porte-clef

French

Alternative forms

• porte-clé, porte-clés, porte-clefs, porteclé

Etymology

Literally, “key carrier”. Compare Italian portachiavi, Romanian portchei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tə.kle/

• Audio:

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Noun

porte-clef m (plural porte-clefs)

1. (archaic) turnkey
2. keychain, keyring

Descendants

• → Greek: πορτκλέ (portklé)

Further reading

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