transport
/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To deport to a penal colony.
verb
To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
noun
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "to transport goods; to transport troops"
- "But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart."
- "Music transports the soul."
- "Thes. Pray you kneele not, I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em."
- "[They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion."
- "We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: transporten, transporter, trānsportō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/
- British English: /tɹænsˈpɔːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
transports (present, singular)
transporting (participle, present)
transported (participle, past)
transported (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
transported (first person, past)
transportest (archaic, present)
transported (past, second person)
transportedst (archaic, past)
transporteth (archaic, present)
transported (past, singular)