Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) port, harbour
  2. (masculine) port, harbour city
  3. (masculine) refuge
  4. (masculine) transport
  5. (masculine) postage
  6. (masculine) poise, bearing, way of carrying oneself

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).

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