portfolio
English
/pɔɹtˈfoʊ.liˌoʊ/, /pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
- (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
- (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
- (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
- (business) A collection of assets generally.
- A range of products.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian portafoglio derived from Latin portāre (carry).
Origin
Latin
portāre
Gloss
carry
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- e-portfolio English
- multiportfolio English
- nonportfolio English
- portāre Latin
- Portefeuille German
- foglio Italian
- portafoglio Italian
- portare Italian
- portefeuille Dutch, Flemish
- feuille French
- porte French
- portefeuille French
- портфе́ль Russian
- портфель Russian
- портфолио Russian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- portefølje Norwegian Bokmål
- ポートフォリオ Japanese
- portfel Polish
- portfolio Polish
- portefølje Norwegian Nynorsk
- porter Old French
- portar Catalan, Valencian
- purta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- portar Old Portuguese
- portar Asturian
- puartâ Friulian
- portar Old Occitan
- portar Old Spanish
- purtari Sicilian
- portar Venetian
- portur Dalmatian
- porter Ladin
- purtà Neapolitan
- portà Istriot