portal

portal

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English

Etymology

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

portal (plural portals)

  1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
    1. A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
  2. (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
  3. (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
  4. (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location; period in time or dimension.
  5. (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
  6. (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.
  7. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
    Coordinate term: gate
  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.
  10. (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
  11. (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

portal (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

  • biportal
  • nonportal
  • portal triad
  • portal vein
  • uniportal

Verb

portal (third-person singular simple present portals, present participle portaling or portalling, simple past and past participle portaled or portalled)

  1. (science fiction, fantasy) To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).

See also

  • porthole
  • porch

Further reading

  • Category:Portals on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • patrol, pratol

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [purˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [porˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [poɾˈtal]

Adjective

portal m or f (masculine and feminine plural portals)

  1. portal

Noun

portal m (plural portals)

  1. portal

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese portal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin portalis, from Latin porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾˈtal/ [poɾˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: por‧tal

Noun

portal m (plural portais)

  1. portal
    Synonym: pórtico
  2. porch, portico
    Synonyms: alpendre, soportal
  3. hall
  4. gate
    Synonym: cancela

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “portal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • “portal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “portal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “portal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “portal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch portaal, from Middle French portal, from Old French portal, from Latin porta. Doublet of porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.tal]
  • Hyphenation: por‧tal

Noun

portal (plural portal-portal)

  1. portal
    1. gate
    2. entry point
    3. (colloquial) website as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet
  2. (colloquial) barrier at entry point
  3. (colloquial) marketplace

Further reading

  • “portal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • portail
  • portaul

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)

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • portau (Gascon, Provençal, Limousin, Auvernhat, Vivaro-Alpine)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puɾˈtal/

Noun

portal m (plural portals)

  1. (Languedoc) portal

Old French

Alternative forms

  • 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)

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Portal. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English portal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.tal/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtal
  • Syllabification: por‧tal

Noun

portal m inan (related adjective portalowy)

  2. (architecture) portal (ornamental door frame found in stately buildings, especially churches, castles, and historic houses)
  3. (architecture) portal (decoratively framed entrance opening found in stately buildings, especially churches, castles, and historic houses)
  5. (fantasy, science fiction) portal (magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time, or dimension)
  7. (Internet) portal (website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet)

Declension

Further reading

  • portal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • portal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • portal in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

From porta +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: por‧tal

Noun

portal m (plural portais)

  1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway

Related terms

  • porta

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Portal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /porˈtal/

Noun

portal n (plural portaluri)

  1. (architecture) portal, doorway, gateway

Declension

Related terms

  • arcadă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Portal, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒrtaːl/

Noun

pòrtāl m (Cyrillic spelling по̀рта̄л)

  1. (architecture) portal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾˈtal/ [poɾˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: por‧tal

Etymology 1

From puerta.

Noun

portal m (plural portales)

  1. (architecture) portal; porch
  2. (Internet) portal
Related terms
See also
  • Portales

Etymology 2

From vena porta.

Adjective

portal m or f (masculine and feminine plural portales)

  1. (anatomy) portal

Further reading

  • “portal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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