Standard Lemma guide

passport

noun · verb · 10 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːspɔːt/
  • US: /ˈpæspɔɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːspɔːt
  • rhymes with -æspɔɹt
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 S P AO2 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any document that allows entry or passage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • The tenor's voice was his passport to the international concert circuit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To regulate how money given to a local authority must be spent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her pleasant personality is already a recommendation
  • his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recommendation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: characteristic

9

noun

Meaning 9

a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument

10

noun

Meaning 10

any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the pass to visit had a strict time limit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: permission

Narrower terms: safe-conduct, safeguard

History

Etymology

From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.

Across languages

Translations

294 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: упаспорт (upasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Abaza: бпаспорт (bpasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Abkhaz: aтәылауаҩшәкәы (atwʼəlawajwŝwkwʼə) — official document for foreign travel
  • Afrikaans: paspoort — official document for foreign travel
  • Albanian: pasaportë — official document for foreign travel
  • Albanian: lejekalim — official document for foreign travel
  • Amharic: ፓስፖርት (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: إِجَازَة مُرُور (ʔijāzat murūr) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جواز (jawāz) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جَواز (jawāz) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جَواز (jawāz) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: بسبور (basbōr) — official document for foreign travel
  • Arabic: باسبور (bāsbōr) — official document for foreign travel
  • Aragonese: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Armenian: անձնագիր (anjnagir) — official document for foreign travel
  • Armenian: պասպորտ (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Assamese: পাৰপত্ৰ (paropotro) — official document for foreign travel
  • Asturian: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Azerbaijani: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Bambara: taamasèbèn — official document for foreign travel
  • Bambara: ߕߊߊߡߛߍߓߍߣ (taamasɛbɛn) — official document for foreign travel
  • Bashkir: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Basque: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Belarusian: па́шпарт (pášpart) — official document for foreign travel
  • Belizean Creole: paaspoat — official document for foreign travel
  • Bengali: পাসপোর্ট (paśpōrṭo) — official document for foreign travel
  • Bislama: paspot — official document for foreign travel
  • Bole: paspo — official document for foreign travel
  • Breton: paseporzh — official document for foreign travel
  • Bulgarian: паспо́рт (paspórt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ် (nuingngamku:lakhmat) — official document for foreign travel
  • Burmese: ပတ်စပို့ (patca.pui.) — official document for foreign travel
  • Buryat: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пас (pas) — official document for foreign travel
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пашпорт (pašport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Catalan: passaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Cebuano: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵔⵉⴱⵓⵔ (azribur) — official document for foreign travel
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵓⴼⴻⵣⵔⵉⵜ (tufezrit) — official document for foreign travel
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴱⴰⵙⴱⵓⵕ (abasbuṛ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chechen: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chichewa: chiphaso — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 護照 /护照 (wu6 ziu3) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese: хўҗо (hwžo) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese: гунминҗын (gunminžɨn) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese: 大字 (tōa-jī) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese: 護照 /护照 (zh-min-nan) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 護照 /护照 (hùzhào) — official document for foreign travel
  • Wu Chinese: 護照 /护照 (6wu-tsau) — official document for foreign travel
  • Chuvash: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • West Circassian: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Cornish: cumyas porth — official document for foreign travel
  • Corsican: passaportu — official document for foreign travel
  • Crimean Tatar: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Czech: pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Czech: cestovní pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Danish: pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Danish: rejsepas — official document for foreign travel
  • Dutch: paspoort — official document for foreign travel
  • Dzongkha: ལམ་ཡིག (lam yig) — official document for foreign travel
