portion

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , akin to ; see. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) An allocated amount.
 * 2)  That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
 * 3) One's fate; lot.
 * 4) The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
 * 5) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
 * 1) The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
 * 2) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
 * 1) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
 * 1) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
 * 1) A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Usage notes
Relatively formal, compared to the more informal or more concrete and casual. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: по́рцыя,, до́ля
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: parto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ნაწილი, წილი, პორცია, ულუფა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λάχος, μόριον
 * Guaraní:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Lao: ສ່ວນ
 * Latin: portiō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: дел
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: taha, tirikai
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Ottoman Turkish: اوگون
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , , , cotă-parte
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: де̏о, ди̏о
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:, diel, podiel
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: pāke, ñasso
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: по́рція, ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish:


 * Belarusian: до́ля
 * Finnish:
 * Irish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:, perintöosa
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
 * 2)  To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Usage notes

 * Particularly used as portion out.
 * Relatively formal, compared to the more informal, , or the casual ,.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽

Etymology
(accusative singular of ).

Noun

 * 1) serving, an helping of food

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) part
 * 2) dowry
 * 1) dowry