noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:trănsʹpôrt
Received-Pronunciation:tränsʹpôrt
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/
General-American:trănsʹpôrtwithout æ-raising
General-American:/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/without æ-raising
/ˈtɹeə̯ns.pɔɹt/æ-raising
/ˈtɹɛə̯ns.pɔɹt/æ-raising
/ˈtɹæns.po(ː)ɹt/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈtɹæns.poət/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ænspɔː(ɹ)t
Received-Pronunciation:trănspôrtʹ
Received-Pronunciation:tränspôrtʹ
Received-Pronunciation:/tɹænsˈpɔːt/
Received-Pronunciation:/tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/
General-American:trănspôrtʹwithout æ-raising
General-American:/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/without æ-raising
/tɹeə̯nsˈpɔɹt/æ-raising
/tɹɛə̯nsˈpɔɹt/æ-raising
/ˈtɹænsˈpo(ː)ɹt/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈtɹænsˈpoət/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
CMU ARPABET:T R AE0 N S P AO1 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T R AE1 N S P AO0 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of transporting; conveyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A tractor-trailer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A deported convict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to transport goods; to transport troops
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To deport to a penal colony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
Music transports the soul.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
the act of moving something from one location to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh2 Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh2 Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).
Across languages
Translations
234 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نَقْل
(naql)
— act of transporting
Bulgarian:
прена́сяне
(prenásjane)
— act of transporting
Bulgarian:
прево́зване
(prevózvane)
— act of transporting
Bulgarian:
транспо́рт
(transpórt)
— act of transporting
Catalan:
transport
— act of transporting
Chinese Mandarin:
運輸 /运输
(yùnshū)
— act of transporting
Czech:
doprava
— act of transporting
Danish:
transport
— act of transporting
Danish:
befordring
— act of transporting
Dutch:
vervoer
— act of transporting
Dutch:
transport
— act of transporting
Finnish:
kuljettaminen
— act of transporting
Finnish:
kuljetus
— act of transporting
Finnish:
siirtäminen
— act of transporting
Finnish:
siirto
— act of transporting
French:
transport
— act of transporting
Galician:
transporte
— act of transporting
German:
Beförderung
— act of transporting
German:
Spedition
— act of transporting
Greek:
μεταφορά
(metaforá)
— act of transporting
Greek:
μετακίνηση
(metakínisi)
— act of transporting
Hindi:
ढोना
(ḍhonā)
— act of transporting
Hindi:
परिवहन
(parivhan)
— act of transporting
Hungarian:
szállítás
— act of transporting
Ido:
transporto
— act of transporting
Italian:
trasporto
— act of transporting
Italian:
porto
— act of transporting
Japanese:
運送
(unsō)
— act of transporting
Japanese:
輸送
(yusō)
— act of transporting
Korean:
운송
(unsong)
— act of transporting
Korean:
수송
(susong)
— act of transporting
Latvian:
transports
— act of transporting
Latvian:
pārvešana
— act of transporting
Macedonian:
превоз
(prevoz)
— act of transporting
Malay:
pengangkutan
— act of transporting
Malay:
transpor
— act of transporting
Norwegian Bokmål:
transport
— act of transporting
Norwegian Nynorsk:
transport
— act of transporting
Iranian Persian:
تَرابَری
(tarâbari)
— act of transporting
Polish:
transport
— act of transporting
Polish:
przewóz
— act of transporting
Portuguese:
transporte
— act of transporting
Romanian:
transportare
— act of transporting
Russian:
перево́зка
(perevózka)
— act of transporting
Russian:
транспортиро́вка
(transportiróvka)
— act of transporting
Scottish Gaelic:
còmhdhail
— act of transporting
Scottish Gaelic:
giùlan
— act of transporting
Slovak:
doprava
— act of transporting
Spanish:
transporte
— act of transporting
Swedish:
befordran
— act of transporting
Swedish:
frakt
— act of transporting
Swedish:
förflyttning
— act of transporting
Swedish:
transport
— act of transporting
Tamil:
போக்குவரத்து
(pōkkuvarattu)
— act of transporting
Telugu:
రవాణా
(ravāṇā)
— act of transporting
Bulgarian:
увлече́ние
(uvlečénie)
— state of being transported by emotion
Danish:
transportering
— state of being transported by emotion
Dutch:
vervoering
— state of being transported by emotion
Finnish:
hurmio
— state of being transported by emotion
French:
transport
— state of being transported by emotion
Hindi:
परिवहन
(parivhan)
— state of being transported by emotion
Italian:
trasporto
— state of being transported by emotion
Latvian:
aizrautība
— state of being transported by emotion
Latvian:
sajūsma
— state of being transported by emotion
Russian:
увлече́ние
(uvlečénije)
— state of being transported by emotion
Swedish:
anfall
— state of being transported by emotion
Swedish:
extas
— state of being transported by emotion
Swedish:
hänförelse
— state of being transported by emotion
Swedish:
utbrott
— state of being transported by emotion
Armenian:
փոխադրամիջոց
(pʻoxadramiǰocʻ)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Armenian:
տրանսպորտ
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Azerbaijani:
nəqliyyat
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Azerbaijani:
nəqliyyat vasitəsi
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Azerbaijani:
minik
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Bulgarian:
транспо́рт
(transpórt)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Danish:
køretøj
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Danish:
fartøj
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Danish:
transportskib
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Danish:
transportfly
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Dutch:
transport
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Dutch:
vrachtvoertuig
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Finnish:
kulkuväline
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Finnish:
kulkuneuvo
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Finnish:
kuljetusväline
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
French:
transport
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
German:
Beförderung
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Greek:
όχημα
(óchima)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Hindi:
वाहन
(vāhan)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Japanese:
輸送機関
(yusōkikan)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Japanese:
乗り物
(norimono)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Kazakh:
көлік
(kölık)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Latvian:
transportlīdzeklis
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Polish:
transport
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Romanian:
mijloc de transport
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Russian:
тра́нспорт
(tránsport)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Russian:
тра́нспортное сре́дство
(tránsportnoje srédstvo)
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Spanish:
transporte
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Swedish:
transportfartyg
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Swedish:
transportflygplan
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Swedish:
transportfordon
— vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight
Czech:
transportér
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Dutch:
troepentransport
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Finnish:
kuljetusväline
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
French:
transport m de troupes
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Polish:
transporter
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Russian:
транспортёр
(transportjór)
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Swedish:
transportfartyg
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Swedish:
transportflygplan
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Swedish:
transportfordon
— military: vehicle used to transport troops
Finnish:
kuljetin
— device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder