transport

See also: Transport

English

Etymology

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

Verb

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănzpôrtʹ, tränzpôrtʹ, IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈpɔːt/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/
(General American) enPR: trănzpôrtʹ, IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈpɔɹt/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈpo(ː)ɹt/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈpoət/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t, (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oɹt, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oət
Hyphenation: trans‧port

Noun

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: trănzʹpôrt, tränzʹpôrt, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænz.pɔːt/, /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/
(General American) enPR: trănzʹpôrt, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænz.pɔɹt/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænz.po(ː)ɹt/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænz.poət/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t, (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oɹt, (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) -oət
Hyphenation: trans‧port

Verb

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

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
to transport goods; to transport troops
- 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:
  But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart.
(historical) To deport to a penal colony.
(figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Music transports the soul.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  [They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
  We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder.

Conjugation

Conjugation of transport

infinitive	(to) transport
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	transport	transported
2nd-person singular	transport, transportest^†	transported, transportedst^†
3rd-person singular	transports, transporteth^†	transported
plural	transport	transported

subjunctive	transport	transported

imperative	transport	—

participles	transporting	transported

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

(carry or bear from one place to another): 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

carry or bear from one place to another

Arabic: نَقَلَ‎ (naqala)
Asturian: tresportar (ast)
Bulgarian: пренасям (bg) (prenasjam), превозвам (bg) (prevozvam), транспортирам (bg) (transportiram)
Catalan: transportar (ca)
Chinese:
Literary Chinese: 饋
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 輸送／输送 (zh) (shūsòng)
Czech: dopravit
Danish: transportere
Dutch: overbrengen (nl), voeren (nl), vervoeren (nl), transporteren (nl)
Esperanto: transporti
Finnish: kuljettaa (fi), siirtää (fi), kantaa (fi), rahdata (fi), liikuttaa (fi), viedä (fi)
French: reporter (fr), transporter (fr)
Galician: transportar (gl)
German: transportieren (de), befördern (de)
Greek:
Ancient: μετακομίζω (metakomízō)
Hungarian: szállít (hu), fuvaroz (hu)
Irish: iompair
Italian: trasportare (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 運送する (ja) (うんそうする, unsō surú) , ^{(please verify)} 輸送する (yusō-suru)
Kannada: ರವಾನೆ (kn) (ravāne)
Kavalan: saqut
Korean: 수송하다 (susonghada)
Lao: ຂົນສົ່ງ (khon song)
Latin: vectō, trānsportō
Latvian: transportēt, pārvest
Malay: angkut
Norwegian: føre (no)
Bokmål: transportere
Nynorsk: transportere, føre
Occitan: transportar (oc)
Paiwan: sakuc
Persian: ترابری کردن‎ (tarâbari kardan), ترانسپورت کردن‎ (trânsport kardan)
Polish: przewozić (pl) impf
Portuguese: transportar (pt)
Puyuma: akutr
Quechua: astay
Romanian: transporta (ro), căra (ro)
Russian: перевози́ть (ru) impf (perevozítʹ), перевезти́ (ru) pf (pereveztí)
Sanskrit: वहति (sa) (vahati)
Shan: တေႃႉသူင်ႇ (tâ̰u sùung)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (by vehicle, abstract) wózyś impf, (by vehicle, concrete) wjasć impf
Spanish: transportar (es)
Swahili: safirisha (sw)
Swedish: befordra (sv), forsla (sv), frakta (sv), transportera (sv)
Telugu: రవాణా (te) (ravāṇā)
Thai: ขนส่ง (th) (kǒn-sòng)
Welsh: cludo (cy), transbortio

historical: deport to a penal colony

Bulgarian: изпращам на каторга (izpraštam na katorga)
Catalan: deportar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)
Danish: deportere
Dutch: deporteren (nl), wegvoeren (nl)
Finnish: karkottaa (fi)
Galician: deportar
Italian: deportare (it)
Japanese: 追放する (tsuihō-suru)
Latvian: izsūtīt
Norwegian:
Bokmål: deportere
Nynorsk: deportere
Polish: zsyłać impf
Portuguese: exilar (pt)
Russian: ссыла́ть (ru) impf (ssylátʹ), сосла́ть (ru) pf (soslátʹ)
Spanish: exiliar (es)
Swedish: deportera (sv)
Tamil: நாடு கடத்தல் (nāṭu kaṭattal)

