transport

See also: Transport and transpòrt

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”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) +‎ port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).

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
• 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: -ænspɔː(ɹ)t
• Hyphenation: trans‧port

Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

1. 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.

2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. (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[mas] 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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     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

^† Archaic or obsolete.

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

• Arabic: نَقَلَ (naqala)
• Asturian: tresportar (ast)
• Bulgarian: пренасям (bg) (prenasjam), превозвам (bg) (prevozvam), транспортирам (bg) (transportiram)
• Catalan: transportar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 饋 (kuì)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 輸送 / 输送 (zh) (shūsòng)

• Czech: dopravit
• Danish: transportere
• Dutch: overbrengen (nl), voeren (nl), vervoeren (nl), transporteren (nl)
• Esperanto: transporti
• Finnish: kuljettaa (fi), siirtää (fi), kantaa (fi), rahdata (fi), liikuttaa (fi), viedä (fi)
• French: reporter (fr), transporter (fr)
• Galician: transportar (gl)
• German: transportieren (de), befördern (de)
• Greek: μετακινώ (el) (metakinó), οχούμαι (ochoúmai)

  Ancient: μετακομίζω (metakomízō), ὀχοῦμαι (okhoûmai)

• Hindi: ढोना (hi) (ḍhonā)
• Hungarian: szállít (hu), fuvaroz (hu)
• Irish: iompair
• Italian: trasportare (it)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 運送する (ja) (うんそうする, unsō surú) , ^{(please verify)} 輸送する (ja) (ゆそうする, yusō-suru)
• Kannada: ರವಾನೆ (kn) (ravāne)
• Kavalan: saqut
• Korean: 수송하다 (susonghada)
• Lao: ຂົນສົ່ງ (khon song)
• Latin: vectō, trānsportō
• Latvian: transportēt, pārvest
• Malay: angkut (ms)
• Norwegian: føre (no)

  Bokmål: transportere

  Nynorsk: transportere, føre

• Occitan: transportar (oc)
• Paiwan: sakuc
• Persian: ترابری کردن (tarâbari kardan), ترانسپورت کردن (trânsport kardan), ترابردن (fa) (tarābordan)
• Polish: przewozić (pl) impf
• Portuguese: transportar (pt)
• Puyuma: akutr
• Quechua: astay
• Romanian: transporta (ro), căra (ro)
• Russian: перевози́ть (ru) impf (perevozítʹ), перевезти́ (ru) pf (pereveztí)
• Sanskrit: वहति (sa) (vahati)
• Shan: တေႃႉသူင်ႇ (tâ̰u sùung)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: (by vehicle, abstract) wózyś impf, (by vehicle, concrete) wjasć impf

• Spanish: transportar (es)
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: befordra (sv), forsla (sv), frakta (sv), transportera (sv)
• Telugu: రవాణా (te) (ravāṇā)
• Thai: ขนส่ง (th) (kǒn-sòng)
• Welsh: cludo (cy), transbortio

historical: deport to a penal colony

• Bulgarian: изпращам на каторга (izpraštam na katorga)
• Catalan: deportar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)

• Danish: deportere
• Dutch: deporteren (nl), wegvoeren (nl)
• Finnish: karkottaa (fi)
• Galician: deportar
• Greek: εξορίζω (el) (exorízo), εκπατρίζω (ekpatrízo)
• Italian: deportare (it)
• Japanese: 追放する (tsuihō-suru)
• Latvian: izsūtīt
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deportere

  Nynorsk: deportere

• Polish: zsyłać impf
• Portuguese: exilar (pt)
• Russian: ссыла́ть (ru) impf (ssylátʹ), сосла́ть (ru) pf (soslátʹ)
• Spanish: exiliar (es)
• Swedish: deportera (sv)
• Tamil: நாடு கடத்தல் (nāṭu kaṭattal)

move someone to strong emotion

• Bulgarian: увличам (bg) (uvličam)
• Dutch: meeslepen (nl), in vervoering brengen, vervoeren (nl)
• Finnish: viedä mukanaan, liikuttaa (fi), hurmioitua
• Galician: transportar (gl)
• Greek: συνεπαίρνω/συνεπαίρνομαι (synepaírno/synepaírnomai), εκστασιάζω/εκστασιάζομαι (ekstasiázo/ekstasiázomai)
• Italian: trasportare (it)
• Latvian: aizraut, sajūsmināt
• Russian: охватить (ru) (oxvatitʹ)
• Swedish: hänföra (sv), hänrycka, rycka (sv) med

Noun

transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

1. An act of transporting; conveyance.

   The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.

