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transport en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• (UK) audio
• trănsʹpôrt (General-American) without æ-raising
• (US) audio
• trănsʹpôrt (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɹæns.poət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/ (General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈtɹæns.po(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• tränsʹpôrt (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɹɛə̯ns.pɔɹt/ æ-raising
• /ˈtɹeə̯ns.pɔɹt/ æ-raising

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of transporting; conveyance.
   • The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
   • In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats. 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53
3. (countable, uncountable) A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
4. (Canada, countable, uncountable) A tractor-trailer.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, uncountable) A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
7. (countable, historical, uncountable) A deported convict.

Forms

Deriveds

biotransport · retrotransport · public transport · magnetotransport · transport tetany · transport poverty · light rail transport system · active transport · hydrotransport · pretransport · attack transport · transport café · transport interchange · transportin · cyber transport · transport ship · transport protein · auto transport truck · transportant · transportless · cyber transport system · mistransport · countertransport · means of transport · mode of transport · transport safety board · copper transport disease · Metropolis light transport · tape transport · rail transport · transport stage · thermotransport · chemotransport · transportome · retransport · transportance · parallel transport · cyber transport systems · cotransport · transport caf · electrotransport · transport rider · teletransport · transportment · transport vesicle · nanotransport · transportal · paleotransport · air transport

Relateds

transportable · transportage · transportation · transportive · antitransport · transportability · transporter

Synonyms

rapture (state of being transported by emotion) · moving (act of transporting) · shipping (act of transporting) · deportee (historical: deported convict) · ferrying (act of transporting) · shifting (act of transporting) · [Term?] ((military) vehicle used to transport troops) · see: public transport (system of transporting people) · exile · [Term?] (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder) · [Term?] (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · expatriate · relocation (act of transporting) · conveyance (act of transporting)

Translations (119)

sv transport (act of transporting) · el μεταφορά (act of transporting) · fi karkotettu (historical: deported convict) · hi ढोना (act of transporting) · az nəqliyyat vasitəsi (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · pl transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · da transportering (state of being transported by emotion) · nl transport (act of transporting) · pl przewóz (act of transporting) · hi वाहन (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · es transporte (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv befordran (act of transporting) · ar نَقْل (act of transporting) · bg прена́сяне (act of transporting) · fi hurmio (state of being transported by emotion) · fr transport m de troupes (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · az minik (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · ja 乗り物 (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · nl vrachtvoertuig (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · de Spedition (act of transporting) · ca deportat (historical: deported convict) · bg увлече́ние (state of being transported by emotion) · fi kuljetin (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder) · hu szállítás (act of transporting) · hi परिवहन (state of being transported by emotion) · ru ка́торжник (historical: deported convict) · kk көлік (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv transportfordon (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · pt transporte (act of transporting) · mk превоз (act of transporting) · lv transportlīdzeklis (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · gl transporte (act of transporting) · nn transport (act of transporting) · ru транспортёр (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · cmn 運輸 /运输 (act of transporting) · ko 수송 (act of transporting) · nl vervoering (state of being transported by emotion) · nl vervoer (act of transporting) · bg като́ржник (historical: deported convict) · fi kulkuneuvo (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv utbrott (state of being transported by emotion) · fi kuljetusväline (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · da befordring (act of transporting) · lv aizrautība (state of being transported by emotion) · ru тра́нспортное сре́дство (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · az nəqliyyat (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv extas (state of being transported by emotion) · ru перево́зка (act of transporting) · it porto (act of transporting) · cs doprava (act of transporting) · fi kuljetus (act of transporting) · ms pengangkutan (act of transporting) · sv förflyttning (act of transporting) · fa-ira تَرابَری (act of transporting) · sv transportfartyg (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · gd còmhdhail (act of transporting) · sv hänförelse (state of being transported by emotion) · bg прево́зване (act of transporting) · hy փոխադրամիջոց (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · fr transport (state of being transported by emotion) · fi kulkuväline (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · io transporto (act of transporting) · fi siirtäminen (act of transporting) · bg транспо́рт (act of transporting) · it trasporto (act of transporting) · ru тра́нспорт (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · da transportfly (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · es deportado (historical: deported convict) · ta போக்குவரத்து (act of transporting) · da køretøj (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · hy տրանսպորտ (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv deporterad straffånge (historical: deported convict) · fr transport (act of transporting) · ja 輸送機関 (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · ja 運送 (act of transporting) · sv transportflygplan (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · cs transportér (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · bg транспо́рт (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · lv katordznieks (historical: deported convict) · de Beförderung (act of transporting) · sv transportflygplan (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv transportfartyg (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · pl transport (act of transporting) · es transporte (act of transporting) · el μετακίνηση (act of transporting) · ro transportare (act of transporting) · ca transport (act of transporting) · de Beförderung (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · fr transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · sv frakt (act of transporting) · te రవాణా (act of transporting) · ja 輸送 (act of transporting) · ru транспортиро́вка (act of transporting) · nl transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · da fartøj (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · lv transports (act of transporting) · it trasporto (state of being transported by emotion) · ko 운송 (act of transporting) · fi kuljetusväline (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · ms transpor (act of transporting) · nl troepentransport (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · nb transport (act of transporting) · lv pārvešana (act of transporting) · sv anfall (state of being transported by emotion) · hi परिवहन (act of transporting) · lv sajūsma (state of being transported by emotion) · da transportskib (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · ja 追放 (historical: deported convict) · sv transportfordon (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · da transport (act of transporting) · sk doprava (act of transporting) · pl transporter (military: vehicle used to transport troops) · ro mijloc de transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · fi kuljettaminen (act of transporting) · el όχημα (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight) · nl strafgevangene (historical: deported convict) · fi siirto (act of transporting) · gd giùlan (act of transporting) · ru увлече́ние (state of being transported by emotion)

