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portiere

or por·tière

[ pawr-tyair, -teer, pohr-, pawr-tee-air, pohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

portière

/ ˌpɔːtɪˈɛə; pɔrtjɛr /

1835–45; < French portière < Medieval Latin portāria, noun use of feminine of Late Latin portārius; porter ²

C19: via French from Medieval Latin portāria, from Latin porta door

I stood at the portière and announced Mrs. Gushington-Andrews in my most blasé but butlerian tones.

As she came through the portière, Edith97 walked like a princess.

At last I saw the portière move aside and a little hand, very moist, very soft, stretched out and placed on my right hand.

The scene represents two rooms—a bedroom and a boudoir—separated by an arched opening across which a portière is hung.

He sighed copiously through his nose, and changed legs; his dull eyes turned to the portière.

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