portative

[pawr-tuh-tiv, pohr-]

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adjective

capable of being carried; portable.

having or pertaining to the power or function of carrying.

noun

Also called portative organ. a small portable pipe organ used especially during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Origin of portative

1350–1400; Middle English portatif < Middle French. See port⁵, -ative

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Related Words for portative

compact, convenient, handy, lightweight, mobile, ambulatory, portable, motile, light, movable, adaptable, adjustable, loose, moving, removable, separable, transferable, unattached, unsteady, conveyable

British Dictionary definitions for portative

portative

adjective

a less common word for portable

concerned with the act of carrying

Word Origin for portative

C14: from French, from Latin portāre to carry

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