English

Alternative forms

• portiere

Noun

portière ‎(plural portières)

1. A car door.
2. A hanging, such as a heavy curtain, placed over a door or doorway; a door curtain.
   • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 240:

     Carefully unfolding it, he spread it on the floor. It proved to be a curtain or portière, beautifully stencilled with a design on roses.

Synonyms

• door curtain

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

portière f ‎(plural portières)

1. feminine equivalent of portier
2. car door

Derived terms

• emportiérage

Related terms

• porte

Anagrams

• prétoire