2. 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.

3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
5. 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.

6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
7. (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

• Bulgarian: пренасяне (bg) n (prenasjane), превозване (bg) n (prevozvane), транспорт (bg) m (transport)
• Catalan: transport (ca) m
• Czech: doprava (cs) f
• Danish: transport (da) c, befordring c
• Dutch: vervoer (nl) n, transport (nl) n
• Finnish: kuljettaminen (fi), kuljetus (fi), siirtäminen (fi), siirto (fi)
• French: transport (fr) m
• Galician: transporte (gl) m
• German: Beförderung (de) f, Spedition (de) f
• Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá), μετακίνηση (el) f (metakínisi)
• Hindi: ढोना (hi) m (ḍhonā)
• Hungarian: szállítás (hu)
• Ido: transporto (io)
• Italian: trasporto (it) m, porto (it) m
• Japanese: 運送 (ja) (unsō), 輸送 (ja) (yusō)
• Latvian: transports m, pārvešana f
• Macedonian: превоз m (prevoz)
• Malay: pengangkutan (ms), transpor
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: transport (no)

  Nynorsk: transport

• Persian: ترابری (fa) (tarâbari)
• Polish: transport (pl) m, przewóz (pl) m
• Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
• Romanian: transportare (ro)
• Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail f, giùlan m
• Spanish: transporte (es) m
• Swedish: befordran (sv) c, frakt (sv) c, förflyttning (sv) c, transport (sv) c
• Tamil: போக்குவரத்து (ta) (pōkkuvarattu)
• Telugu: రవాణా (te) (ravāṇā)

state of being transported by emotion

• Bulgarian: увлечение (bg) n (uvlečenie)
• Danish: transportering c
• Dutch: vervoering (nl) f
• Finnish: hurmio (fi)
• French: transport (fr) m
• Italian: trasporto (it) m
• Latvian: aizrautība f, sajūsma f
• Swedish: anfall (sv) n, extas (sv) c, hänförelse (sv) c, utbrott (sv) n

vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight

• Armenian: փոխադրամիջոց (hy) (pʻoxadramiǰocʻ), տրանսպորտ (hy) (transport)
• Azerbaijani: nəqliyyat (az), nəqliyyat vasitəsi, minik (az)
• Bulgarian: транспорт (bg) m (transport)
• Danish: køretøj (da) (on land), fartøj (da), transportskib, transportfly
• Dutch: transport (nl) n, vrachtvoertuig
• Finnish: kulkuväline (fi), kulkuneuvo (fi), kuljetusväline
• French: transport (fr) m
• German: Beförderung (de) f
• Greek: όχημα (el) n (óchima)
• Japanese: 輸送機関 (ゆそうきかん, yusō-kikan)
• Kazakh: көлік (kölık)
• Latvian: transportlīdzeklis m
• Polish: transport (pl) m
• Romanian: mijloc de transport
• Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport), тра́нспортное сре́дство (ru) n (tránsportnoje srédstvo)
• Spanish: transporte (es) m
• Swedish: transportfartyg (sv) n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

military: vehicle used to transport troops

• Czech: transportér (cs) m
• Dutch: troepentransport (nl)
• Finnish: kuljetusväline
• French: transport m de troupes
• Polish: transporter (pl) m
• Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport)
• Swedish: transportfartyg (sv) n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

public transport — see public transport

device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder

• Finnish: kuljetin (fi)

historical: deported convict

• Bulgarian: каторжник (bg) m (katoržnik)
• Catalan: deportat (ca) m
• Dutch: strafgevangene
• Finnish: karkotettu (fi)
• Japanese: 追放 (ja) (tsuihō)
• Latvian: katordznieks m
• Spanish: deportado (es) m
• Swedish: deporterad (sv) straffånge

