German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French portable, from Latin portābilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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portabel (strong nominative masculine singular portabler, comparative portabler, superlative am portabelsten)

  1. portable
    Synonym: tragbar

Usage notes

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Very rarely, the comparative form portabler and the superlative form (am) portabelsten are encountered.

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Adjective

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portabel (not comparable)

  1. portable (easily carried)
    Synonym: bärbar

Declension

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Inflection of portabel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular portabel
Neuter singular portabelt
Plural portabla
Masculine plural3 portable
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 portable
All portabla
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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