por·ta·ble (pôr t -bl, p r-)adj. 1. Carried or moved with ease: a portable typewriter; a portable generator. 2. Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit. 3. Computer Science Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems. 4. Obsolete Bearable; endurable. n. Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin port  bilis, from Latin portre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]por  ta·bili·ty, porta·ble·ness n.por ta·bly adv. |
portable [ˈpɔːtəbəl]
adj
1. able to be carried or moved easily, esp by hand
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of software, files, etc.) able to be transferred from one type of computer system to another
3. Archaic able to be endured; bearable
n
an article designed to be readily carried by hand, such as a television, typewriter, etc.
[from Late Latin portābilis, from Latin portāre to carry]
portability n
portably adv
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| Noun | 1. | portable - a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried typewriter - hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time |
| Adj. | 1. | portable - easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set" unportable - not portable; not easily moved or transported |
| 2. | portable - of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; "a portable outboard motor" outboard - located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" |
portable
adjective light, compact, convenient, handy, lightweight, manageable, movable, easily carried, portative There was a portable television behind the bar.
Translations
portable
adj portable [ˈpoːtəbl]
able to be carried, or moved easily from place to place a portable radio. draagbaar قابِل للحَمْل او النَّقْل портативен přenosný bærbar; transportabel tragbar φορητός portátil kaasaskantav قابل حمل kannettava portatif, portable נִישָׂא सुवाह्य lako nosiv,prenosiv hordozható bisa dijinjing, bisa dibawa-bawa (auð)flytjanlegur portatile 持ち運びできる 휴대할 수 있는 nešiojamasis, portatyvus portatīvs, pārnēsājams mudah alih draagbaar bærbar przenośny portátil portabil портативный, переносной prenosný prenosen prenosiv bärbar ที่พกพาได้ taşınabilir, portatif 手攜帶的，手提式，輕便的，手攜式的 портативний, переносний قابل نقل و انتقال có thể mang được 手携带的，手提式，轻便的，便携似的
n portable computer
draagbare rekenaar حاسوب نَقّال преносим компютър přenosný počítač laptop computer das Laptop, tragbarer Rechner φορητός Η/Υ ordenador portátil kaasaskantav arvuti کامپیوتر کوچک و قابل حمل kannettava tietokone portable מַחֲשֵב נִישָׂא सुवाह्य कॅम्पूटर portabl kompjuter hordozható számítógép komputer portabel computer portatile 휴대용 컴퓨터 nešiojamasis kompiuteris pārnēsājams dators komputer riba bærbar datamaskin komputer przenośny переносной, портативный компьютер prenosný počítač, príručný počítač prenosni računalnik laptop bärbar dator เครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์พกพา taşınabilir bilgisayar 可攜式計算機 портативний комп'ютер قابل نقل کمپيوٹر máy tính xách tay 便携式计算机
portable → محمول přenosný bærbar tragbar φορητός portátil kannettava portable prenosiv portatile 持ち運びできる 휴대형의 draagbaar bærbar przenośny portátil портативный bärbar หิ้วได้ taşınabilir xách tay 轻便的
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