Polyglot Dictionary

ordinateur portable

/ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ pɔʁ.tabl/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les ordinateurs portables

Meaning

  1. laptop

    Built from ordinateur (computer) + portable (portable).

    • Il emporte son ordinateur portable partout.

      He takes his laptop everywhere.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • ordinateur computer
  • portable portable

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Laptop

Laptop is the German word for the same thing — both mean "laptop."

Spanish

portátil

portátil is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "laptop."

Portuguese

computador portátil

computador portátil is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "laptop."

Practice

1 What does ordinateur portable mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il emporte son ___ portable partout.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ordinateur portable?

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