move someone to strong emotion

Bulgarian: увличам (bg) (uvličam)
Dutch: meeslepen (nl), in vervoering brengen, vervoeren (nl)
Finnish: viedä mukanaan, liikuttaa (fi), hurmioitua
Galician: transportar (gl)
Italian: trasportare (it)
Latvian: aizraut, sajūsmināt
Russian: охватить (ru) (oxvatitʹ)
Swedish: vara hänförd (sv), vara hänryckt, ryckas (sv) med

Noun

transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

An act of transporting; conveyance.
The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53:
  In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
(Canada) A tractor-trailer.
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
(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

Bulgarian: пренасяне (bg) n (prenasjane), превозване (bg) n (prevozvane), транспорт (bg) m (transport)
Catalan: transport (ca) m
Czech: doprava (cs) f
Danish: transport (da) c
Dutch: vervoer (nl) n, transport (nl) n
Finnish: kuljettaminen (fi), kuljetus (fi), siirtäminen (fi), siirto (fi)
French: transport (fr) m
Galician: transporte (gl) m
Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá)
Ido: transporto (io)
Italian: trasporto (it) m, porto (it) m
Japanese: 運送 (ja) (unsō), 輸送 (ja) (yusō)
Latvian: transports m, pārvešana f
Malay: pengangkutan (ms), transpor
Norwegian:
Bokmål: transport (no)
Nynorsk: transport
Persian: ترابری‎ (fa) (tarābarī)
Polish: transport (pl) m, przewóz (pl) m
Portuguese: transporte (pt) m
Romanian: transportare (ro)
Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka)
Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail f, giùlan m
Spanish: transporte (es) m
Swedish: befordran (sv) c, frakt (sv) c, förflyttning (sv) c, transport (sv) c
Tamil: போக்குவரத்து (ta) (pōkkuvarattu)
Telugu: రవాణా (te) (ravāṇā)

state of being transported by emotion

Bulgarian: увлечение (bg) n (uvlečenie)
Dutch: vervoering (nl) f
Finnish: hurmio (fi)
French: transport (fr) m
Italian: trasporto (it) m
Latvian: aizrautība f, sajūsma f
Swedish: anfall (sv) n, extas (sv) c, hänförelse (sv) c, utbrott (sv) n

vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight

Armenian: փոխադրամիջոց (hy) (pʿoxadramiǰocʿ), տրանսպորտ (hy) (transport)
Azerbaijani: nəqliyyat (az), nəqliyyat vasitəsi, minik (az)
Bulgarian: транспорт (bg) m (transport)
Dutch: transport (nl) n, vrachtvoertuig
Finnish: kulkuväline (fi), kulkuneuvo (fi), kuljetusväline
French: transport (fr) m
German: Beförderung (de) f
Japanese: 輸送機関 (ゆそうきかん, yusō-kikan)
Kazakh: көлік (kölık)
Latvian: transportlīdzeklis m
Polish: transport (pl) m
Romanian: mijloc de transport
Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport), тра́нспортное сре́дство (ru) n (tránsportnoje srédstvo)
Spanish: transporte (es) m
Swedish: transportfartyg n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

military: vehicle used to transport troops

Czech: transportér (cs) m
Dutch: troepentransport (nl)
Finnish: kuljetusväline
French: transport m de troupes
Polish: transporter (pl) m
Russian: тра́нспорт (ru) m (tránsport)
Swedish: transportfartyg n, transportflygplan (sv) n, transportfordon (sv) n

public transport — see public transport

device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder

Finnish: kuljetin (fi)

historical: deported convict

Bulgarian: каторжник (bg) m (katoržnik)
Catalan: deportat m
Dutch: strafgevangene
Finnish: karkotettu (fi)
Japanese: 追放 (ja) (tsuihō)
Latvian: katordznieks m
Spanish: deportado (es) m
Swedish: deporterad (sv) straffånge

