portier
French, noun/pɔʁ.tje/
portier is spelled P-O-R-T-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portier is a French masculine noun meaning “gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme dont la profession est de garder une porte d’entrée”.
What does portier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman
- 2
masculinegoalkeeper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme dont la profession est de garder une porte d’entrée. 2. Religieux qui a le soin d’ouvrir et de fermer la porte d’un couvent. 3. Dispositif qui ouvre ou ferme une porte de façon automatique. 4. Gardien de but.
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 portier
- portiers plural
- portière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portier?
- /pɔʁ.tje/
- \pɔʁ.tje\
- [pɔʁ.tje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portier in French?
portier appears 2.8 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).