0 the part of building, room, vehicle, etc. you go through to go into or out of it -- porte [ feminine ]
the bedroom/kitchen door la porte de la chambre/cuisine
to open/close the door ouvrir/fermer la porte
Knock on the door. Frappez à la porte.
1 a space in a room where the door is -- (embrasure [ feminine ] de la) porte
He was standing in the door. Il se tenait debout dans l’embrasure de la porte.
2 in private -- à huis clos
4 the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc -- porte
He knocked loudly on the door.
5 a means of achieving something -- porte, voie
the door to success.
If you have a house with no doors, people will come in through the windows.
We are flinging the doors open wide to such fraudsters and in so doing indirectly encouraging tax fraud.
At the very least we must leave open the door to an integrated presidency in a few years time.
Today, however, we are not seeking dialogue but slamming a door shut.
It is also important, therefore, that they know when they can come knocking at our door.
It leaves the door open for patenting of cloning processes on anything less than a whole human being.
