portfolio

portfolio

See also: portfólió and portfólio

English

Etymology

From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin portāre (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔɹtˈfoʊ.liˌoʊ/, /poɹt-/, /-oʊl.joʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/, /-əʊl.jəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ

Noun

portfolio (plural portfolios)

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 142:

     He opened an embroidered portfolio; and, from its perfumed depths, took out a letter, which he began to read aloud.

2. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
3. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: ministry

4. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
   • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

     Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

5. (business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets.
   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 378:

     In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets.

   • 1989 February 10, Stephen Fry & al., "Christening" A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1, Episode 5:

     Father: Darling, and no disrespect to you, Vicar, but what I'm thinking is this. How about a mixed portfolio, whereby we spread him through Judaism, Islam, Hindu, and so on, maintaining a firm base in the Church of England?
     Mother: It does sound safer.
     Father: Exactly.

   I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

6. A range of products.

   product portfolio

Derived terms

• minister without portfolio

Descendants

• → Portuguese: portfólio, portfolio, portefólio

Translations

case

Bulgarian: папка (bg) f (papka) Catalan: cartera (ca) f Finnish: salkku (fi) French: portefeuille (fr) m German: Mappe (de) f, (dated) Portefeuille (de) n Greek: χαρτοφύλακας (el) m (chartofýlakas) Hebrew: פורטפוליו‎ (he) portfolio תיק‎ (he) m tik Hungarian: aktatáska (hu), irattáska (hu), mappa (hu) Italian: cartella (it) Latin: scrīnium n Malawi Lomwe: molw Norwegian: portefølje (no) m Polish: portfolio (pl) n, teka (pl) f, aktówka (pl) f Portuguese: porta-fólio (pt) m, portfólio (pt) m, portefólio m Rumanian: mapă (ro) m Russian: портфе́ль (ru) m (portfélʹ) Slovene: portfelj m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: mapa f Spanish: portafolio m, portafolios (es) m pl Turkish: portföy (tr)

collection

Finnish: portfolio (fi) French: portefeuille (fr) m, portfolio (fr) m (art, fashion) German: Portfolio (de) n Greek: δείγμα εργασίας n (deígma ergasías) Hebrew: פורטפוליו‎ (he) portfolio, תיק עבודות‎ (he) tik avodot Hungarian: portfólió Indonesian: portofolio (id) Italian: portfolio (it) m Japanese: 作品集 (sakuhinshū) Norwegian: portefølje (no) m Portuguese: portfólio (pt) m, buque (pt) Russian: портфо́лио (portfólio) n Slovene: listnica f Spanish: carpeta de trabajos f

post

Bulgarian: портфекл m (portfekl) Catalan: cartera (ca) f Finnish: ministerinsalkku (fi) French: portefeuille (fr) m German: (dated) Portefeuille (de) n Greek: χαρτοφυλάκιο (el) n (chartofylákio), υπουργείο (el) n (ypourgeío) Hebrew: תיק‎ (he) tik Hungarian: tárca (hu) Italian: portafoglio (it) Norwegian: portefølje (no) m Polish: teka (pl) f Portuguese: pasta (pt) f, portefólio m Russian: (министе́рский) портфе́ль ((ministérskij) portfél') m Spanish: cartera (es) f

investments

Bulgarian: портфейл m (portfejl), депо (bg) n (depo) Catalan: cartera (ca) f Finnish: arvopaperisalkku (fi), osakesalkku (fi) French: portefeuille (fr) m German: Portfolio (de) n Greek: χαρτοφυλάκιο (el) n (chartofylákio) Italian: portafoglio (it) Norwegian: portefølje (no) m Polish: portfel (pl) m Portuguese: portfólio (pt) m, porta-fólio (pt) m, portefólio m, carteira de investimentos f Russian: портфе́ль це́нных бума́г (portfél' tsénnyh bumág) m, портфе́льные инвести́ции (portfélnyje investítsii) pl Slovene: portfelj m Spanish: cartera de inversiones f Swedish: portfölj (sv) c Turkish: portföy (tr)

See also

• blad
• curriculum vitae
• repertoire

Further reading

• portfolio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English portfolio), ultimately from Italian portafoglio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈportfolio/, [ˈpo̞rt̪fo̞ˌlio̞]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification^(key): port‧fo‧li‧o

Noun

portfolio

1. portfolio (representative collection of the works of an artist, designer, or similar, especially as used to present to potential clients)

Declension

Inflection of portfolio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		portfolio	portfoliot
genitive		portfolion	portfolioiden portfolioitten
partitive		portfoliota	portfolioita
illative		portfolioon	portfolioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		portfolio	portfoliot
accusative	nom.	portfolio	portfoliot
	gen.	portfolion
genitive		portfolion	portfolioiden portfolioitten
partitive		portfoliota	portfolioita
inessive		portfoliossa	portfolioissa
elative		portfoliosta	portfolioista
illative		portfolioon	portfolioihin
adessive		portfoliolla	portfolioilla
ablative		portfoliolta	portfolioilta
allative		portfoliolle	portfolioille
essive		portfoliona	portfolioina
translative		portfolioksi	portfolioiksi
instructive		—	portfolioin
abessive		portfoliotta	portfolioitta
comitative		—	portfolioineen

Possessive forms of portfolio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	portfolioni	portfoliomme
2nd person	portfoliosi	portfolionne
3rd person	portfolionsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁt.fɔ.ljo/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -jo

Noun

portfolio m (plural portfolios)

1. portfolio

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrˈtfɔ.ljɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔljɔ
• Syllabification: por‧tfo‧lio

Noun

portfolio n (indeclinable)

1. portfolio (case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents)

Further reading

• portfolio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• portfolio in Polish dictionaries at PWN