Standard Lemma guide

luggage

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: lŭg'ĭj
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India: /ləˈɡeːdʒ/
  • India: /ˈləɡ.ɡeːdʒ/
  • rhymes with -ɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 G AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: L AH1 G IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The contents of such containers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, nonstandard, obsolete, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baggage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: case

Narrower terms: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase, dressing case, hand luggage, hatbox, imperial, satchel, trunk

History

Etymology

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

Across languages

Translations

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bagasie — traveller's containers
  • Albanian: bagazh — traveller's containers
  • Amharic: ሻንጣ (šanṭa) — traveller's containers
  • Arabic: أَمْتِعَة (ʔamtiʕa) — traveller's containers
  • Arabic: عَفْش (ʕafš) — traveller's containers
  • Arabic: عفش (ʕafš) — traveller's containers
  • Arabic: بكاج (bakāž) — traveller's containers
  • Armenian: ուղեբեռ (uġebeṙ) — traveller's containers
  • Azerbaijani: baqaj — traveller's containers
  • Azerbaijani: yük — traveller's containers
  • Bashkir: багаж (bagaj) — traveller's containers
  • Bashkir: йөк (yök) — traveller's containers
  • Belarusian: бага́ж (baháž) — traveller's containers
  • Bengali: মাল (mal) — traveller's containers
  • Bengali: সামান (śaman) — traveller's containers
  • Bhojpuri: सामान (sāmān) — traveller's containers
  • Bulgarian: бага́ж (bagáž) — traveller's containers
  • Burmese: ဝန်စည်စလယ် (wancanyca.lai) — traveller's containers
  • Catalan: equipatge — traveller's containers
  • Catalan: bagatge — traveller's containers
  • Chichewa: katundu — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行李 — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行李 (xínglǐ) — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行李箱 (xínglixiāng) — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旅行箱 (lǚxíngxiāng) — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行李包 (xíngli bāo) — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旅行包 (lǚxíng bāo) — traveller's containers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 箱籠 /箱笼 (xiānglǒng) — traveller's containers
  • Crimean Tatar: bagaj — traveller's containers
  • Czech: zavazadlo — traveller's containers
  • Czech: zavazadla — traveller's containers
  • Danish: bagage — traveller's containers
  • Dutch: bagage — traveller's containers
  • Egyptian: N29:N35-M17-V19 (qnj) — traveller's containers
  • Esperanto: pakaĵo — traveller's containers
  • Esperanto: bagaĝo — traveller's containers
  • Estonian: pagas — traveller's containers
  • Finnish: matkatavarat — traveller's containers
  • French: bagage — traveller's containers
  • North Frisian: bagoosch — traveller's containers
  • West-Frisian: bagaazje — traveller's containers
  • Galician: bagaxe — traveller's containers
  • Galician: equipaxe — traveller's containers
  • Gallurese: bagagliu — traveller's containers
  • Georgian: ბარგი (bargi) — traveller's containers
  • German: Gepäck — traveller's containers
  • German: Gepäckstück — traveller's containers
  • German: Reisegepäck — traveller's containers
  • German: Ballast — traveller's containers
  • Greek: αποσκευές (aposkevés) — traveller's containers
  • Ancient Greek: σκεῦος (skeûos) — traveller's containers
  • Hebrew: מִטְעָן (mitán) — traveller's containers
  • Hindi: सामान (sāmān) — traveller's containers
  • Hungarian: poggyász — traveller's containers
  • Hungarian: csomag — traveller's containers
  • Icelandic: farangur — traveller's containers
  • Ido: bagajo — traveller's containers
  • Indonesian: bagasi — traveller's containers
  • Irish: bagáiste — traveller's containers
  • Italian: bagagli — traveller's containers
  • Japanese: 荷物 (nimotsu) — traveller's containers
  • Japanese: 手荷物 (tenimotsu) — traveller's containers
  • Kazakh: багаж (bagaj) — traveller's containers
  • Kazakh: жүк (jük) — traveller's containers
  • Khmer: ភារវត្ថុ (phiərĕəʼvŏətthoʼ) — traveller's containers
  • Korean: 수하물 (suhamul) — traveller's containers
  • Korean: 짐 (jim) — traveller's containers
  • Northern Kurdish: bagaj — traveller's containers
