portefaix
French, noun/pɔʁ.tə.fɛ/
portefaix is spelled P-O-R-T-E-F-A-I-X (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portefaix is a French masculine noun meaning “porter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont le métier consiste à porter des fardeaux”.
What does portefaix mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineporter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne dont le métier consiste à porter des fardeaux. 2. Homme brutal et grossier. 3. Phrygane ou porte-bois.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce portefaix?
- /pɔʁ.tə.fɛ/
- \pɔʁ.tə.fɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portefaix in French?
portefaix appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).