Meanings
nounportière (plural portières)
plural portières · alternative portiere
- A hanging, such as a heavy curtain, placed over a door or doorway; a door curtain.
Carefully unfolding it, he spread it on the floor. It proved to be a curtain or portière, beautifully stencilled with a design on roses.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
door curtain
Origin
- Frenchportière
- Englishportière
From French portière, derived from porte (“door”) + -ière.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian завеса на входна врата
- завеса на входна врата (zavesa na vhodna vrata)hanging over a doorway
Finnish oviverho
- oviverhohanging over a doorway
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“portière.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porti%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portière,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porti%C3%A8re.
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