passport

English [edit]

From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass.

passport (plural passports)

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 17, Crime out of Mind^[1]:
  
  Dagobert gave him back his passport. He re-pocketed it indifferently; a talisman which had lost its potency.
(by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
(figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.

official document

Afrikaans: paspoort (af)
Albanian: pasaporta (sq)
Arabic: جواز سفر (ar) (jawāz sáfar) m, إجازة مرور (ar) (ʾijāzat murūr) f, باسبور (ar) (bāsbūr, bāspōr) m
Armenian: անձնագիր (hy) (anjnagir)
Asturian: pasaporte (ast) m
Azeri: pasport (az)
Belarusian: пашпарт (be) (pášpart) m
Bengali: পাসপোর্ট (bn) (pasporţ)
Bulgarian: паспорт (bg) (pásport) m
Burmese: နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ် (my) (nain gan gu: lé hmá)
Catalan: passaport (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 護照 (cmn), 护照 (cmn) (hùzhào)
Czech: pas (cs) m, cestovní pas (cs) m
Danish: pas (da) n
Dutch: paspoort (nl) n
Esperanto: pasporto (eo)
Estonian: pass (et)
Finnish: passi (fi)
French: passeport (fr) m
Galician: pasaporte (gl) m
Georgian: პასპორტი (ka) (pasporti)
German: Reisepass (de) m, Pass (de) m
Greek: διαβατήριο (el) (diavatírio)
Hebrew: דַּרְכּוֹן (he) (darkón) m
Hindi: पासपोर्ट (hi) (pāspōrṭ)
Hungarian: útlevél (hu)
Icelandic: vegabréf (is)
Indonesian: paspor (id)
Interlingua: passaporto (ia)
Italian: passaporto (it) m
Japanese: パスポート (ja) (pasupōto)
Kazakh: паспорт (kk) (pasport)
Khmer: លិខិតឆ្លងដែន (km) (li’kʰət clɑɑng daen)
Korean: 여권 (ko) (yeo-gweon) (旅券 (ko))
Kyrgyz: паспорт (ky) (pasport)
Lao: ໜັງສືຜ່ານແດນ (lo) (nang sư̄ phān dǣn)

any document allowing entry or passage

figurative use