transport en · VERB

Pronunciation

• trănspôrtʹ (General-American) without æ-raising
• (UK) audio
• /tɹeə̯nsˈpɔɹt/ æ-raising
• /tɹænsˈpɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• trănspôrtʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈtɹænsˈpo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/ (General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈtɹænsˈpoət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
• tränspôrtʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tɹɛə̯nsˈpɔɹt/ æ-raising
• (US) audio
• /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).

Meanings

1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
   • to transport goods; to transport troops
   • 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. 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:
2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
   • Thes. Pray you kneele not, I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em. 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
   • [They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
   • Music transports the soul.

Forms

Synonyms

extradite · enrapture (move someone to strong emotion) · shift (carry or bear from one place to another) · deport · exile · banish (historical: deport to a penal colony) · relocate (carry or bear from one place to another) · convey (carry or bear from one place to another) · expatriate · carry away (move someone to strong emotion) · move (carry or bear from one place to another) · ship (carry or bear from one place to another) · ferry (carry or bear from one place to another)

Translations (115)

hu fuvaroz (carry or bear from one place to another) · pl zsyłać (historical: deport to a penal colony) · pt exilar (historical: deport to a penal colony) · kn ರವಾನೆ (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv rycka med (move someone to strong emotion) · de befördern (carry or bear from one place to another) · da transportere (carry or bear from one place to another) · gl transportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi karkottaa (historical: deport to a penal colony) · nb transportere (carry or bear from one place to another) · el εξορίζω (historical: deport to a penal colony) · sw safirisha (carry or bear from one place to another) · el μετακινώ (carry or bear from one place to another) · el συνεπαίρνω (move someone to strong emotion) · no føre (carry or bear from one place to another) · es exiliar (historical: deport to a penal colony) · ru перевезти́ (carry or bear from one place to another) · lo ຂົນສົ່ງ (carry or bear from one place to another) · bg изпращам на каторга (historical: deport to a penal colony) · nn føre (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv hänföra (move someone to strong emotion) · fa ترابری کردن (carry or bear from one place to another) · it trasportare (carry or bear from one place to another) · nl vervoeren (move someone to strong emotion) · lv pārvest (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi kantaa (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi liikuttaa (carry or bear from one place to another) · dsb wózyś (carry or bear from one place to another) · ko 수송하다 (carry or bear from one place to another) · nl meeslepen (move someone to strong emotion) · sv hänrycka (move someone to strong emotion) · fi viedä (carry or bear from one place to another) · ar نَقَلَ (carry or bear from one place to another) · ru сосла́ть (historical: deport to a penal colony) · ca transportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · ca deportar (historical: deport to a penal colony) · ckv saqut (carry or bear from one place to another) · el οχούμαι (carry or bear from one place to another) · bg превозвам (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi viedä mukanaan (move someone to strong emotion) · nl vervoeren (carry or bear from one place to another) · fr reporter (carry or bear from one place to another) · ru ссыла́ть (historical: deport to