porte-bagages

French

Alternative forms

• porte-bagage (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From porter (“to carry”) +‎ bagages (“luggage”). Compare Italian portabagagli, Portuguese porta-bagagens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə).ba.ɡaʒ/

Noun

porte-bagages m (plural porte-bagages)

1. bicycle rack, luggage carrier
2. overhead bin, overhead compartment

Usage notes

• All descendants, as also the cognates, reflect a meaning “car trunk” not actually found in French, and are hence pseudo-loans.

Descendants

• → Albanian: portbagazh
• → Greek: πορτμπαγκάζ (portmpagkáz)
• → Romanian: portbagaj
• → Turkish: portbagaj

References

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