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Translate portly from English to French

Summary

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portly:
- gros et gras; bien en chair
Wiktionary:
- portly → fort, corpulent
- portly → imposant, considérable

English

Detailed Translations for portly from English to French

portly:

portly adj

portly (plump; substantial)
gros et gras; bien en chair
- gros et gras adj
- bien en chair adj

Translation Matrix for portly:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	stout
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bien en chair	plump; portly; substantial	plump; well fed
gros et gras	plump; portly; substantial

Related Words for "portly":

portliness, portlier, portliest

Synonyms for "portly":

stout; fat

Related Definitions for "portly":

euphemisms for `fat'¹
- men are portly and women are stout¹

Wiktionary Translations for portly:

portly

adjective

euphemism for fat
- portly → fort; corpulent

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• portly	→ imposant; considérable	↔ stattlich — der Erscheinung nach eindrucksvoll, kräftig, imposant, würdevoll

External Machine Translations:

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