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suitcase

noun · verb · 5 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.

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  • /ˈs(j)uːtkeɪs/
  • General-American: /ˈsutkeɪs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːtkeɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: S UW1 T K EY2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My suitcase is stowed in the luggage rack.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

In the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To trade using samples in a suitcase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To smuggle in one's rectum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: keister

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he carried his small bag onto the plane with him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baggage, luggage

Narrower terms: carpetbag, garment bag, gripsack, overnighter, overnight bag, overnight case, portmanteau, Gladstone, Gladstone bag, weekender

History

Etymology

From suit + case.

Across languages

Translations

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: valixhe — large piece of luggage
  • Amharic: ሻንጣ (šanṭa) — large piece of luggage
  • Arabic: حَقِيبَةُ السَّفَر (ḥaqībatu s-safar) — large piece of luggage
  • Arabic: شَنْطَة (šanṭa) — large piece of luggage
  • Arabic: شَنْطَة (šanṭa) — large piece of luggage
  • Arabic: صندوق (ṣandūʔ) — large piece of luggage
  • Armenian: ճամպրուկ (čampruk) — large piece of luggage
  • Armenian: չամադան (čʻamadan) — large piece of luggage
  • Azerbaijani: çamadan — large piece of luggage
  • Bashkir: сумаҙан (sumaźan) — large piece of luggage
  • Belarusian: валі́за (valíza) — large piece of luggage
  • Belarusian: валі́зка (valízka) — large piece of luggage
  • Belarusian: чамада́н (čamadán) — large piece of luggage
  • Belarusian: ку́фар (kúfar) — large piece of luggage
  • Belarusian: куфэ́рак (kuférak) — large piece of luggage
  • Bengali: সুটকেস (śuṭkes) — large piece of luggage
  • Bulgarian: ку́фар (kúfar) — large piece of luggage
  • Burmese: လက်ဆွဲသေတ္တာ (lakhcwai:setta) — large piece of luggage
  • Catalan: maleta — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 篋 /箧 (gip1) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 喼 (gip1) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 手提箱 (sau2 tai4 soeng1) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手提箱 (shǒutíxiāng) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮箱 (píxiāng) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行李箱 (xínglǐxiāng) — large piece of luggage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衣箱 (yīxiāng) — large piece of luggage
  • Chuvash: чӑматан (čămat̬an) — large piece of luggage
  • Czech: kufr — large piece of luggage
  • Danish: kuffert — large piece of luggage
  • Dutch: valies — large piece of luggage
  • Dutch: koffer — large piece of luggage
  • Esperanto: valizo — large piece of luggage
  • Esperanto: kofro — large piece of luggage
  • Estonian: kohver — large piece of luggage
  • Faroese: kuffert — large piece of luggage
  • Finnish: matkalaukku — large piece of luggage
  • French: valise — large piece of luggage
  • West-Frisian: bûse — large piece of luggage
  • Galician: mala — large piece of luggage
  • Galician: maleta — large piece of luggage
  • Georgian: სამგზავრო ჩანთა (samgzavro čanta) — large piece of luggage
  • Georgian: ჩემოდანი (čemodani) — large piece of luggage
  • Georgian: საკვოიაჟი (saḳvoiaži) — large piece of luggage
  • German: Koffer — large piece of luggage
  • German: Reisetasche — large piece of luggage
  • Greek: βαλίτσα (valítsa) — large piece of luggage
  • Greenlandic: kufferti — large piece of luggage
  • Hebrew: מזוודה \ מִזְוָדָה (mizvadá) — large piece of luggage
  • Hindi: सूटकेस (sūṭkes) — large piece of luggage
  • Hungarian: kézitáska — large piece of luggage
  • Hungarian: bőrönd — large piece of luggage
  • Hungarian: koffer — large piece of luggage
  • Icelandic: ferðataska — large piece of luggage
  • Indonesian: koper — large piece of luggage
  • Irish: cás — large piece of luggage
  • Italian: valigia — large piece of luggage
  • Japanese: スーツケース (sūtsukēsu) — large piece of luggage
  • Japanese: トランク (toranku) — large piece of luggage
  • Kabyle: tabalizt — large piece of luggage
  • Kazakh: шабадан (şabadan) — large piece of luggage
  • Khmer: វ៉ាលីស៍ (vaalii) — large piece of luggage
  • Khmer: ហិប (həp) — large piece of luggage
  • Korean: 여행가방 (yeohaenggabang) — large piece of luggage
  • Korean: 트렁크 (teureongkeu) — large piece of luggage
  • Korean: 슈트케이스 (syuteukeiseu) — large piece of luggage
