Phrase guide

ticket inspector

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who checks that passengers on public transport (such as trains or buses) have valid tickets for their journey and, in some systems, to mark or scan those tickets so they cannot be reused.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: nəzarətçi — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Catalan: revisor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Catalan: revisora — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 查票員 /查票员 (chápiàoyuán) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驗票員 /验票员 (yànpiàoyuán) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Czech: revizor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Danish: billetkontrollør — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Finnish: lipuntarkastaja — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • French: contrôleur — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • French: contrôleuse — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Fahrscheinkontrolleur — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Fahrscheinkontrollor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Kontrolleur — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Kontrolleurin — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Schaffner — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Schaffnerin — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • German: Schwarzkappler — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Greek: εισπράκτορας (eispráktoras) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Greenlandic: bilitsilerisoq — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Hungarian: ellenőr — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Hungarian: jegyellenőr — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Hungarian: jegyvizsgáló — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Italian: bigliettaio — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Macedonian: кондуктер (kondukter) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: billettkontrollør — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: billettkontrollør — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Polish: kontroler — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Polish: kontrolerka — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Polish: konduktor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Polish: konduktorka — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Polish: kanar — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Portuguese: cobrador — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Portuguese: revisor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Portuguese: pica — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Romanian: controlor de bilete — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Romanian: controloare de bilete — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Russian: контролёр (kontroljór) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Russian: проводни́к (provodník) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Russian: проводни́ца (provodníca) — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Spanish: revisor — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Swedish: biljettkontrollant — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
  • Turkish: bilet denetçisi — person who checks passengers have a valid ticket