noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːspɔːt/
US:/ˈpæspɔɹt/
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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