transport

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“across”) + porto (“to carry”)

Pronunciation

Verb

• (UK) enPR: trănzpô(r)t, tränzpô(r)t, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /tr{nz"pO:(r)t/, /trA:nz"pO:(r)t/
• (US) enPR: trănzpôrt, IPA: /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/, X-SAMPA: /tr{nz"pOrt/

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Noun

• (UK) enPR: trănz'pô(r)t, tränz'pô(r)t, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈtɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pO:(r)t/, /"trA:nz.pO:(r)t/
• (US) enPR: trănz'pôrt, IPA: /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/, X-SAMPA: /"tr{nz.pOrt/

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Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

1. To change the location or place of.
2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

Synonyms

• (change the location or place of): 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

Translations

change the location of

• Arabic: نَقَلَ (náqala)
• Asturian: tresportar (ast)
• Catalan: transportar (ca)
• Chinese: 輸送, 输送 (shūsòng)
• Czech: dopravit (cs)
• Danish: transportere (da)
• Dutch: overbrengen (nl), voeren (nl), vervoeren (nl), transporteren (nl)
• Finnish: kuljettaa (fi), siirtää (fi)
• French: reporter (fr), transporter (fr)
• Galician: transportar (gl)
• German: transportieren (de), befördern (de)
• Hungarian: szállít (hu), fuvaroz (hu)
• Italian: trasportare (it)
• Japanese: 運送する (うんそうする, unsō surú), 輸送する (yusō-suru)

• Korean: 수송하다 (susonghada)
• Latin: transporto (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: transportere (nb)

  Nynorsk: transportere (nn)

• Persian: نقل (fa) (noql)
• Portuguese: transportar (pt)
• Quechua: astay (qu)
• Romanian: transporta (ro), căra (ro)
• Russian: перевозить (ru) (p'er'evozít’) impf., перевезти (ru) (p'er'ev'eztí) pf.
• Spanish: transportar (es)
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: befordra (sv), forsla (sv), frakta (sv), transportera (sv)

historical: deport to a penal colony

• Catalan: deportar (ca)
• Danish: deportere (da)
• Dutch: deporteren (nl), wegvoeren (nl)
• Italian: deportare (it)
• Japanese: 追放する (tsuihō-suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deportere (nb)

  Nynorsk: deportere (nn)

• Portuguese: exilar
• Russian: ссылать (ru) (ssylát’) impf., сослать (ru) (soslát’) pf.
• Spanish: exiliar (es)
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: deportera (sv)

move someone to strong emotion

• Dutch: meeslepen, in vervoering brengen
• Italian: trasportare (it)

• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: vara hänförd (sv), vara hänryckt (sv), ryckas (sv) med

Noun

Wikipedia transport (countable and uncountable; plural transports)

1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
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.
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.

Synonyms

• (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

Translations

act of transporting

• Catalan: transport (ca) m
• Czech: doprava (cs) f
• Danish: transport (da) c
• Dutch: vervoer (nl) n, transport (nl) n
• Finnish: kuljettaminen (fi), kuljetus (fi)
• French: transport (fr) m
• Galician: transporte (gl) m
• Ido: transporto (io)
• Italian: trasporto (it) m
• Japanese: 運送 (unsō), 輸送 (yusō)
• Malay: pengangkutan (ms), transpor (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: transport (nb)

  Nynorsk: transport (nn)

• Polish: transport (pl) m
• Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
• Romanian: transportare (ro)
• Russian: перевозка (ru) (p'er'evózka) f, транспортировка (ru) (transportiróvka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail (gd) f, giùlan (gd) m
• Spanish: transporte (es) m
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: befordran (sv) c, frakt (sv) c, förflyttning (sv) c, transport (sv) c
• Telugu: రవాణా (ravaaNaa)

state of being transported by emotion

• Dutch: vervoering f
• French: transport (fr) m
• Italian: trasporto (it) m

• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: anfall (sv) n, extas (sv) c, hänförelse (sv) c, utbrott (sv) n

vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight

• Dutch: transport n, vrachtvoertuig
• French: transport (fr) m
• German: Beförderung (de) f
• Japanese: 輸送機関 (ゆそうきかん, yusō-kikan)
• Romanian: mijloc de transport (ro)

• Russian: транспорт (ru) (tránsport) m, транспортное средство (ru) (tránsportnoje sr'édstvo) n
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: transportfartyg (sv) n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

military: vehicle used to transport troops

• Dutch: troepentransport
• French: transport m de troupes
• Polish: transporter (pl) m

• Russian: транспорт (tránsport) m
• Swahili: safirisha (sw)
• Swedish: transportfartyg (sv) n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

public transport — see public transport

device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder

historical: deported convict

• Catalan: deportat (ca) m
• Dutch: strafgevangene
• Japanese: 追放 (tsuihō)

• Spanish: deportado (es) m
• Swedish: deporterad (sv) straffånge (sv)

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Note: some of these translations are verbs and some are nouns

• Arabic: نَقْل (naql)
• Mandarin: 運輸, 运输 (yùnshū)
• Hungarian: szállítás, fuvarozás, közlekedés

• Italian: trasporto m
• Korean: 수송 (susong)

Related terms

• antitransport
• transportability
• transportable
• transportage
• transportation
• transporter
• transportive

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ/ X-SAMPA: /tRA~s.pOR/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ
• Homophone: transports

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

1. transport

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

1. transport, conveyance
2. transport (vehicle)

Declension

    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

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Swedish

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of transport

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	transport	transporten	transporter	transporterna
genitive	transports	transportens	transporters	transporternas

Related terms

• transportera

See also

• befordran
• export
• import
• kommunikation
• minnessiffra
• spedition
• trafik
• åkeri