transportation

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Etymology

From transport +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /trænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
• (US) IPA: /trænspɔɹˈteɪʃən/

Noun

transportation (uncountable)

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.

Translations

act of transporting

Finnish: kuljetus (fi) Galician: transporte (gl) m. Greek: μεταφορά (el) (metaforá) f., διακίνηση (el) (diakínisi) f. Hungarian: szállítás (hu), fuvarozás (hu) Japanese: (act or state) 輸送 (ja) (yusō); (conveyance) 輸送機関 (ja) (yusōkikan)

Polish: transport (pl) m. Romanian: transportare (ro), transport (ro) Russian: перевозка (ru) (p'er'evózka) f., транспортировка (ru) (transportiróvka) f. Swahili: usafiri (sw) Turkish: nakliye (tr), ulaştırma (tr), nakliyat (tr)

deportation to a penal colony

Finnish: karkotus (fi) Hungarian: deportálás (hu) Japanese: 島流し (ja) (shimanagashi), 流罪 (ja) (ruzai)

Polish: zesłanie (pl) f. Russian: ссылка (ru) (ssýlka) f. Swahili: usafiri (sw)

means of conveyance

Finnish: kulkuneuvo (fi) Hungarian: közlekedés  (hu) Japanese: (automobile) 車 (ja) (kuruma) Navajo: bee nahatʼíʼí

Polish: środek transportu (pl) m. Russian: транспорт (ru) (tránsport) m. Swahili: usafiri (sw)

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Arabic: نقل (naql) Mandarin: 運輸, 运输 (yùnshū) Dutch: vervoer French: transport m. German: Beförderung f., Transport m.

Italian: trasporto m. Korean: 수송 (susong) Portuguese: transporte m. Spanish: transporte m. Swedish: transport