Phrase guide

carrying capacity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: transport

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noun

Meaning 2

The number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: capacitat de càrrega — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環境承載力 /环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì) — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Danish: lasteevne — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Finnish: kuljetuskyky — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • French: capacité de charge — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • French: capacité limite — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • French: capacité de support — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • German: Transportkapazität — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Indonesian: kapasitas angkat — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Malay: kapasiti angkut — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Malay: kapasiti simpan — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Malay: kapasiti pembawaan — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Portuguese: capacidade de carga — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Romanian: capacitate de încărcare — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Spanish: capacidad de carga — number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
  • Catalan: capacitat de càrrega — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環境承載力 /环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì) — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Danish: bæreevne — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Finnish: kantokyky — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • French: capacité porteuse — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • French: capacité limite — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • French: capacité de soutien — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • French: capacité biotique — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • French: capacité de support — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • German: Tragfähigkeit — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Indonesian: daya dukung — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Indonesian: kapasitas dukung — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Indonesian: kapasitas angkat — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Indonesian: daya muat — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Italian: capacità portante — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Malay: kapasiti angkut — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Malay: kapasiti simpan — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Malay: kapasiti pembawaan — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bæreevne — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Portuguese: capacidade de carga — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Romanian: capacitate de susținere — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Spanish: capacidad de persistencia — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Spanish: capacidad de carga — number of individuals that an environment can support
  • Swedish: bärkraft — number of individuals that an environment can support