portefeuille

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French portefeuille

Noun[edit]

portefeuille (plural portefeuilles)

(archaic) An artist's portfolio.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French portefeuille. Doublet with portfolio.

Pronunciation[edit]

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IPA^(key): /ˌpɔr.təˈfœy̯.jə/
Hyphenation: por‧te‧feuil‧le

Noun[edit]

portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles, diminutive portefeuilletje n)

wallet
Synonym: portemonnee
portfolio (post, set of responsibilities)

Related terms[edit]

portfolio

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From porte (“carry”, second person singular imperative) +‎ feuille (“sheet, paper”). Cognate with Italian portafoglio (whence French portfolio).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tə.fœj/
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Noun[edit]

portefeuille m (plural portefeuilles)

Synonyms[edit]

(wallet): (slang, France) larfeuille

Descendants[edit]

→ Danish: portefølje
→ Dutch: portefeuille
→ German: Portefeuille
→ Limburgish: portefui
→ Norwegian Bokmål: portefølje
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: portefølje
→ Polish: portfel
→ Portuguese: porta-fólio
→ Russian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
- → Romanian: portofel
→ Swedish: portfölj
→ Turkish: portföy
→ Ukrainian: портфе́ль (portfélʹ)
→ West Frisian: portefúlje

Further reading[edit]

“portefeuille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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