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transporter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɹænsˈpoɹt.əɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ʈɾa(ː)nsˈpɔː(ɾ)ʈ.ɜː(ɾ)/ (India)
  • /tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /tɹansˈpɔɾt.əɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /tɹɛnsˈpoːt.ə/ (New-Zealand)
  • /tɹænsˈpoːt.ə/ (Australia)
  • trăns-pôrt′ər
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tɹansˈpɔːt.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ʈɾa(ː)nsˈpɔː(ɾ)ʈ.əɾ/ (India)

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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transporter From transport + -er. First attested in 1535.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which transports. ▸ A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
  2. One who, or that which transports. ▸ A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
  3. One who, or that which transports. ▸ A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
  4. One who, or that which transports. ▸ A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
  5. A carrier.

Forms

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transporters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

supertransporter · personal transporter · transporterome · biotransporter · neurotransporter · transporter bridge · transtainer · autotransporter · car transporter · nanotransporter · enterotransporter · countertransporter · teletransporter

Translations (8)

fi siirtäjä (one who, or that which transports) · fr transporteur (one who, or that which transports) · fi siirrin (one who, or that which transports) · pt transportador (one who, or that which transports) · gl transportista (one who, or that which transports) · es transportista (one who, or that which transports) · sw msafirishaji (one who, or that which transports) · fr transporteuse (one who, or that which transports)