  • Central Kurdish: جانتا (canta) — large piece of luggage
  • Northern Kurdish: bawil — large piece of luggage
  • Northern Kurdish: bahol — large piece of luggage
  • Kyrgyz: чемодан (cemodan) — large piece of luggage
  • Kyrgyz: жагдан (jagdan) — large piece of luggage
  • Ladino: validja — large piece of luggage
  • Lao: ຫີບ (hīp) — large piece of luggage
  • Lao: ຫີບເດິນທາງ (hīp dœn thāng) — large piece of luggage
  • Latin: riscus — large piece of luggage
  • Latin: vīdulus — large piece of luggage
  • Latvian: čemodāns — large piece of luggage
  • Latvian: koferis — large piece of luggage
  • Lithuanian: lagaminas — large piece of luggage
  • Luxembourgish: Wallis — large piece of luggage
  • Macedonian: куфер (kufer) — large piece of luggage
  • Macedonian: кофер (kofer) — large piece of luggage
  • Malay: beg pakaian — large piece of luggage
  • Maltese: valiġġa — large piece of luggage
  • Maltese: bagalja — large piece of luggage
  • Mongolian: авдар (avdar) — large piece of luggage
  • Mongolian: чемодан (čemodan) — large piece of luggage
  • Navajo: tsitsʼaaʼ naadloʼí — large piece of luggage
  • Navajo: ééʼ bee naatʼáhí — large piece of luggage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: koffert — large piece of luggage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: koffert — large piece of luggage
  • Occitan: maleta — large piece of luggage
  • Occitan: valisa — large piece of luggage
  • Pashto: بکس (baks) — large piece of luggage
  • Dari: بَکْس (baks) — large piece of luggage
  • Iranian Persian: چَمِدان (čamedân) — large piece of luggage
  • Iranian Persian: چَمِدون (čamedun) — large piece of luggage
  • Iranian Persian: جامِهدان (jâme-dân) — large piece of luggage
  • Piedmontese: valis — large piece of luggage
  • Plautdietsch: Koffa — large piece of luggage
  • Polish: walizka — large piece of luggage
  • Portuguese: mala — large piece of luggage
  • Portuguese: valise — large piece of luggage
  • Romanian: geamantan — large piece of luggage
  • Romanian: valiză — large piece of luggage
  • Russian: чемода́н (čemodán) — large piece of luggage
  • Northern Sami: koaffar — large piece of luggage
  • Scottish Gaelic: baga — large piece of luggage
  • Scottish Gaelic: màileid — large piece of luggage
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀фер — large piece of luggage
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòfer — large piece of luggage
  • Sinhalese: සූට්කේස් (sūṭkēs) — large piece of luggage
  • Slovak: kufor — large piece of luggage
  • Slovene: kovček — large piece of luggage
  • Lower Sorbian: kofer — large piece of luggage
  • Spanish: maleta — large piece of luggage
  • Spanish: petaca — large piece of luggage
  • Spanish: valija — large piece of luggage
  • Spanish: velís — large piece of luggage
  • Spanish: veliz — large piece of luggage
  • Swedish: resväska — large piece of luggage
  • Swedish: koffert — large piece of luggage
  • Tagalog: maleta — large piece of luggage
  • Tajik: ҷомадон (jomadon) — large piece of luggage
  • Tajik: чамадон (čamadon) — large piece of luggage
  • Tamil: பெட்டி (peṭṭi) — large piece of luggage
  • Taos: belísena — large piece of luggage
  • Tatar: чемодан (çemodan) — large piece of luggage
  • Thai: กระเป๋าเดินทาง (grà-bpǎo-dəən-taang) — large piece of luggage
  • Thai: กระเป๋า (grà-bpǎo) — large piece of luggage
  • Tibetan: སྒམ (sgam) — large piece of luggage
  • Tibetan: ཀོ་འབོག (ko 'bog) — large piece of luggage
  • Tigrinya: ባልጃ ልብሲ (balǧa ləbsi) — large piece of luggage
  • Turkish: bavul — large piece of luggage
  • Turkmen: çemedan — large piece of luggage
  • Ukrainian: валі́за (valíza) — large piece of luggage
  • Ukrainian: валі́зка (valízka) — large piece of luggage
  • Ukrainian: чемода́н (čemodán) — large piece of luggage
  • Urdu: سُوٹْکیس (sūṭkes) — large piece of luggage
  • Urdu: سُوٹ کیس (sūṭ kes) — large piece of luggage
  • Urdu: اَٹاچی (aṭācī) — large piece of luggage
  • Urdu: اَٹَیچی (aṭaicī) — large piece of luggage
  • Urdu: جامَہ دان (jāma dān) — large piece of luggage
  • Uyghur: چامادان (chamadan) — large piece of luggage
  • Uzbek: chemodan — large piece of luggage
  • Vietnamese: va li — large piece of luggage
  • Vietnamese: rương hành lý — large piece of luggage
  • Volapük: tävatrök — large piece of luggage
  • Welsh: ces dillad — large piece of luggage
  • Welsh: siwtces — large piece of luggage
  • Yiddish: טשעמאָדאַן (tshemodan) — large piece of luggage
  • Yup'ik: yaassiigek — large piece of luggage
  • Zazaki: bağul — large piece of luggage
  • Zazaki: waliz — large piece of luggage
  • Zazaki: valiz — large piece of luggage
Real reading context

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