name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cargo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/
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General-American: /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R G OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Western material goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Papua-New-Guinea, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To load with freight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 7
goods carried by a large vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.
Across languages
Translations
146 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: ngarkesë — freight carried by a ship
- Arabic: حُمُولَة (ḥumūla) — freight carried by a ship
- Arabic: شِحْنَة (šiḥna) — freight carried by a ship
- Arabic: حِمْل (ḥiml) — freight carried by a ship
- Arabic: حمولة (ḥmula, ḥumula, ḥemula) — freight carried by a ship
- Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — freight carried by a ship
- Azerbaijani: yük — freight carried by a ship
- Bashkir: йөк (yök) — freight carried by a ship
- Belarusian: груз (hruz) — freight carried by a ship
- Belarusian: цяжа́р (cjažár) — freight carried by a ship
- Bengali: মালপত্র (malpotro) — freight carried by a ship
- Bengali: কার্গো (kargō) — freight carried by a ship
- Bengali: মাল (mal) — freight carried by a ship
- Bulgarian: това́р (továr) — freight carried by a ship
- Bulgarian: ко́рабен това́р (kóraben továr) — freight carried by a ship
- Burmese: ကုန်စည် (kuncany) — freight carried by a ship
- Burmese: ကုန်ပစ္စည်း (kunpaccany:) — freight carried by a ship
- Burmese: ကုန် (kun) — freight carried by a ship
- Catalan: càrrega — freight carried by a ship
- Chinese Cantonese: 儎 /傤 (zoi3) — freight carried by a ship
- Chinese Cantonese: 貨物 /货物 (fo3 mat6) — freight carried by a ship
- Chinese Cantonese: 貨 /货 (fo3) — freight carried by a ship
- Chinese Mandarin: 貨物 /货物 (huòwù) — freight carried by a ship
- Chinese Mandarin: 貨 /货 (huò) — freight carried by a ship
- Coptic: ⲁⲃⲓⲛ (ɑouin) — freight carried by a ship
- Coptic: ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (ɑouin) — freight carried by a ship
- Coptic: ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ (ɑuain) — freight carried by a ship
- Czech: náklad — freight carried by a ship
- Danish: gods — freight carried by a ship
- Danish: fragt — freight carried by a ship
- Danish: last — freight carried by a ship
- Dutch: vracht — freight carried by a ship
- Dutch: lading — freight carried by a ship
- Egyptian: ini-nw:Z2ss (jnw) — freight carried by a ship
- Esperanto: kargo — freight carried by a ship
- Estonian: last — freight carried by a ship
- Estonian: praht — freight carried by a ship
- Estonian: laadung — freight carried by a ship
- Finnish: lasti — freight carried by a ship
- Finnish: kuorma — freight carried by a ship
- Finnish: taakka — freight carried by a ship
- Finnish: rahti — freight carried by a ship
- French: cargaison — freight carried by a ship
- Galician: carga — freight carried by a ship
- Galician: frete — freight carried by a ship
- Georgian: ტვირთი (ṭvirti) — freight carried by a ship
- Georgian: კარგო (ḳargo) — freight carried by a ship
- Georgian: გემის ტვირთი (gemis ṭvirti) — freight carried by a ship
- Georgian: ფრახტი (praxṭi) — freight carried by a ship
- German: Fracht — freight carried by a ship
- German: Ladung — freight carried by a ship
- German: Cargo — freight carried by a ship
- Greek: φορτίο (fortío) — freight carried by a ship
- Ancient Greek: φορτίον (phortíon) — freight carried by a ship
- Ancient Greek: γόμος (gómos) — freight carried by a ship
- Hebrew: מִטְעָן (mit'án) — freight carried by a ship
- Hindi: पोतभार (potbhār) — freight carried by a ship
- Hindi: नौभार (naubhār) — freight carried by a ship
- Hindi: माल (māl) — freight carried by a ship
- Hindi: बोझ (bojh) — freight carried by a ship
- Hindi: खेप (khep) — freight carried by a ship
- Hungarian: rakomány — freight carried by a ship
- Hungarian: fuvar — freight carried by a ship
- Icelandic: farmur — freight carried by a ship