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَقْل‎ (naql)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} szállítás (hu), ^{(please verify)} fuvarozás (hu), ^{(please verify)} közlekedés (hu)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasporto (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 수송 (ko) (susong) (susong)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 運輸／运输 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 运输 (zh) (yùnshū)

Derived terms

means of transport
public transport
transport interchange

Related terms

antitransport
transportability
transportable
transportage
transportation
transporter
transportive

Catalan

Etymology

From transportar (“to transport”).

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

transport

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trɑnˈspɔrt/, /trɑnsˈpɔrt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: trans‧port
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

transport

Synonyms

vervoer

Descendants

Afrikaans: transport
→ Guyanese Creole English: transport
→ Indonesian: transpor

Estonian

Etymology

Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: trans‧port

Noun

transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)

transport
Synonym: veondus

Declension

Declension of transport (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	transport	transpordid
genitive	transpordi	transportide
partitive	transporti	transporte / transportisid
illative	transporti / transpordisse	transportidesse / transpordesse
inessive	transpordis	transportides / transpordes
elative	transpordist	transportidest / transpordest
allative	transpordile	transportidele / transpordele
adessive	transpordil	transportidel / transpordel
ablative	transpordilt	transportidelt / transpordelt
translative	transpordiks	transportideks / transpordeks
terminative	transpordini	transportideni
essive	transpordina	transportidena
abessive	transpordita	transportideta
comitative	transpordiga	transportidega

Derived terms

ühistransport

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔʁ
Homophone: transports

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

transport

Derived terms

mal des transports
moyen de transport
titre de transport
transport en commun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)

transport, transportation

Derived terms

Terms derived from transport

godstransport
sjøtransport
transportbånd

transportfly
transportmiddel

transportskip
transportåre

References

“transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)

transport, transportation

Derived terms

Terms derived from transport

godstransport
sjøtransport

transportfly
transportmiddel

transportskip

References

“transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English transport, French transport, German Transport, ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtran.spɔrt/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -anspɔrt
Syllabification: tran‧sport

Noun

transport m inan

transport (act of transporting)
Synonym: przewóz
transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
load, cargo
Synonyms: fracht, ładunek

Declension

Declension of transport

	singular	plural
nominative	transport	transporty
genitive	transportu	transportów
dative	transportowi	transportom
accusative	transport	transporty
instrumental	transportem	transportami
locative	transporcie	transportach
vocative	transporcie	transporty

Derived terms

adjective

transportowy

nouns

transportowiec
transportówka

verbs

przetransportować
przetransportowywać
przytransportować
transportować
wytransportować

Related terms

adjective

transporterowy

nouns

transportacja
transporter
transporterka

Romanian

Etymology

From French transport.

Noun

transport n (plural transporturi)

transport

Declension

Declension of transport

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) transport	transportul	(niște) transporturi	transporturile
genitive/dative	(unui) transport	transportului	(unor) transporturi	transporturilor
vocative	transportule		transporturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

transport, conveyance
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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

transport c

a transport, something to be moved
a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
a transport, promotion to a new job or task

Declension

Declension of transport
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	transport	transporten	transporter	transporterna
Genitive	transports	transportens	transporters	transporternas

Related terms

transportera

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترانسپورط‎ (transport), from French transport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾɑns.pɔɾt/

Noun

transport (definite accusative transportu, plural transportlar)

transport

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	transport
Definite accusative	transportu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	transport	transportlar
Definite accusative	transportu	transportları
Dative	transporta	transportlara
Locative	transportta	transportlarda
Ablative	transporttan	transportlardan
Genitive	transportun	transportların

transport

English

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Catalan

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Further reading

Dutch

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Noun

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Descendants

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Polish

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

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Turkish

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Noun

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