean?
As a noun, "porte tournante" means: Porte à plusieurs vantaux permettant d’éviter les courants d’air.
How do you pronounce "porte tournante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "porte tournante" is \pɔʁt tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "porte tournante" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list