Meaning

5 senses
  1. Able to be carried or easily moved.

    portabel, tragbar

    переносно́йperenosnój, портати́вныйportatívnyj

    переносни́йperenosnýj

    easily or conveniently transported

  2. Able to be transferred from one organization to another.

    a portable pension plan

  3. Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

    portabel

    портативныйportativnyj

  4. Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.

  5. (obsolete)Bearable, endurable.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't want an iPad. He wants a portable device that supports Flash.

    ruТом не хочет iPad. Он хочет портативное устройство, которое поддерживает Flash.

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  2. The device is portable.

    Цей девайс мобільний.

    deDas Gerät ist tragbar.

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  3. I bought a portable music player.

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  4. I buy a portable music player.

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  5. PDF stands for portable document format.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
able to be carried or moved:
Русский
By meaning 2
able to be carried or moved:
running on multiple systems:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
able to be carried or moved:

Origin

From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface

From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.

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