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See also: Transport
English
Etymology
From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănspôrtʹ, tränspôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɔːt/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/
- (General American) enPR: trănspôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpoət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t, (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oɹt, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oət
- Hyphenation: trans‧port
- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănsʹpôrt, tränsʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/, /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/
- (General American) enPR: trănsʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæns.po(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæns.poət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t, (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oɹt, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oət
- Hyphenation: trans‧port
Verb
transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)
- To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
- to transport goods; to transport troops
- 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:
- But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart.
- (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
- (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
- Music transports the soul.
- 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: , London: Tho Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; , published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
- Thes. Pray you kneele not,
I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd
Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes
Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting
As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
- [They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: J Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, , published 1727, →OCLC:
- We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder.
Conjugation
Conjugation of transport
| infinitive | (to) transport | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | transport | transported | |
| 2nd-person singular | transport, transportest† | transported, transportedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | transports, transporteth† | transported | |
| plural | transport | ||
| subjunctive | transport | transported | |
| imperative | transport | — | |
| participles | transporting | transported | |
Synonyms
- (carry or bear from one place to another): convey, ferry, move, relocate, shift, ship
- (historical: deport to a penal colony): banish, deport, exile, expatriate, extradite
- (move someone to strong emotion): carry away, enrapture
Translations
carry or bear from one place to another
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historical: deport to a penal colony
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move someone to strong emotion
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Noun
transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)
- An act of transporting; conveyance.
- The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
- The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53:
- In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.
- 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53:
- A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
- (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
- The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
- The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.
- A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- (historical) A deported convict.
Synonyms
- (act of transporting): conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping
- (state of being transported by emotion): rapture
- ((military) vehicle used to transport troops):
- (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight):
- (system of transporting people): See public transport
- (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder):
- (historical: deported convict): deportee, exile, expatriate
Translations
act of transporting
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state of being transported by emotion
vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
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military: vehicle used to transport troops
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public transport — see public transport
historical: deported convict
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Derived terms
- active transport
- air transport
- auto transport truck
- copper transport disease
- cyber transport
- cyber transport system
- cyber transport systems
- means of transport
- Metropolis light transport
- mode of transport
- parallel transport
- public transport
- rail transport
- transport café
- transport interchange
- transport poverty
- transport protein
- transport rider
- transport safety board
- transport ship
- transport stage
- transport vesicle
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
From transportar (“to transport”).
Noun
transport m (plural transports)
Further reading
- “transport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “transport”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “transport” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “transport” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch transport, from Middle French transport, from Old French transport, from transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)
Synonyms
Descendants
Estonian
Etymology
Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: trans‧port
Noun
transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)
Declension
| Declension of transport (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | transport | transpordid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | transpordi | ||
| genitive | transportide | ||
| partitive | transporti | transporte transportisid | |
| illative | transporti transpordisse |
transportidesse transpordesse | |
| inessive | transpordis | transportides transpordes | |
| elative | transpordist | transportidest transpordest | |
| allative | transpordile | transportidele transpordele | |
| adessive | transpordil | transportidel transpordel | |
| ablative | transpordilt | transportidelt transpordelt | |
| translative | transpordiks | transportideks transpordeks | |
| terminative | transpordini | transportideni | |
| essive | transpordina | transportidena | |
| abessive | transpordita | transportideta | |
| comitative | transpordiga | transportidega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “transport”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “transport”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “transport”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- transport in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
transport m (plural transports)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “transport”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.
Noun
transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)
Derived terms
References
- “transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.
Noun
transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)
Derived terms
References
- “transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English transport, French transport, German Transport, ultimately from Latin trānsportō.
Pronunciation
Noun
transport m inan
- transport (act of transporting)
- Synonym: przewóz
- transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
- transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
- load, cargo
Declension
Declension of transport
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | transport | transporty |
| genitive | transportu | transportów |
| dative | transportowi | transportom |
| accusative | transport | transporty |
| instrumental | transportem | transportami |
| locative | transporcie | transportach |
| vocative | transporcie | transporty |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
verbs
Related terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- transport in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- transport in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French transport.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
transport n (plural transporturi)
Declension
Declension of transport
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) transport | transportul | (niște) transporturi | transporturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) transport | transportului | (unor) transporturi | transporturilor |
| vocative | transportule | transporturilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)
- transport, conveyance
- transport (vehicle)
Declension
Declension of transport
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | transport | transporti |
| genitive | transporta | transporta |
| dative | transportu | transportima |
| accusative | transport | transporte |
| vocative | transporte | transporti |
| locative | transportu | transportima |
| instrumental | transportom | transportima |
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
transport c
- a transport, something to be moved
- a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
- a transport, promotion to a new job or task
Declension
| Declension of transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | transport | transporten | transporter | transporterna |
| Genitive | transports | transportens | transporters | transporternas |
Related terms
See also
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ترانسپورط (transport), from French transport.
Pronunciation
Noun
transport (definite accusative transportu, plural transportlar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | transport | |
| Definite accusative | transportu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | transport | transportlar |
| Definite accusative | transportu | transportları |
| Dative | transporta | transportlara |
| Locative | transportta | transportlarda |
| Ablative | transporttan | transportlardan |
| Genitive | transportun | transportların |