transportation

See also: transportâtion

English

Etymology

From transport +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion

Noun

transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)

1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

3. (US) A means of conveyance.

   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

4. (US) A ticket or fare.
   • 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train:

     Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
     (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
     Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

Translations

act of transporting

• Arabic: نَقْل‎ m (naql), نَقْلِيَّات‎ pl (naqliyyāt)
• Belarusian: пераво́зка f (pjeravózka)
• Bulgarian: превозване (bg) n (prevozvane), транспортиране (bg) n (transportirane)
• Catalan: transport (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運輸／运输 (zh) (yùnshū)

• Czech: přepravení, přeprava (cs) f
• Estonian: transportimine
• Finnish: kuljetus (fi)
• French: transport (fr) f
• Galician: transporte (gl) m
• German: Beförderung (de) f, Transport (de) m
• Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá), διακίνηση (el) f (diakínisi)
• Hungarian: szállítás (hu), fuvarozás (hu)
• Indonesian: transportasi (id), perhubungan (id)
• Italian: trasporto (it) m
• Japanese: 輸送 (ja) (ゆそう, yusō)
• Korean: 수송 (ko) (susong), 운송 (unsong), 운수 (ko) (unsu), 운반 (ko) (unban)
• Macedonian: превоз m (prevoz), транспорт m (transport)
• Norman: transportâtion f
• Occitan: transpòrt (oc) f
• Persian: ترابری‎ (fa) (tarâbari), ترانسپورت‎ (trânsport)
• Polish: transport (pl) m, przewiezienie n
• Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
• Romanian: transportare (ro) f, transport (ro) n
• Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka), перепра́вка (ru) f (pereprávka)
• Slovak: preprava f
• Spanish: transporte (es) m
• Swahili: usafiri (sw)
• Turkish: nakliye (tr), ulaştırma (tr), nakliyat (tr)
• Ukrainian: переве́зення n (perevézennja)

deportation to a penal colony

• Bulgarian: изпращане на каторга (izpraštane na katorga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)

• Finnish: karkotus (fi)
• French: transportation (fr) f
• Hungarian: deportálás (hu)
• Italian: deportazione (it) f
• Japanese: 島流し (しまながし, shimanagashi), 流罪 (ja) (るざい, ruzai)
• Korean: 유형 (ko) (yuhyeong), 추방 (ko) (chubang)
• Polish: zesłanie (pl) f
• Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka)
• Swahili: usafiri (sw)

means of conveyance

• Belarusian: тра́нспарт m (tránspart)
• Bulgarian: транспорт (bg) m (transport)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 載體／载体 (zh) (zàitǐ, zǎitǐ)

• Finnish: kulkuneuvo (fi)
• French: transport (fr) m
• Hungarian: közlekedés (hu)
• Italian: mezzo (it) m, vettura (it) f
• Japanese: 乗り物 (ja) (のりもの, norimono), 輸送機関 (ゆそうきかん, yusōkikan)
• Korean: 교통기관 (ko) (gyotonggigwan), 탈것 (talgeot)
• Latin: vectūra f
• Navajo: bee nahatʼíʼí
• Polish: środek transportu (pl) m
• Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
• Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport), тра́нспортные сре́дства (ru) n pl (tránsportnyje srédstva)
• Swahili: usafiri (sw)
• Ukrainian: тра́нспорт (uk) m (tránsport)

public transport — see public transport

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)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} vervoer (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} transport (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Beförderung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Transport (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasporto (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 수송 (ko) (susong)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transporte (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} transport (sv)

French

Noun

transportation f (plural transportations)

1. transportation

Further reading

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