Phrase guide

means of transportation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: тра́нспартны сро́дак (tránspartny sródak) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Bulgarian: пре́возно сре́дство (prévozno srédstvo) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Dutch: vervoersmiddel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Finnish: kulkuneuvo — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • French: moyen de transport — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Georgian: სატრანსპორტო საშუალება (saṭransṗorṭo sašualeba) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • German: Transportmittel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • German: Beförderungsmittel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • German: Verkehrsmittel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Greek: μέσο μεταφοράς (méso metaforás) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Hindi: परिवहन के साधन (parivhan ke sādhan) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Hungarian: közlekedési eszköz — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Hungarian: szállítóeszköz — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Icelandic: ferðamáti — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Icelandic: flutningsmáti — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Japanese: 乗り物 (norimono) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Japanese: 輸送機関 (yusōkikan) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Korean: 교통기관 (gyotonggigwan) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Macedonian: превозно средство (prevozno sredstvo) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Malayalam: ഗതാഗത മാർഗ്ഗം (gatāgata māṟggaṁ) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fremkomstmiddel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transportmiddel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Polish: środek transportu — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Romanian: mijloc de transport — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Russian: тра́нспортное сре́дство (tránsportnoje srédstvo) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Russian: сре́дство передвиже́ния (srédstvo peredvižénija) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Spanish: medio de transporte — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Swahili: chombo cha usafiri — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Swedish: färdmedel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Swedish: transportmedel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Swedish: kommunikationsmedel — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Ukrainian: тра́нспортний за́сіб (tránsportnyj zásib) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways
  • Ukrainian: за́сіб пересува́ння (zásib peresuvánnja) — general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways