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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesportant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: portant
"Il a accroché ses vestes sur le portant."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A framework or freestanding stand equipped with a horizontal bar used for hanging clothes.
"She neatly organized all her winter coats on the metal clothing rack in the hallway." - 2
A retail fixture designed to display garments for customers in a store.
"The boutique assistant wheeled a heavily loaded clothing rack out onto the sales floor."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound of 'clothing', derived from Old English 'clāþing' referring to garments or attire, and 'rack', stemming from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'rac' meaning a framework or shelf. Combined in the industrial and retail expansion eras, it describes a standardized fixture designed for hanging and organizing garments.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Clothing rack" is said worldwide
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portant
Transliteration: portant
"Il a accroché ses vestes sur le portant."
Kleiderständer
Transliteration: Klaiderstaender
"Der Mantel hängt am Kleiderständer im Flur."
appendiabiti
Transliteration: appendiabiti
"Ha messo i cappotti sull'appendiabiti."
perchero
Transliteration: perchero
"Colgó su ropa en el perchero."
arara de roupas
Transliteration: arara de roupas
"Ela comprou uma nova arara de roupas para o quarto."
कपड़े का रैक
Transliteration: kapre ka rack
"उसने अपने कोट कपड़े के रैक पर लटका दिए।"
晾衣架
Transliteration: liàng yī jià
"她把外套挂在衣架上。"
행거
Transliteration: haeng-geo
"외투를 방에 있는 행거에 걸어두세요."
洋服掛け
Transliteration: youfukugake
"コートを洋服掛けにかけました。"
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