porte-parole
French
noun
Definitions
- A spokesperson, a spokesman, a spokeswoman.
Etymology
Affix from French porter (carry) + French parole (promise, spoken word, word).
Origin
French
parole
Gloss
promise, spoken word, word
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
辞
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Parole German
- parola Italian
- portare Italian
- geporteerd Dutch, Flemish
- emporter French
- parole French
- portable French
- portance French
- porte-coton French
- porte-jarretelles French
- porte-mine French
- portemanteau French
- porter French
- porteur French
- reporter French
- téléporter French
- пароль Russian
- porter Old French
- portar Catalan, Valencian
- parolă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- parole Middle French
- parole Slovak
- pawòl Haitian, Haitian Creole
- porté Louisiana Creole French