transportation

See also: transportâtion

English

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transportation

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Etymology

From transport +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)

(chiefly US) 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.
(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
- 1957 February, Michael Robbins, “The Redpath Frauds on the Great Northern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:
  Redpath was sentenced to transportation for life, and his assets, amounting to over £25,000, went to reduce the sum that the Great Northern had to find.
(US) A means of conveyance.
Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
(US) A ticket or fare.
- 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train:
  Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
  (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
  Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

Derived terms

Translations

act of transporting

Arabic: نَقْل m (naql), نَقْلِيَّات pl (naqliyyāt)
Belarusian: пераво́зка f (pjeravózka), транспартава́нне n (transpartavánnje), транспарціро́ўка f (transparcirówka)
Bulgarian: прево́зване (bg) n (prevózvane), транспорти́ране (bg) n (transportírane), транспо́рт (bg) m (transpórt)
Catalan: transport (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 運輸 / 运输 (wan⁶ syu¹)

Mandarin: 運輸 / 运输 (zh) (yùnshū)
Czech: přepravení n, přeprava (cs) f
Estonian: transportimine
Finnish: kuljetus (fi)
French: transport (fr) f
Galician: transporte (gl) m
German: Beförderung (de) f, Transport (de) m
Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá), διακίνηση (el) f (diakínisi)
Hindi: परिवहन (hi) m (parivhan)
Hungarian: szállítás (hu), fuvarozás (hu)
Indonesian: transportasi (id), perhubungan (id)
Italian: trasporto (it) m
Japanese: 輸送 (ja) (ゆそう, yusō), 交通 (ja) (こうつう, kōtsū)
Korean: 수송(輸送) (ko) (susong), 운송(運送) (unsong), 운수(運輸) (ko) (unsu), 운반(運搬) (ko) (unban), 교통(交通) (ko) (gyotong)
Macedonian: превоз m (prevoz), транспорт (mk) m (transport)
Norman: transportâtion f
Occitan: transpòrt (oc) f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تَرابَری (tarâbari), تِرانْسْپورْت (terânsport), حَمْل و نَقْل (haml o naġl)
Polish: transport (pl) m, przewiezienie n
Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
Romanian: transportare (ro) f, transport (ro) n
Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka), перепра́вка (ru) f (pereprávka)
Slovak: preprava f
Spanish: transporte (es) m, transportación (es) f, transportamiento (es) m
Swahili: usafiri (sw), ubebaji
Turkish: nakliye (tr), ulaştırma (tr), nakliyat (tr)
Ukrainian: переве́зення n (perevézennja), транспортува́ння n (transportuvánnja)
Urdu: آمَد و رَفْت (ur) f (āmad o raft), نَقْل و حَمْل f (naql o haml)

deportation to a penal colony

Bulgarian: изпра́щане на като́рга n (izpráštane na katórga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)
Finnish: karkotus (fi)
French: transportation (fr) f
Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) m (nirvāsan)
Hungarian: deportálás (hu)
Italian: deportazione (it) f
Japanese: 島流し (ja) (しまながし, shimanagashi), 流罪 (ja) (るざい, ruzai)
Korean: 유형(流刑) (ko) (yuhyeong), 추방(追放) (ko) (chubang)
Polish: zesłanie (pl) f
Russian: ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka)
Swahili: usafiri (sw)

means of conveyance

Belarusian: тра́нспарт m (tránspart)
Bulgarian: транспо́рт (bg) m (transpórt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 載體 / 载体 (zh) (zàitǐ, zǎitǐ)
Finnish: kulkuneuvo (fi)
French: transport (fr) m
Hindi: साधन (hi) m (sādhan)
Hungarian: közlekedés (hu)
Italian: mezzo (it) m, vettura (it) f
Japanese: 乗り物 (ja) (のりもの, norimono), 輸送機関 (ゆそうきかん, yusōkikan), 交通機関 (ja) (こうつうきかん, kōtsū kikan)
Korean: 교통기관(交通機關) (ko) (gyotonggigwan), 탈것 (talgeot)
Latin: vectūra f
Navajo: bee nahatʼiʼii
Polish: środek transportu (pl) m
Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport), тра́нспортные сре́дства (ru) n pl (tránsportnyje srédstva)
Swahili: usafiri (sw)
Ukrainian: тра́нспорт (uk) m (tránsport)

public transport — see public transport

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