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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORTATIVE

From French, from Latin portāre to carry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTATIVE

portative  [ˈpɔːtətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORTATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

portative

Portative organ

A portative organ is a small pipe organ that consists of one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a right angle. The performer manipulates the bellows with one hand and fingers the keys with the other. The portative organ lacks a reservoir to retain a supply of wind, thus it will only produce sound while the bellows are being operated. The instrument was commonly used in secular music from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

Definition of portative in the English dictionary

The definition of portative in the dictionary is concerned with the act of carrying.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTATIVE


assortative
əˈsɔːtətɪv
cohortative
kəʊˈhɔːtətɪv
commutative
kəˈmjuːtətɪv
computative
kəmˈpjuːtətɪv
confutative
kənˈfjuːtətɪv
dehortative
dɪˈhɔːtətɪv
disputative
dɪˈspjuːtətɪv
exhortative
ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv
hortative
ˈhɔːtətɪv
imputative
ɪmˈpjuːtətɪv
mutative
ˈmjuːtətɪv
noncommutative
ˌnɒnkəˈmjuːtətɪv
putative
ˈpjuːtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
reputative
rɪˈpjuːtətɪv
sternutative
stɜːˈnjuːtətɪv
tentative
ˈtɛntətɪv
transmutative
trænzˈmjuːtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTATIVE

portabello
portability
portable
portably
Portadown
portage
portague
Portakabin
portal
portal frame
portal vein
portal-to-portal
Portaloo
portamenti
portamento
portance
portapack
portate
portatile
portative organ

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
operative
relative

Synonyms and antonyms of portative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «portative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTATIVE

Find out the translation of portative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of portative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «portative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

portative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portative
570 millions of speakers

English

portative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

portative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

portative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

портативный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

portative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

portative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

portatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Portatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tragfähig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

portative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

portative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Portatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùng để đem đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

portative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्टेजीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

portatif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

portative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

портативний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portativă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταφορική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

portative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

PORTATIV
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

portative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTATIVE»

The term «portative» is regularly used and occupies the 107.863 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about portative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTATIVE»

Discover the use of portative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Organ: An Encyclopedia
PORTATIVE that “Johan del orguens” played the “exaquir o los pet- its orguens,” the latter possibly being a reference to the portative. In addition to providing his own instruments, Visée is requested to bring “the book in which he has no- tated  ...
Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel, 2006
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A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music
portative, although there is no mention of this mechanism in treatises before Amaut de Zwolle describes it around 1440.*' It is difficult to know what music these small organs played, but the usual depiction of the portative in ensembles and the ...
Ross W. Duffin, 2000
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Music in the German Renaissance: Sources, Styles, and Contexts
The duo of lute and portative organ also achieved some currency around 1430, but this pairing gave way by about 1450. This was partially due to the apparent decline in popularity of the portative, and perhaps also to the increasing stature of  ...
John Kmetz, 2006
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Theologie Portative: Ou Dictionnaire Abrege de la Religion ...
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control.
Paul Henri Thiry Holbach, 2009
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Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
... REFRIG chambre froide démontable f; ~ crane n CONST potence de hissage f; - drilling machine n MECH ENG machine à percer portative f; - l'an n MECH ENG ventilateur portatif m; ~ fire extinguisher n SAFETY bouteille extincteur portative ...
Yves Arden, 2013
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Poetry and Cosmogony: Science in the Writing of Queneau and ...
In this first chapter on the Petite cosmogonie portative, after a brief introduction to the poem, I will present close readings of passages concerned with the origins of the universe and of life, with the mechanisms of evolution, and with the ...
Chris Andrews, 1999
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Literary Memory, Consciousness, and the Group Oulipo
Raymond Queneau's Petite cosmogonie portative Raymond Queneau searched far and wide for knowledge of all kinds; one of his projects was to completely re- design an encyclopedia.3 Petite cosmogonie portative, written before the group's  ...
Peter Consenstein, 2002
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Pied Piper: The Many Lives of Noah Greenberg
For a concert at the Metropolitan, he said, he would supply "six singers and three instrumentalists (a chest of recorders, a bass viola da gamba and a portative organ)."12 The recorders and the gamba Noah certainly could provide, but the ...
James Gollin, 2001
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Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians
The portative's pipes were of open metal arranged in one, two, or three ranks, and some of them had one or two extra large-sized bass pipes, which presumably served to sound a drone pitch or bourdon. Two depictions of portatives by Hans ...
Roland Jackson, 2005
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Caddo Verb Morphology
Lynette R. Melnar. When the position 8 prefix hay a- 'animate patient' is added to this basic portative construction, the portative element no longer indicates ' carrying'; instead, it simply means 'transitive', and the verb stem denotes ' following' or ...
Lynette R. Melnar, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Un soldat français déféré après des soupçons de pédophilie au …
Mais les deux hommes y auraient oublié une caméra portative. C'est en la visionnant que la jeune maman aurait découvert des scènes filmées ... «Le Monde, Jul 15»
2
Burkina : deux soldats français entendus pour pédophilie avant d …
L'un des deux hommes y aurait oublié sa caméra portative. La mère aurait visionné les images, des scènes filmées sous l'eau, et vu des ... «Jeune Afrique, Jul 15»
3
Hytera franchit une étape importante à Macao
... Hytera a déployé son système Tetra DIB-500 et 1 300 unités de la radio portative Tetra PT580H au Galaxy MacauTM, ainsi que le DS-6211 ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
4
Shirley Collins on her rise to the top, Jimi Hendrix and turning 80...
In 1964, she recorded for the first time with her sister, Dolly, who accompanied her on portative organ. “Working with Dolly was always a ... «The Argus, Jun 15»
5
Review: May Festival Chorus, soloists radiant in Bach
The small ensemble of strings and winds included a portative organ (Heather MacPhail). Porco took a somewhat ponderous tempo in the ... «Cincinnati.com, May 15»
6
Review: Bach Choir, Lehigh University Philharmonic concert is joyful …
... and assistant conductor Thomas Goeman, who seamlessly switched between harpsichord and portative organ during the performance. «Allentown Morning Call, Apr 15»
7
Mutus Liber at Divadlo Alfred ve dvoře
... the Renaissance; a rare portative organ played by the Renaissance musician and singer, Michael Pospíšil, is a highlight of the performance. «Prague Post, Mar 15»
8
Best Bets for the Myrtle Beach area, March 20-26
... Myrtle Beach: Pergolesi's “Stabat Mater” on their period instruments with Trinity's Hood Memorial portative organ, with soprano Leila Lazenby ... «MyrtleBeachOnline.com, Mar 15»
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Review: Chicago ensemble Bella Voce Camerata's “Stabat Mater”
Set as a vocal duet with string quintet and portative organ, the small ensemble (playing on period instruments) was once again able to fill the ... «Communities Digital News, Mar 15»
10
Don't Rush Into Easter
... players performing Pergolesi's Stabat Mater on their period pieces with Trinity's Hood Memorial portative organ with Soprano Leila Lazenby, ... «Myhorrynews, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Portative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/portative>. May 2024 ».
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