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- DictionaryPor·tal/ˈpôrdl/
noun
- 1. a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.
- 2. a website or web page providing access or links to other sites: "many healthcare providers already utilize portals through which a patient can access test results"
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Learn the various meanings and uses of the word portal, from a grand or imposing door to a website serving as a guide or point of entry to the World Wide Web. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of portal.
Portal definition: a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.. See examples of PORTAL used in a sentence.
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Etymology
From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Pronunciation
1. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtəl/ 2. (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːɹtəl/, [ˈpʰɔːɹɾɫ̩] 3. Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Noun
portal (plural portals) 1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. 1.1. 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49: 1.1.1. Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central) [purˈtal] 2. IPA(key): (Balearic) [porˈtal] 3. IPA(key): (Valencian) [poɾˈtal]
Adjective
portal m or f (masculine and feminine plural portals) 1. portal
Noun
portal m (plural portals) 1. portal
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese portal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin portalis, from Latin porta (“gate”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /poɾˈtal/
Noun
portal m (plural portais) 1. portal 1.1. Synonym: pórtico 1.1. 1395, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 555: 1.1.1. seendo o Conçello da dicta vila da Crunna ajuntado por pregon en o portal da iglesia de Santiago da dicta vila. segundo que an de huso et de costume 1.1.1.1. being the Council of the aforementioned town of A Coruña reunited by announcement at the portalof the church of Saint James of the mentioned town, as they have as cu...
Etymology
From Dutch portaal, from Middle French portal, from Old French portal, from Latin porta. Doublet of porta.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.tal] 2. Hyphenation: por‧tal
Noun
portal (first-person possessive portalku, second-person possessive portalmu, third-person possessive portalnya) 1. portal 1.1. gate. 1.2. entry point. 1.3. (colloquial) websiteas an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. 2. (colloquial) barrierat entry point. 3. (colloquial) marketplace.
Alternative forms
1. portail 2. portaul
Noun
portal m (plural portaulx) 1. gate(doorlike structure usually outside of a building or property)
References
1. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (portal)
Alternative forms
1. portau (Gascon, Provençal, Limousin, Auvernhat, Vivaro-Alpine)
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /puɾˈtal/
Noun
portal m (plural portals) 1. (Languedoc) portal
Alternative forms
1. portail
Etymology
porte + -al.
Noun
portal oblique singular, 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)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Portal. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English portal.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.tal/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔrtal 3. Syllabification: por‧tal
Noun
portal m inan (related adjective portalowy) 1. (architecture) portal (ornamental door frame found in stately buildings, especially churches, castles, and historic houses) 2. (architecture) portal (decoratively framed entrance opening found in stately buildings, especially churches, castles, and historic houses) 3. (fantasy, science fiction) portal (magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time, or dimension) 4. (Internet) portal (website or page that acts as an...
Etymology
From porta + -al.
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw 2. Hyphenation: por‧tal
Noun
portal m (plural portais) 1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway
Etymology
Borrowed from German Portal.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /porˈtal/
Noun
portal n (plural portaluri) 1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway
Learn the definition, etymology, pronunciation and translations of portal in English and other languages. Portal can mean an entrance, a website, a vein, a doorway and more.
1 day ago · Learn the meaning of portal as a large impressive doorway, a site that provides links to other sites, or a vein that carries blood to the liver. Find synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage examples of portal.
A portal is a doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing. It can also be a website that provides links to other sites, or a vein that carries blood to the liver.
