Porté

Porté is a French term that serves as the past participle of the verb porter, meaning to carry, wear, or bear. It is used in literal senses—for example, something that is carried or worn—and in figurative expressions. The word derives from Latin portare and retains typical participle behavior in French grammar.

As a past participle, porté has four gender/number forms: porté (masculine singular), portée (feminine singular), portés (masculine plural), and portées (feminine plural). It can function as part of a compound tense with auxiliary verbs or as an adjective describing a noun. When used with être in passive or intransitive constructions, it agrees with the subject in gender and number (Le manteau est porté; La robe est portée). When used with avoir, agreement follows the direct object rule (La robe que j’ai portée est nouvelle).

In fashion and media contexts, porté is commonly used to indicate how a garment is worn or presented. Phrases such as robe portée par le mannequin or tenue portée illustrent items that are being worn by a model. In captions and descriptions, the participle describes the state of being worn rather than the act of wearing.

Beyond clothing, porté can appear in broader phrases meaning “carried” or “borne” by something, including figurative uses like ideas carried in a report or a study. While it is primarily a French lexical item, its appearance in multilingual texts often signals discussion of clothing, presentation, or carrying concepts in a neutral, descriptive tone.