transport

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English

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Etymology

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

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

  1. 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.
  2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
  3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
    Music transports the soul.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 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:
      [They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      We shall then be transported with a nobler [] wonder.

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Noun

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transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

  1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
    The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
  2. 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.
  3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
  4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  5. 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. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  7. (historical) A deported convict.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From transportar (to transport).

Noun

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transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

  1. transport

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Descendants

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

Estonian

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Etymology

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Internationalism ultimately from Latin trānsportō.

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  • Hyphenation: trans‧port
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Noun

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transport (genitive transpordi, partitive transporti)

  1. transport
    Synonym: veondus

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Declension of transport (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
singular plural
nominative transport transpordid
accusative nom.
gen. transpordi
genitive 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

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Further reading

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  • transport”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • transport”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • transport”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • transport in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

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transport m (plural transports)

  1. transport

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

Noun

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

  1. transport, transportation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.

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

  1. transport, transportation

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French transport.[1][2] First attested in 1661.[3] Compare Silesian transport.

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transport m inan

  1. (uncountable) transport (act of transporting)
    Synonyms: przewóz, transfer
  2. (countable) transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
  3. (countable) load, cargo (that which is transported)
    Synonyms: fracht, ładunek
  4. (countable) transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
  5. (uncountable) transport (branch of the economy dealing with transport)
  6. (uncountable) transport (subject of study dealing with transport)
  7. (uncountable) transport (all means and activities related to the transport of people and cargo)
  8. (countable) transportees (escorted group of people)
  9. (uncountable, geology) transport (relocation of rock weathering products by water, wind and ice)
  10. (uncountable, finances) transfer (relocation of a sum from one side of an account or ledger to another)
  11. (uncountable, engineering) transfer (relocation of energy)

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “transport”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “transport”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Merkuriusz polski ordynaryjny[2], 1661, page 16

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French transport.

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transport n (plural transporturi)

  1. transport

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Serbo-Croatian

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trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нспорт)

  1. transport, conveyance
  2. transport (vehicle)

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Silesian

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Borrowed from German Transport.

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transport m inan

  1. transport

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  • transport in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “transport”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 144

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transport c

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

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Turkish

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Etymology

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

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transport (definite accusative transportu, plural transportlar)

  1. transport

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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