  • Erzya: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Esperanto: pasporto — official document for foreign travel
  • Estonian: pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Faroese: pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Fijian: pasipote — official document for foreign travel
  • Finnish: passi — official document for foreign travel
  • French: passeport — official document for foreign travel
  • Fula: paspor — official document for foreign travel
  • Fula: 𞤨𞤢𞤧𞤨𞤮𞤪 — official document for foreign travel
  • Gagauz: paşport — official document for foreign travel
  • Gagauz: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Galician: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Georgian: პასპორტი (ṗasṗorṭi) — official document for foreign travel
  • German: Reisepass — official document for foreign travel
  • German: Pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Gilbertese: bwatiboti — official document for foreign travel
  • Greek: διαβατήριο (diavatírio) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ancient Greek: δίπλωμα (díplōma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Greenlandic: pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Greenlandic: passi — official document for foreign travel
  • Gujarati: પારપત્ર (pārpatra) — official document for foreign travel
  • Haitian Creole: paspò — official document for foreign travel
  • Hausa: fasfo — official document for foreign travel
  • Hausa: fazgo — official document for foreign travel
  • Hawaiian: palapala holo ʻāina ʻē — official document for foreign travel
  • Hawaiian: palapala hoʻāpono — official document for foreign travel
  • Hebrew: דַּרְכּוֹן (darkón) — official document for foreign travel
  • Hindi: पासपोर्ट (pāsporṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Hindi: पारपत्र (pārpatra) — official document for foreign travel
  • White Hmong: phau ntawv hla tebchaws — official document for foreign travel
  • White Hmong: daim ntawv hla ciam teb — official document for foreign travel
  • Hungarian: útlevél — official document for foreign travel
  • Icelandic: vegabréf — official document for foreign travel
  • Ido: pasporto — official document for foreign travel
  • Igbo: paspọtụ — official document for foreign travel
  • Igbo: akwukwo eji eje ije — official document for foreign travel
  • Indonesian: paspor — official document for foreign travel
  • Interlingua: passaporto — official document for foreign travel
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᓯᕈᓐᓇᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ (isironnaot nonaliryoamot) — official document for foreign travel
  • Irish: pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Italian: passaporto — official document for foreign travel
  • Japanese: パスポート (pasupōto) — official document for foreign travel
  • Japanese: 旅券 (ryoken) — official document for foreign travel
  • Javanese: ꦊꦧꦸꦥꦠꦿ (lebupatra) — official document for foreign travel
  • Kabuverdianu: pási — official document for foreign travel
  • Kabuverdianu: pasapórti — official document for foreign travel
  • Kabyle: abasbur — official document for foreign travel
  • Kabyle: ⴰⴱⴰⵙⴱⵓⵕ — official document for foreign travel
  • Kalmyk: үмнлл (ümnll) — official document for foreign travel
  • Kannada: ದಾಟೋಲೆ (dāṭōle) — official document for foreign travel
  • Kannada: ಪಾಸ್ಪೊರ್ಟು (pāsporṭu) — official document for foreign travel
  • Karachay-Balkar: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Kazakh: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Khmer: លិខិតឆ្លងដែន (likhət chlɑɑng daen) — official document for foreign travel
  • Khmer: ប៉ាសស្ព័រ (paahspɔə) — official document for foreign travel
  • Komi-Zyrian: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Korean: 여권 (yeogwon) — official document for foreign travel
  • Korean: 려권 (ryeogwon) — official document for foreign travel
  • Korean: 패스포트 (paeseupoteu) — official document for foreign travel
  • Kumyk: пашпурт (paşpurt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Central Kurdish: پاسپۆرت (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Northern Kurdish: pesport — official document for foreign travel
  • Northern Kurdish: pasaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Kyrgyz: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ladino: pasaporto — official document for foreign travel
  • Lao: ຫນັງສືຜ່ານແດນ (nang sư̄ phān dǣn) — official document for foreign travel
  • Lao: ຫນັງສືເດີນທາງ (nang sư̄ dœ̄n thāng) — official document for foreign travel
  • Lao: ປັດສະປໍ (pat sa pǭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Latin: syngraphus — official document for foreign travel
  • Latvian: pase — official document for foreign travel
  • Ligurian: pasapòrto — official document for foreign travel
  • Lingala: pasɛpɔ́ — official document for foreign travel
  • Lithuanian: pasas — official document for foreign travel
  • Lombard: passaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Luxembourgish: Pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Macedonian: пасош (pasoš) — official document for foreign travel
  • Macedonian: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Macedonian: пашапорт (pašaport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Malagasy: pasipaoro — official document for foreign travel
