transportation

See also: transportâtion

English

Etymology

From transport +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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."

Derived terms

• intelligent transportation system
• mass transportation
• means of transportation
• public transportation
• transportation car
• transportation network
• transportation network vehicle service
• transportation safety board

 

Translations

act of transporting

• Arabic: نَقْل m (naql), نَقْلِيَّات pl (naqliyyāt)
• Belarusian: пераво́зка f (pjeravózka), транспартава́нне n (transpartavánnje), транспарціро́ўка f (transparciróŭka)
• Bulgarian: прево́зване (bg) n (prevózvane), транспорти́ране (bg) n (transportírane), транспо́рт (bg) m (transpórt)
• Catalan: transport (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 運輸／运输 (wan⁶ syu¹)

  Mandarin: 運輸／运输 (zh) (yùnshū)

• Czech: přepravení n, 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)
• Hindi: परिवहन (hi) m (parivhan)
• Hungarian: szállítás (hu), fuvarozás (hu)
• Indonesian: transportasi (id), perhubungan (id)
• Italian: trasporto (it) m
• Japanese: 輸送 (ja) (ゆそう, yusō), 交通 (ja) (こうつう, kōtsū)
• Korean: 수송(輸送) (ko) (susong), 운송(運送) (unsong), 운수(運輸) (ko) (unsu), 운반(運搬) (ko) (unban), 교통(交通) (ko) (gyotong)
• Macedonian: превоз m (prevoz), транспорт (mk) m (transport)
• Norman: transportâtion f
• Occitan: transpòrt (oc) f
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَرابَری (fa) (tarâbari), تِرانْسْپورْت (terânsport), حَمْل و نَقْل (haml o nağl)

• 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), транспортува́ння n (transportuvánnja)
• Urdu: آمَد و رَفْت (ur) f (āmad o raft), نَقْل و حَمْل f (naql o haml)

deportation to a penal colony

• Bulgarian: изпра́щане на като́рга n (izpráštane na katórga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)

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

means of conveyance

• Belarusian: тра́нспарт m (tránspart)
• Bulgarian: транспо́рт (bg) m (transpórt)
• 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), 交通機関 (ja) (こうつうきかん, kōtsū kikan)
• Korean: 교통기관(交通機關) (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

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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
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transporte (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} transport (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

transportation f (plural transportations)

1. transportation

Further reading

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