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transport

See also: Transport

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).

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Verb
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VerbEdit

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.
    • 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, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder.

ConjugationEdit

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.

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NounEdit

 
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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.

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TranslationsEdit

public transport — see public transport
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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From transportar (“to transport”).

NounEdit

transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /trɑnˈspɔrt/, /trɑnsˈpɔrt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: trans‧port
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

NounEdit

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

  1. transport

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DescendantsEdit

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

EstonianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: trans‧port
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NounEdit

transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)

  1. transport
    Synonym: veondus

DeclensionEdit

Declension of transport (type riik)
singular plural
nominative transport transpordid
genitive transpordi 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

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

NounEdit

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

  1. transport, transportation

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from transport

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

NounEdit

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)

  1. transport, transportation

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from transport

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PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Internationalism; compare English transport, French transport, German Transport, ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

transport m inan

  1. transport (act of transporting)
    Synonym: przewóz
  2. transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
  3. transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
  4. load, cargo
    Synonyms: fracht, ładunek

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

adjective
nouns
verbs

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adjective
nouns

Further readingEdit

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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French transport.

NounEdit

transport n (plural transporturi)

  1. transport

DeclensionEdit

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-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. transport (vehicle)

DeclensionEdit

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

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of transport 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative transport transporten transporter transporterna
Genitive transports transportens transporters transporternas

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

transport (definite accusative transportu, plural transportlar)

  1. transport

DeclensionEdit

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
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