  • Malay: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Malayalam: പാസ്പോർട്ട് (pāspōṟṭṭŭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Maltese: passaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Manx: kied-troailt — official document for foreign travel
  • Māori: uruwhenua — official document for foreign travel
  • Marathi: पासपोर्ट (pāsporṭa) — official document for foreign travel
  • Eastern Mari: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Mauritian Creole: paspor — official document for foreign travel
  • Mingrelian: პასპორტი (ṗasṗorṭi) — official document for foreign travel
  • Mongolian: гадаад паспорт (gadaad pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Mongolian: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠭᠠᠳᠤ ᠫᠠᠰᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ (ɣadaɣadu pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Mongolian: ᠫᠠᠰᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Nahuatl: tlalnemiamoxtli — official document for foreign travel
  • Nepali: राहदानी (rāhadānī) — official document for foreign travel
  • Nogai: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Northern Sotho: pasporoto — official document for foreign travel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Occitan: passapòrt — official document for foreign travel
  • Odia: ପାସ୍ ପୋର୍ଟ (pās porṭa) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ojibwe: ᐸᐹᒥᐊᔮᐎᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇᓐ (babaami-ayaawi-mazina'iganan) — official document for foreign travel
  • Old Prussian: pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Ossetian: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пасош (pasoš) — official document for foreign travel
  • Papiamentu: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Pashto: پاسپورټ (pāsporṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Persian: گُذَرْنَامَه (guzarnāma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Persian: پَاسْپورْت (pāspōrt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Iranian Persian: گُذَرْنامِه (gozarnâme) — official document for foreign travel
  • Iranian Persian: پاسْپورْت (pâsport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Iranian Persian: تَذْکِرِهٔ مُرور (tazkere-ye morur) — official document for foreign travel
  • Plautdietsch: Reispauss — official document for foreign travel
  • Polish: paszport — official document for foreign travel
  • Portuguese: passaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Punjabi: ਪਾਸਪੋਰਟ (pāsporaṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Romani: passaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Romanian: pașaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Romansh: passaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: па́спорт (pásport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: заграни́чный па́спорт (zagraníčnyj pásport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: загранпа́спорт (zagranpásport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: загра́нник (zagránnik) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: загра́н (zagrán) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: па́чпорт (páčport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: пачпо́рт (pačpórt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: па́шпорт (pášport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Russian: пашпо́рт (pašpórt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Rwanda-Rundi: urwandiko rw'abajya mu mahanga — official document for foreign travel
  • Rwanda-Rundi: igitabu c'inzira — official document for foreign travel
  • Northern Sami: pássa — official document for foreign travel
  • Samoan: tusifolau — official document for foreign travel
  • Sango: dantité — official document for foreign travel
  • Sango: karaté — official document for foreign travel
  • Sango: pasapöro — official document for foreign travel
  • Santali: ᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨ (adhar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Sardinian: passapòrtu — official document for foreign travel
  • Scots: passport — official document for foreign travel
  • Scottish Gaelic: cead-siubhail — official document for foreign travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̑сош — official document for foreign travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: путо́вница — official document for foreign travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȃsoš — official document for foreign travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: putóvnica — official document for foreign travel
  • Shan: ဝႂ်ၶၢမ်ႈမိူင်း (wǎue khāam móeng) — official document for foreign travel
  • Shan: ပႃးၸပူတ်ႉ (páa tsǎ pṵ̂ut) — official document for foreign travel
  • Sicilian: passaportu — official document for foreign travel
  • Sindhi: پاسپورٽ (pāsporṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Sinhalese: ගමන් බලපත්රය (gaman balapatraya) — official document for foreign travel
  • Slovak: pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Slovene: pọ̑tni lȋst — official document for foreign travel
  • Somali: baasaboor — official document for foreign travel
  • Lower Sorbian: drogowański pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Upper Sorbian: woborny pas — official document for foreign travel
  • Sotho: dipasepoto — official document for foreign travel
  • Spanish: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Sranan Tongo: paspoort — official document for foreign travel
