English
Etymology
From Old French passagier
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: pas‧sen‧ger
Noun
passenger (plural passengers )
One who rides or travels in a vehicle , but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew .
1915 , G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer , New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company , →OCLC :It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track ”, in The Economist , volume 407 , number 8838 , page 13 (Technology Quarterly):A “moving platform” scheme [ …] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
( falconry ) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
( obsolete ) A passer-by ; a wayfarer .
Derived terms
Translations
one who rides or travels in a vehicle
Afrikaans: passasier
Albanian: pasagjer (sq) m
Arabic: مُسَافِر m ( musāfir ) , سَافِر m ( sāfir ) , رَاكِب m ( rākib )
Armenian: ուղևոր ( uġewor )
Azerbaijani: sərnişin (az) , müsafir
Belarusian: пасажы́р m ( pasažýr ) , пасажы́рка f ( pasažýrka )
Bengali: যাত্রী ( jatri )
Bulgarian: пасаже́р (bg) m ( pasažér ) , пасаже́рка f ( pasažérka ) , пъ̀тник (bg) m ( pǎ̀tnik ) , пъ̀тница f ( pǎ̀tnica )
Burmese: ခရီးသည် (my) ( hka.ri:sany )
Catalan: passatger (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乘客 (zh) ( chéngkè ) , 旅客 (zh) ( lǚkè )
Czech: cestující (cs) m
Danish: passager (da) c
Dutch: passagier (nl) m or f
Esperanto: pasaĝero
Estonian: sõitja
Finnish: matkustaja (fi)
French: passager (fr) m
Galician: pasaxeiro m
Georgian: მგზავრი ( mgzavri )
German: Passagier (de) m , Passagierin (de) f , Fahrgast (de) m , Fahrgästin f
Greek: επιβάτης (el) m ( epivátis ) , ( idiomatic ) αργόμισθος (el) m ( argómisthos )
Hebrew: נוֹסֵעַ (he) m ( noséa' )
Hindi: पैसिंजर (hi) m ( paisiñjar ) , मुसाफ़िर m ( musāfir ) , यात्री (hi) m ( yātrī )
Hungarian: utas (hu)
Icelandic: farþegi (is) m
Ido: pasajanto (io) , pasajero (io)
Indonesian: penumpang (id)
Italian: passeggero (it) m
Japanese: 乗客 (ja) ( じょうきゃく, jōkyaku ) , 旅客 (ja) ( りょかく, ryokaku )
Kazakh: жолаушы (kk) ( jolauşy ) , жолшы ( jolşy )
Khmer: អ្នកដំណើរ ( nĕək dɑmnaə )
Korean: 여객 (ko) ( yeogaek ) (旅客 (ko) ), 승객 (ko) ( seunggaek ) (乘客 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: жүргүнчү (ky) ( jürgüncü )
Lao: ຜູ້ໂດຍສານ (lo) ( phū dōi sān )
Latin: vector (la) m
Latvian: pasažieris m
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Lithuanian: keleivis m
Luxembourgish: Passagéier m
Macedonian: па́тник m ( pátnik ) , па́тница f ( pátnica )
Malay: penumpang
Maori: pāhihi , tangata eke , kaieke
Mirandese: passageiro m
Mongolian: зорчигч (mn) ( zorčigč )
Northern Altai: чолыш ( ćolıś ) , чорш ( ćorś )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: passasjer m
Nynorsk: passasjer m
Persian: مسافر (fa) ( mosâfer )
Polish: pasażer (pl) m , pasażerka (pl) f
Portuguese: passageiro (pt) m
Romanian: călător (ro) m , călătoare (ro) f , pasager (ro) m , pasageră (ro) f
Russian: пассажи́р (ru) m ( passažír ) , пассажи́рка (ru) f ( passažírka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путник m , путница f
Roman: putnik (sh) m , putnica (sh) f
Slovak: cestujúci m , pasažier m
Slovene: potnik (sl) m , potnica f
Southern Altai: јолучу ( joluçu ) , јӱргӱнчӱ ( jürgünçü )
Spanish: pasajero (es) m
Swahili: abiria (sw)
Swedish: passagerare (sv) c
Tajik: мусофир (tg) ( musofir )
Thai: ผู้โดยสาร (th) ( pûu-dooi-sǎan )
Tibetan: འགྲུལ་པ ( 'grul pa )
Turkish: yolcu (tr)
Turkmen: ýolagçy
Ukrainian: пасажи́р m ( pasažýr ) , пасажи́рка f ( pasažýrka )
Urdu: مسافر m ( musāfir )
Uyghur: پاسساژېر ( passazhër ) , يولۇچى ( yoluchi ) , پاسساژىر ( passazhir ) , يولوچى ( yolochi )
Uzbek: passajir (uz) , yoʻlovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: hành khách (vi)
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) tävan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hitävan , ( ♀ ) jitävan , ( sea, ♂♀ ) melatävan , ( sea, ♂ ) melahitävan , ( sea, ♀ ) melajitävan , ( ship, ♂♀ ) nafatävan , ( ship, ♂ ) nafahitävan , ( ship, ♀ ) nafajitävan
Zazaki: raywan c
young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year
Verb
passenger (third-person singular simple present passengers , present participle passengering , simple past and past participle passengered )
( intransitive ) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
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