portemonnaie
French, noun/pɔʁ.tə.mɔ.nɛ/
portemonnaie is spelled P-O-R-T-E-M-O-N-N-A-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portemonnaie is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling form of porte-monnaie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de porte-monnaie”.
What does portemonnaie mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling form of porte-monnaie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de porte-monnaie.
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.
Forms of portemonnaie
- portemonnaies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portemonnaie?
- /pɔʁ.tə.mɔ.nɛ/
- \pɔʁt.mɔ.nɛ\
- \pɔʁ.tə.mɔ.nɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portemonnaie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portemonnaie in French?
portemonnaie appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).