verb/pɔʁ.te/
to carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to be about, to concern; to feel, to carry one's self
“Sur quoi portait la question ?” — What was the question concerning?
Inherited from Old French porter, from Latin portāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go, traverse”).
noun, masculine/pɔʁ.tɛʁ/plural: porters
porter is masculine in French.
porter (beer)
“il […] étancha sa soif avec le porter, cette bière noire qui sent le jus de réglisse dépouillé de sucre.” — He quenched his thirst with some porter, that dark beer which smells of unsweetened liquorice.
From English porter.