portable
A portable building used for temporary purposesA portable building used for temporary purposes: A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom doesn't want an iPad. He wants a portable device that supports Flash.
Том не хочет iPad. Он хочет портативное устройство, которое поддерживает Flash. — maks
Тому не нужен iPad. Ему нужно портативное устройство с поддержкой Flash. — Ooneykcall
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA portable building used for temporary purposes
A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
A hand-held video gaming device.
- a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
Examples
25 sentencesTom doesn't want an iPad. He wants a portable device that supports Flash.
ruТом не хочет iPad. Он хочет портативное устройство, которое поддерживает Flash. — maks
The device is portable.
Цей девайс мобільний. — Ahha
deDas Gerät ist tragbar. — freddy1
I bought a portable music player.
I buy a portable music player.
PDF stands for portable document format.
Origin
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surfaceFrom Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.