Meanings
nounporthole (plural portholes)
plural portholes
- nauticalA circular window set in the hull of a ship.
There was one small window in the hold, and I squeezed my way through the goats to this porthole, dusted with sea salt, and saw only blue—blue sky, blue water without end.
2023, Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris, The Eyes and the Impossible, page 248
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nounan opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian люк, илюминатор
- люк (ljuk)circular window
- илюминатор (iljuminator)circular window
Catalan portalera
- portaleracircular window
Chinese Mandarin 舷窗
- 舷窗 (xiánchuāng)circular window
Czech kulaté okénko
- kulaté okénkocircular window
Danish koøje
- koøjecircular window
Dutch patrijs, patrijspoort
- patrijscircular window
- patrijspoortcircular window
Esperanto luko
- lukocircular window
Finnish hytti-ikkuna
- hytti-ikkunacircular window
French hublot
- hublotcircular window
German Bullauge
- Bullaugecircular window
Hebrew אֶשְׁקָף
- אֶשְׁקָף (eshkaf)circular window
Icelandic kýrauga
- kýraugacircular window
Italian oblò
- oblòcircular window
Japanese 舷窓
- 舷窓 (gensō)circular window
Korean 현창
- 현창 (hyeonchang)circular window
Polish bulaj
- bulajcircular window
Russian иллюмина́тор
- иллюмина́тор (illjuminátor)circular window
Scottish Gaelic uinneag bàta
- uinneag bàtacircular window
Spanish tronera, ventanilla
- troneracircular window
- ventanillacircular window
- óculocircular window
- portacircular window
- portillacircular window
Ukrainian ілюміна́тор
- ілюміна́тор (iljuminátor)circular window
Welsh gyndwll, portol
- gyndwllcircular window
- portolcircular window
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Cite this entry
APA
porthole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porthole
MLA
“porthole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porthole. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porthole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porthole.
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