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَقْل (naql)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} szállítás (hu), ^{(please verify)} fuvarozás (hu), ^{(please verify)} közlekedés (hu)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasporto (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 수송 (ko) (susong) (susong)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 運輸 / 运输 (zh) (yùnshū), ^{(please verify)} 运输 (zh) (yùnshū) (yùnshū)

Derived terms

• active transport
• air transport
• auto transport truck
• copper transport disease
• cyber transport
• cyber transport system
• cyber transport systems
• light rail transport system
• 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 tetany
• transport vesicle

Related terms

• antitransport
• transportability
• transportable
• transportage
• transportation
• transporter
• transportive

Catalan

Etymology

From transportar (“to transport”).

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

1. transport

Further reading

• “transport”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “transport”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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

• IPA^(key): /trɑnˈspɔrt/, /trɑnsˈpɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: trans‧port
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

1. transport

Synonyms

• vervoer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: transport
• → Guyanese Creole English: transport
• → Indonesian: transpor

Estonian

Etymology

Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: trans‧port

Noun

transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)

1. transport

   Synonym: veondus

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

• ühistransport

Further reading

• “transport”, in [PSV] 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 [EKSS] 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

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔʁ
• Homophone: transports

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

1. transport

Derived terms

• mal des transports
• moyen de transport
• titre de transport
• transport en commun

Further reading

• “transport”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)

1. transport, transportation

Derived terms

• godstransport
• sjøtransport
• transportbånd
• transportfly
• transportmiddel
• transportskip
• transportåre

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)

1. transport, transportation

Derived terms

• godstransport
• sjøtransport
• transportfly
• transportmiddel
• transportskip

References

• “transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French transport. First attested in 1661. Compare Silesian transport.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anspɔrt
• Syllabification: tran‧sport

Noun

transport m inan

1. (uncountable) transport (act of transporting)

   Synonyms: przewóz, transfer

2. (countable) transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
3. (countable) load, cargo (that which is transported)

   Synonyms: fracht, ładunek

4. (countable) transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
5. (uncountable) transport (branch of the economy dealing with transport)
6. (uncountable) transport (subject of study dealing with transport)
7. (uncountable) transport (all means and activities related to the transport of people and cargo)
8. (countable) transportees (escorted group of people)
9. (uncountable, geology) transport (relocation of rock weathering products by water, wind and ice)
10. (uncountable, finances) transfer (relocation of a sum from one side of an account or ledger to another)
11. (uncountable, engineering) transfer (relocation of energy)

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

• transportowy

nouns

• transportowiec
• transportówka

verbs

• przetransportować
• przetransportowywać
• przytransportować
• transportować
• wytransportować

Related terms

adjective

• transporterowy

nouns

• transportacja
• transporter
• transporterka

Descendants

• → Kashubian: transpòrt

Further reading

• transport in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• transport in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “transport”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “transport”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 98

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transport.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

transport n (plural transporturi)

1. transport

Declension

Declension of transport

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	transport	transportul		transporturi	transporturile
genitive-dative	transport	transportului		transporturi	transporturilor
vocative	transportule			transporturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

1. transport, conveyance
2. 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

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Transport.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anspɔrt
• Syllabification: tran‧sport

Noun

transport m inan

1. transport

Further reading

• transport in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “transport”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 144

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

transport c

1. a transport, something to be moved
2. a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
3. a transport, promotion to a new job or task

Declension

Declension of transport

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	transport	transports
	definite	transporten	transportens
plural	indefinite	transporter	transporters
	definite	transporterna	transporternas

Related terms

• transportera

See also

• befordran
• export
• import
• kommunikation
• minnessiffra
• spedition
• trafik
• åkeri

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترانسپورط (transport), from French transport.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɑns.pɔɾt/

Noun

transport (definite accusative transportu, plural transportlar)

1. transport

Declension

Declension of transport

	singular	plural
nominative	transport	transportlar
definite accusative	transportu	transportları
dative	transporta	transportlara
locative	transportta	transportlarda
ablative	transporttan	transportlardan
genitive	transportun	transportların