a penal colony) · te రవాణా (carry or bear from one place to another) · grc μετακομίζω (carry or bear from one place to another) · shn တေႃႉသူင်ႇ (carry or bear from one place to another) · nb deportere (historical: deport to a penal colony) · pwn sakuc (carry or bear from one place to another) · bg транспортирам (carry or bear from one place to another) · el εκστασιάζομαι (move someone to strong emotion) · cy transbortio (carry or bear from one place to another) · cs dopravit (carry or bear from one place to another) · ro transporta (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv frakta (carry or bear from one place to another) · th ขนส่ง (carry or bear from one place to another) · nn deportere (historical: deport to a penal colony) · gl transportar (move someone to strong emotion) · fi liikuttaa (move someone to strong emotion) · pl przewozić (carry or bear from one place to another) · eo transporti (carry or bear from one place to another) · pyu akutr (carry or bear from one place to another) · ga iompair (carry or bear from one place to another) · nn transportere (carry or bear from one place to another) · lv transportēt (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv transportera (carry or bear from one place to another) · sa वहति (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi siirtää (carry or bear from one place to another) · ru перевози́ть (carry or bear from one place to another) · bg пренасям (carry or bear from one place to another) · dsb wjasć (carry or bear from one place to another) · lv sajūsmināt (move someone to strong emotion) · fi hurmioitua (move someone to strong emotion) · el συνεπαίρνομαι (move someone to strong emotion) · nl voeren (carry or bear from one place to another) · cmn 流放 (historical: deport to a penal colony) · gl deportar (historical: deport to a penal colony) · fi rahdata (carry or bear from one place to another) · oc transportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · it deportare (historical: deport to a penal colony) · lzh-lit 饋 (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv befordra (carry or bear from one place to another) · lv aizraut (move someone to strong emotion) · ta நாடு கடத்தல் (historical: deport to a penal colony) · nl in vervoering brengen (move someone to strong emotion) · hu szállít (carry or bear from one place to another) · sv deportera (historical: deport to a penal colony) · cy cludo (carry or bear from one place to another) · fa ترابردن (carry or bear from one place to another) · el εκστασιάζω (move someone to strong emotion) · ru охватить (move someone to strong emotion) · nl deporteren (historical: deport to a penal colony) · ms angkut (carry or bear from one place to another) · fi kuljettaa (carry or bear from one place to another) · la vectō (carry or bear from one place to another) · it trasportare (move someone to strong emotion) · lv izsūtīt (historical: deport to a penal colony) · fa ترانسپورت کردن (carry or bear from one place to another) · el εκπατρίζω (historical: deport to a penal colony) · bg увличам (move someone to strong emotion) · ja 追放する (historical: deport to a penal colony) · fr transporter (carry or bear from one place to another) · de transportieren (carry or bear from one place to another) · grc ὀχοῦμαι (carry or bear from one place to another) · da deportere (historical: deport to a penal colony) · nl overbrengen (carry or bear from one place to another) · hi ढोना (carry or bear from one place to another) · ast tresportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · qu astay (carry or bear from one place to another) · nl transporteren (carry or bear from one place to another) · la trānsportō (carry or bear from one place to another) · pt transportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · es transportar (carry or bear from one place to another) · ro căra (carry or bear from one place to another) · nl wegvoeren (historical: deport to a penal colony) · sv forsla (carry or bear from one place to another)