portée
See also: portee
French
editEtymology
editFrom feminine past participle of porter (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportée f (plural portées)
- reach, range, scope
- la portée de sa voix
- within the distance that his voice can be heard
- Cela n’est pas à portée de vue.
- It was not in the range of sight.
- Il fait une dépense fort au-dessus de sa portée.
- He made a significant expenditure beyond his reach.
- 1937, Léon Berman, Histoire des Juifs de France des origines à nos jours:
- […] mais son talent c’est précisément de mettre les problèmes les plus ardus à la portée des cerveaux les plus frustes.
- […] but his talent was precisely to put the most arduous problems within the reach of the most productive brains.
- range (of a weapon)
- 1874, François P. L. Pollen, D. C. van Dam, Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances, page 30:
- Dès qu’ils aperçoivent un caret ou une tortue franche, ils tachent de les avoir à portée et dans le moment favorable ils lancent avec une adresse étonnante un des harpons en visant sur la tête ou la queue pour ne pas dommager les plaques latérales; qui dans les carets font la valeur de l’animal.
- As soon as they spot a loggerhead turtle or a green sea turtle, they try to get it within range, and when the time is right they launch with astonishing dexterity one of the harpoons, aiming for the head or the tail so as not to damage the side plates, which in turtles the value of the animal is found.
- litter (animals born in one birth)
- Coordinate term: couvée (“clutch”)
- (music) stave
- (programming) scope
Derived terms
editParticiple
editportée f sg
Further reading
edit- “portée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
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Noun
editportée f (plural portées)
Synonyms
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