Polyglot Dictionary

portail

/pɔʁ.taj/

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 portails

Meaning

  1. gate

    • Il ferme le portail en sortant.

      He closes the gate on his way out.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Tor

Tor is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gate."

Portuguese

portão

portão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gate."

Practice

1 What does portail mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il ferme le ___ en sortant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches portail?

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