ポータブル

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Meanings

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Describes devices, tools, or items designed to be easily carried or moved. Functions as both a noun and a na-adjective.

I took a portable speaker to the park.

このゲーム機きはポータブルなので、旅りょ行こうに便べん利りだ。

This game console is portable, so it's handy for travel.

ポータブル〈物もの〉portable ~ (device, e.g. speaker, player)
このポータブルスピーカーはとても軽かるい。
This portable speaker is very light.
ポータブルな〈物もの〉a portable (thing), used adjectivally
もっとポータブルな充じゅう電でん器きが欲ほしい。
I want a more portable charger.
〈物もの〉をポータブル化かするto make (something) portable
会かい社しゃはこの製せい品ひんをポータブル化かすることに決きめた。
The company decided to make this product portable.

携けい帯たいN3
携帯 is the native Japanese word for 'portable', more formal and used in compounds like 携帯電話, while ポータブル is a casual loanword typically used for electronics and gadgets.
携けい帯たい用ようN2
ポータブル is a loanword for 'portable' typically used with electronics, while 携帯用 is a native compound that can describe any item made for carrying.

据すえ置おきN1
据え置き describes a device meant to stay fixed in one place, the opposite of ポータブル which means designed to be carried around.

ポータル
ポータル (a portal website that serves as an entry point to online resources) sounds similar to ポータブル (portable, easily carried), but the two words are unrelated in meaning.

Borrowed from English 'portable'.