  • Kyrgyz: багаж (bagaj) — traveller's containers
  • Kyrgyz: жүк (jük) — traveller's containers
  • Lao: ກະເປົາ (ka pao) — traveller's containers
  • Latin: sarcinae — traveller's containers
  • Latvian: bagāža — traveller's containers
  • Laz: ბაგაჯი (bagaci) — traveller's containers
  • Lithuanian: bagažas — traveller's containers
  • Luhya: kumzigo — traveller's containers
  • Macedonian: багаж (bagaž) — traveller's containers
  • Macedonian: патни торби (patni torbi) — traveller's containers
  • Malay: bagasi — traveller's containers
  • Māori: tueke — traveller's containers
  • Māori: kawenga — traveller's containers
  • Mongolian: ачаа (ačaa) — traveller's containers
  • Mongolian: тээш (teeš) — traveller's containers
  • Mongolian: багааж (bagaaž) — traveller's containers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bagasje — traveller's containers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bagasje — traveller's containers
  • Occitan: bagatge — traveller's containers
  • Pashto: لټ لوپړي (laṭ lupṛi) — traveller's containers
  • Pashto: ډانګډبلی (ḍagḍablay) — traveller's containers
  • Pashto: کډه کوډه (kaḍa kuḍa) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: چَمِدان (čamedân) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: بار (bâr) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: توشِه (tuše) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: زاد (zâd) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: وَسیلِه (vasile) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: وَسایِل (vasâyel) — traveller's containers
  • Iranian Persian: بار و بُنِه (bâr o bone) — traveller's containers
  • Plautdietsch: Jepak — traveller's containers
  • Polish: bagaż — traveller's containers
  • Portuguese: bagagem — traveller's containers
  • Romanian: bagaj — traveller's containers
  • Russian: бага́ж (bagáž) — traveller's containers
  • Russian: кладь (kladʹ) — traveller's containers
  • Russian: покла́жа (pokláža) — traveller's containers
  • Russian: су́мки (súmki) — traveller's containers
  • Russian: сумьё (sumʹjó) — traveller's containers
  • Campidanese Sardinian: bagalliu — traveller's containers
  • Campidanese Sardinian: strexu — traveller's containers
  • Sardinian: badàlcu — traveller's containers
  • Sardinian: badalculu — traveller's containers
  • Sardinian: bagalliu — traveller's containers
  • Sardinian: bagagliu — traveller's containers
  • Scottish Gaelic: lòdrach — traveller's containers
  • Scottish Gaelic: pacraidhe — traveller's containers
  • Scottish Gaelic: sacraidh — traveller's containers
  • Serbo-Croatian: пр̀тља̄г — traveller's containers
  • Serbo-Croatian: пртља́га — traveller's containers
  • Serbo-Croatian: pr̀tljāg — traveller's containers
  • Serbo-Croatian: prtljága — traveller's containers
  • Sinhalese: ගමන් මලු (gaman malu) — traveller's containers
  • Slovak: batožina — traveller's containers
  • Slovene: prtljaga — traveller's containers
  • Spanish: equipaje — traveller's containers
  • Swahili: mzigo — traveller's containers
  • Swedish: bagage — traveller's containers
  • Tagalog: dala-dalahan — traveller's containers
  • Tagalog: bagahe — traveller's containers
  • Tagalog: abasto — traveller's containers
  • Tajik: бағоҷ (baġoj) — traveller's containers
  • Tajik: бор (bor) — traveller's containers
  • Tatar: багаж (bağaj) — traveller's containers
  • Tatar: йөк (yök) — traveller's containers
  • Telugu: సామాను (sāmānu) — traveller's containers
  • Thai: สัมภาระ (sǎm-paa-rá) — traveller's containers
  • Thai: กระเป๋าเดินทาง (grà-bpǎo-dəən-taang) — traveller's containers
  • Thai: หีบห่อ (hìip-hɔ̀ɔ) — traveller's containers
  • Tibetan: དོ་པོ (do po) — traveller's containers
  • Turkish: bagaj — traveller's containers
  • Turkish: yük — traveller's containers
  • Turkmen: bagaž — traveller's containers
  • Turkmen: ýük — traveller's containers
  • Ukrainian: бага́ж (baháž) — traveller's containers
  • Urdu: سامان (sāmān) — traveller's containers
  • Uyghur: يۈك-تاق (yük-taq) — traveller's containers
  • Uyghur: شىڭلى (shingli) — traveller's containers
  • Uyghur: يۈك (yük) — traveller's containers
  • Uzbek: bagaj — traveller's containers
  • Uzbek: yuk — traveller's containers
  • Vietnamese: hành lý — traveller's containers
  • Yiddish: באַגאַזש (bagazh) — traveller's containers
Real reading context

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