transport

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

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

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Verb

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

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Noun

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

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] 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

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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. (Canadian) 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.

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• (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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system of transporting people

See public transport

[edit] Related terms

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

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ/ X-SAMPA: /tRA~s.pOR/
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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ
• Homophones: transports

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transport m. (plural transports)

1. transport

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trànsport m. (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

1. transport, conveyance
2. transport (vehicle)

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