- Ido: kargo — freight carried by a ship
- Ido: kargajo — freight carried by a ship
- Indonesian: kargo — freight carried by a ship
- Ingrian: rahti — freight carried by a ship
- Irish: lasta — freight carried by a ship
- Italian: carico — freight carried by a ship
- Japanese: 積荷 (tsumini) — freight carried by a ship
- Japanese: 貨物 (kamotsu) — freight carried by a ship
- Kazakh: жүк (jük) — freight carried by a ship
- Khmer: ទំនិញ (tumnɨñ) — freight carried by a ship
- Khmer: បន្ទុក (bɑɑbɑntuk) — freight carried by a ship
- Korean: 짐 (jim) — freight carried by a ship
- Korean: 화물 (hwamul) — freight carried by a ship
- Korean: 바리 (bari) — freight carried by a ship
- Kyrgyz: жүк (jük) — freight carried by a ship
- Lao: ສິນຄ້າຂົນສົ່ງ (sin khā khon song) — freight carried by a ship
- Lao: ສິນຄ້າ (sin khā) — freight carried by a ship
- Latin: onus — freight carried by a ship
- Latvian: krava — freight carried by a ship
- Lithuanian: krovinys — freight carried by a ship
- Macedonian: товар (tovar) — freight carried by a ship
- Macedonian: карго (kargo) — freight carried by a ship
- Malay: kargo — freight carried by a ship
- Maltese: merkanzija — freight carried by a ship
- Māori: utanga — freight carried by a ship
- Māori: uta — freight carried by a ship
- Mongolian: ачаа (ačaa) — freight carried by a ship
- Norwegian Bokmål: frakt — freight carried by a ship
- Norwegian Bokmål: last — freight carried by a ship
- Norwegian Nynorsk: frakt — freight carried by a ship
- Norwegian Nynorsk: last — freight carried by a ship
- Old English: hlæst — freight carried by a ship
- Pashto: بار (bār) — freight carried by a ship
- Pashto: کارګو (kārgo) — freight carried by a ship
- Iranian Persian: مَحْمولِه (mahmule) — freight carried by a ship
- Iranian Persian: بار (bâr) — freight carried by a ship
- Polish: ładunek — freight carried by a ship
- Portuguese: carga — freight carried by a ship
- Romanian: marfă — freight carried by a ship
- Russian: груз (gruz) — freight carried by a ship
- Russian: това́р (továr) — freight carried by a ship
- Russian: ка́рго (kárgo) — freight carried by a ship
- Samoan: uta — freight carried by a ship
- Scottish Gaelic: carago — freight carried by a ship
- Scottish Gaelic: luchd — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: тѐрет — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: то̀вар — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: ка̏рго — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: tèret — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: tòvar — freight carried by a ship
- Serbo-Croatian: kȁrgo — freight carried by a ship
- Slovak: náklad — freight carried by a ship
- Slovene: tovor — freight carried by a ship
- Spanish: carga — freight carried by a ship
- Spanish: cargamento — freight carried by a ship
- Spanish: cargazón — freight carried by a ship
- Swahili: shehena — freight carried by a ship
- Swedish: frakt — freight carried by a ship
- Swedish: last — freight carried by a ship
- Tagalog: kargamento — freight carried by a ship
- Tagalog: kargo — freight carried by a ship
- Tajik: бор (bor) — freight carried by a ship
- Tajik: маҳмула (mahmula) — freight carried by a ship
- Tajik: мол (mol) — freight carried by a ship
- Tatar: йөк (yök) — freight carried by a ship
- Thai: สินค้า (sǐn-káa) — freight carried by a ship
- Tongan: uta — freight carried by a ship
- Turkish: yük — freight carried by a ship
- Turkmen: ýük — freight carried by a ship
- Ukrainian: ванта́ж (vantáž) — freight carried by a ship
- Urdu: کارْگو (kārgo) — freight carried by a ship
- Urdu: کھیپ (khep) — freight carried by a ship
- Urdu: مال (māl) — freight carried by a ship
- Uyghur: يۈك (yük) — freight carried by a ship
- Uzbek: yuk — freight carried by a ship
- Uzbek: mol — freight carried by a ship
- Vietnamese: hàng hóa — freight carried by a ship
- Vietnamese: hàng hoá — freight carried by a ship
- Welsh: cargo — freight carried by a ship
- Yakut: таһаҕас (tahağas) — freight carried by a ship
- Yiddish: פֿראַכט (frakht) — freight carried by a ship
- Yiddish: לאַסט (last) — freight carried by a ship
Real reading context