Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portefeuille

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: porte-feuille
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artist's portfolio.

Archaic

Etymology

Etymology tree French porte Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom? Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom? Proto-Italic *foljom Classical Latin folium Late Latin folia Old French fueille Middle French feuille French feuille French portefeuillebor. English portefeuille Borrowed from French portefeuille.

Usage

Archaic

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Finance.

Inflected Forms

portefeuilles (plural)

Questions

What does portefeuille mean?: An artist's portfolio.
Where does portefeuille come from?: Etymology tree French porte Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom? Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom? Proto-Italic *foljom Classical Latin folium Late Latin folia Old French fueille Middle French feuille French feuille French portefeuillebor. English portefeuille Borrowed from French portefeuille.

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