portal
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portal¹
- /ˈpɔːtl̩/ UK
- /ˈpɔɹtl̩/ US
- [ˈpʰɔɹɾɫ̩] US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)təl
Where it comes from
From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
noun portals
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. The local library, a portal of knowledge.
- A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
- A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
- An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.) I have already inputted my info on the portal.
- The existence of an account on an ePortal. You need to have a portal to have a driver's license.
- A short artery that carries blood into the liver.
- A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.
- A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance. Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.
- The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
- A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
adjective
- Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver. the portal vein
verb portals · portaling · portalling · portaled · portalled
- To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
Portal²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
- A ghost town in California.
- A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
- A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gateway, gate, doorway, door, arch, marketplace, cluster, entrance, homepage, portlet, website, wikipedia, executant, site, acp, web
Translations
Every language
noun entry point
| Español | portada, portal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 입구 ipgu |
| हिन्दी | प्रवेशमार्ग praveśmārg |
| Português | portal |
| Français | portail |
| Deutsch | Portal |
| Italiano | portale |
| Tiếng Việt | cổng |
noun website
| Español | portal, ciberportal, portal web |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포털 poteol |
| 日本語 | ポータル pōtaru |
| 中文 | 門戶網站 /门户网站 ménhù wǎngzhàn |
| Português | portal |
| Français | portail |
| Deutsch | Portal |
| Italiano | portale |
| Ελληνικά | πύλη pýli |
| Русский | порта́л portál |
| Tiếng Việt | cổng |
noun vein
| Español | vena porta |
|---|---|
| Português | veia porta, porta |
| Français | veine porte |
noun magical or technological doorway leading to another location; period in time or dimension
| Español | teleportal |
|---|
Talk about this word "portal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/portal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. portal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/portal "portal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/portal.Cite this
@misc{portal_2026,
title = {portal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
