colporter

== English == === Etymology === Anglicization of colporteur, from French. === Noun === colporter (plural colporters) Alternative form of colporteur. == French == === Etymology === From Latin comportare, from comportō (“to carry”), with a change to col- to differentiate from comporter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔl.pɔʁ.te/ === Verb === colporter to peddle; to hawk (figurative, often derogatory) to spread (gossip, accusation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== colporteur colporteuse ==== Related terms ==== comporter ==== Descendants ==== German: kolportieren === Further reading === “colporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “comportare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 987