transport
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).
PronunciationEdit
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănzpôrtʹ, tränzpôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpɔːt/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/
- (General American) enPR: trănzpôrtʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpoət/
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: trănzʹpôrt, tränzʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈtɹænz.pɔːt/, /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/
- (General American) enPR: trănzʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹænz.po(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹænz.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
VerbEdit
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.
- 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
infinitive | (to) transport | ||
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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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (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
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NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- (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
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From transportar (“to transport”).
NounEdit
transport m (plural transports)
Further readingEdit
- “transport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “transport”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
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
NounEdit
transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: trans‧port
NounEdit
transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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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 |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- transport in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- transport in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- transport in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- transport in Sõnaveeb
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
transport m (plural transports)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “transport”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.
NounEdit
transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.
NounEdit
transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism; compare English transport, French transport, German Transport, ultimately from Latin trānsportō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | transport | transporty |
genitive | transportu | transportów |
dative | transportowi | transportom |
accusative | transport | transporty |
instrumental | transportem | transportami |
locative | transporcie | transportach |
vocative | transporcie | transporty |
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Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
transport n (plural transporturi)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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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)
- transport, conveyance
- transport (vehicle)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | transport | transporti |
genitive | transporta | transporta |
dative | transportu | transportima |
accusative | transport | transporte |
vocative | transporte | transporti |
locative | transportu | transportima |
instrumental | transportom | transportima |
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of transport | ||||
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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)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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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 |