noun, masculine/pɔʁ/plural: ports
port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge; transport; postage
“[…]la mère Rolet réclama le port d'une vingtaine de lettres; et, comme Charles demandait des explications, elle eut la délicatesse de répondre: […].”
Inherited from Old French port, borrowed from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).