  • Swahili: paspoti — official document for foreign travel
  • Swahili: pasi — official document for foreign travel
  • Swahili: pasipoti — official document for foreign travel
  • Swedish: pass — official document for foreign travel
  • Tagalog: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Tagalog: tulot-lakbay — official document for foreign travel
  • Tahitian: puta rātere — official document for foreign travel
  • Tajik: шиноснома (šinosnoma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tajik: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tajik: гузарнома (guzarnoma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tamil: கடவுச்சீட்டு (kaṭavuccīṭṭu) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tamil: பாஸ்போர்ட் (pāspōrṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tarifit: amsukki — official document for foreign travel
  • Tatar: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Telugu: రవానా (ravānā) — official document for foreign travel
  • Telugu: రహదారీ (rahadārī) — official document for foreign travel
  • Telugu: పాస్పోర్ట్ (pāspōrṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tetum: pasaporte — official document for foreign travel
  • Thai: หนังสือเดินทาง (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-dəən-taang) — official document for foreign travel
  • Thai: พาสปอร์ต (páat-sà-bpɔ̀ɔt) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tibetan: ཕྱི་བསྐྱོད་ལག་དེབ (phyi bskyod lag deb) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tibetan: ཕྱག་ཁྱེར (phyag khyer) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tibetan: ཕྱི་ཐོན་ལག་ཁྱེར (phyi thon lag khyer) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tigrinya: ፓስፖርት (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Tok Pisin: paspot — official document for foreign travel
  • Tongan: paasipooti — official document for foreign travel
  • Turkish: pasaport — official document for foreign travel
  • Turkish: buyruldu — official document for foreign travel
  • Ottoman Turkish: مرور تذكرهسی (mürur tezkeresi) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ottoman Turkish: یول تذكرهسی (yol tezkeresi) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاساپورت (pasaport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Turkmen: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Tuvan: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Udmurt: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Ukrainian: па́спорт (pásport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: راہْداری (rāhdārī) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: گُزَر نامَہ (guzar nāma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: پاسْپورْٹ (pāsporṭ) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: پَرْوانَۂ راہْداری (parvāna-yi rāhdārī) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: رَہْنامَہ (rahnāma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: پَرْوَانَہ (parvāna) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: اِجازَت نامَہ (ijāzat nāma) — official document for foreign travel
  • Urdu: جَوازِ سَفَر (javāz-i safar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Uyghur: پاسپورت (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Uyghur: گۇۋاھنامە (guwahname) — official document for foreign travel
  • Uzbek: pasport — official document for foreign travel
  • Venetan: pasapòrto — official document for foreign travel
  • Vietnamese: hộ chiếu — official document for foreign travel
  • Vietnamese: giấy thông hành — official document for foreign travel
  • Volapük: tävadientifäd — official document for foreign travel
  • Volapük: dientifäd — official document for foreign travel
  • Volapük: tävapäs — official document for foreign travel
  • Walloon: paspôrt — official document for foreign travel
  • Welsh: pasbort — official document for foreign travel
  • Xhosa: ipaspoti — official document for foreign travel
  • Yakut: пааспара (paaspara) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yakut: паспора (paspora) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yakut: паспорт (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yakut: бааспар (baaspar) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yakut: боспуор (bospuor) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yiddish: פּאַספּאָרט (pasport) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yiddish: פּאַס (pas) — official document for foreign travel
  • Yoruba: ìwé ìrìnnà — official document for foreign travel
  • Zazaki: pasaporta — official document for foreign travel
  • Zhuang: hucau — official document for foreign travel
  • Zulu: ipasipoti — official document for foreign travel
  • Zulu: ipasi lokuhamba — official document for foreign travel
  • Bulgarian: про́пуск (própusk) — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Danish: passerseddel — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Danish: passérseddel — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Ancient Greek: δίπλωμα (díplōma) — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Romanian: document de identitate — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Russian: про́пуск (própusk) — any document allowing entry or passage
  • Greek: διαβατήριο (diavatírio) — figurative use
  • Russian: про́пуск (própusk) — figurative use
  • Russian: биле́т (bilét) — figurative use
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