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transport

/tɹænsˈpɔːt/tran-SPAWRT
/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/tran-SPAWRT

Meaningto carry across

Common meaning: to move goods or passengers between places

‘across’ + ‘to carry, bear along’ → transport

Journey through time

  1. Latinportō, portāre‘to carry, bear along’
  2. Englishtransport‘to move goods or passengers between places’ · today

trans- also in: transittranslatetransducertransgendernontransferable

port also in: portableportfolioexportimport

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin portō ‘to carry, bear along’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry portō, p. 1402 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

exportimportportableportfolio

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