No. 288 in French

porte

Door.

In a sentence

La porte de la maison est ouverte.
The door of the house is open.
Here, 'porte' refers to a physical door.
Il porte un chapeau noir.
He is wearing a black hat.
Here, 'porte' is a verb meaning 'to wear' or 'to carry'.
Cette ville porte un nom ancien.
This city bears an ancient name.
Here, 'porte' is used metaphorically for 'to bear' or 'to carry' in a name or title.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “porte” in actual French podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

French books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).