portable

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French portable, or from Latin portabilis.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbl̩/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/, /ˈpɔɹtəbl̩/, [ˈpʰɔɹɾɪ̈bl̩]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təbəl
Hyphenation: por‧ta‧ble

Adjective

portable (comparative more portable, superlative most portable)

Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
a portable pension plan
(computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- 2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, page 6:
  How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?
(computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
- 2014, Bertrand Dufrasne, ‎Bruce Allworth, ‎Desire Brival, IBM XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability (page 10)
  Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit.

Derived terms

Translations

able to be carried or moved

Arabic: مَحْمُول (ar) (maḥmūl)
Armenian: շարժական (hy) (šaržakan)
Asturian: portátil
Azerbaijani: daşınabilən, daşınan
Belarusian: перано́сны (pjeranósny), партаты́ўны (partatýŭny)
Bulgarian: преносим (prenosim)
Catalan: portàtil, portable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕便的／轻便的 (qīngbiàn de)
Czech: přenosný (cs) m
Danish: bærbar
Dutch: draagbaar (nl)
Esperanto: portebla
Finnish: kannettava (fi), matka-, siirrettävä (fi)
French: portable (fr), portatif (fr)
Galician: portátil (gl)
Georgian: გადატანადი (gadaṭanadi), გადასატანი (gadasaṭani), ტარებადი (ṭarebadi), სატარებელი (saṭarebeli), პორტატული (ṗorṭaṭuli), მოძრავი (moʒravi)
German: portabel (de), tragbar (de)
Greek: φορητός (el) (foritós)
Ancient: ἀγώγιμος (agṓgimos), περιφορητός (periphorētós)
Hungarian: hordozható (hu)
Italian: portatile (it)
Latin: circumlatitius, carriabilis (medieval)
Maori: tangara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bærbar, flyttbar, portabel

Nynorsk: flyttbar, portabel
Occitan: portable (oc)
Plautdietsch: droagboa
Polish: przenośny (pl)
Portuguese: portátil (pt), portável
Russian: переносно́й (ru) (perenosnój), портати́вный (ru) (portatívnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: nosivo (sh), nosiv (sh)
Slovak: prenosný
Spanish: portátil (es), portable
Thai: เคลื่อนที่ (th) (klʉ̂ʉan-tîi)
Turkish: taşınabilir (tr), portatif (tr), seyyar (tr)
Ukrainian: переносни́й (perenosnýj)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: cludadwy (cy)

running on multiple systems

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: siirrettävä (fi)
French: portable (fr)
German: portabel (de)
Norwegian: portabel
Polish: przenośny (pl)
Portuguese: portável
Russian: портативный (ru) (portativnyj)
Spanish: portable

Noun

portable (plural portables)

A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
1. Clipping of portable toilet.
2. A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
(computing) Clipping of portable computer.
- 1985, New Accountant, volumes 1-3, page lxvii:
  A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer.
- 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 20, page 71:
  Compaq portables have grown lighter and more powerful since then. Their newest luggable, the Compaq Portable III, is six times more powerful and 10 pounds lighter than the original model.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.