un portable

cell phone

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phrase Uncommon #20,522
cell phone Common in France. In everyday speech, it means a mobile phone.
FR: As-tu un portable ?
EN: Do you have a cell phone?

J'avais un portable jetable, caché.

I had a disposable phone hidden away.

— The Rip (2026)

C'est un portable.

It's a laptop.

Tu vas pas jeter un portable tout neuf.

You're not going to throw away a brand new mobile phone.

— Mother (2009)

Ce n'est pas un portable de travail.

It's not a work phone.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

T'as pas un portable pour contacter le cartel?

Don't you have a cell phone to contact the cartel?

— The Rip (2026)

Tu as un portable, Tom?

Do you have a mobile phone, Tom?

As-tu un portable?

Do you have a cell phone?

Un portable, la plus belle invention sur cette terre.

A cell phone, the greatest invention on this earth.

Il avait un portable?

Did he have a mobile phone?

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Vous avez un portable?

Do you have a mobile phone?

— L'Expérience (2001)

Tu as un portable?

Do you have a mobile phone?

— Still Life (2006)

C'est un portable spécial.

It's a special mobile phone.

— Le Frère 2 (2000)

Un portable.

A cell phone.

T'as un portable?

Do you have a mobile phone?

T’as un portable?

Do you have a mobile phone?

C'est quoi, un portable pervers?

What’s a perverted cell phone?

— Mother (2009)

Tu m'achètes un portable comme elle, alors.

Then buy me a laptop like hers.

— Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)

J'espère que celui-là, il aura un portable qui capte bien.

I hope this one has a phone that gets good reception.

— The Host (2006)