porter
French, noun/pɔʁ.te/
porter is spelled P-O-R-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written French, the 871st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porter is a French masculine noun meaning “porter (beer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de bière anglaise de couleur noire opaque”.
What does porter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry
- 2
to support, to bear
- 3
to wear
- 4
to be about, to concern
Sur quoi portait la question ?
- 5
to feel, to be in good/bad health
Je me porte mieux.
noun
- 1
masculineporter (beer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Soutenir quelque chose ou quelqu’un. 2. Avoir sur soi ou tenir à la main. 3. Mettre sur soi, en parlant de l’habillement, de la parure, etc. 4. Tenir son corps, sa tête, ses bras, etc., et de tout ce qui regarde la contenance et le geste.
noun: 1. Type de bière anglaise de couleur noire opaque.
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 porter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- portant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- porté participle past
- porte first-person indicative present
- portes indicative present second-person
- portons first-person indicative plural
- portez indicative plural present
- portent indicative plural present
- portais first-person imperfect indicative
- portait imperfect indicative singular
- portions first-person imperfect indicative
- portiez imperfect indicative plural
- portaient imperfect indicative plural
- portai first-person historic indicative
- portas historic indicative past
- porta historic indicative past
- portâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porter?
- /pɔʁ.te/
- /pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
- \pɔʁ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porter in French?
porter appears 95 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).