portal

See also: Portal and portál

English

Portal of Chartres Cathedral

Etymology

From Medieval Latin portale, from Latin porta

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːɹtəl/, [ˈpʰɔːɹɾɫ̩]
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl

Noun

portal (plural portals)

  1. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
    • Milton
      Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.
  2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
    The local library, a portal of knowledge.
  3. (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
    The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
  4. (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
  5. (fiction) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
  6. (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
  7. (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
  8. (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
  9. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Hyponyms

  • (elevated corridor permitting access to a plane from an airport): See jet bridge
  • (Internet): Wikiportal

Derived terms

Translations

entry point
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Adjective

portal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
    the portal vein

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

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Adjective

portal (masculine and feminine plural portals)

  1. portal

Noun

portal m (plural portals)

  1. portal

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French portal.

Noun

portal m (plural portaulx)

  1. gate (doorlike structure usually outside of a building or property)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (portal)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

porte +‎ -al.

Noun

portal m (oblique plural portaus or portax or portals, nominative singular portaus or portax or portals, nominative plural portal)

  1. gate (doorlike structure usually outside of a building or property)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (portal)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔrt̪al/
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Noun

portal m inan

  1. (architecture) portal

Declension

Portuguese

portal

Etymology

From porta +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Noun

portal m (plural portais)

  1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway

Romanian

Etymology

From German Portal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [porˈtal]

Noun

portal n (plural portaluri)

  1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Portal, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒrtaːl/

Noun

pòrtāl m (Cyrillic spelling по̀рта̄л)

  1. (architecture) portal

Declension

Spanish

Noun

portal m (plural portales)

  1. (architecture) portal; porch

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