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transporting

/tɹænspˈɔɹtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
trans-port-ing
IPA
/tɹænspˈɔɹtɪŋ/
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of transport

noun

The transportation of a criminal.

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 English -ing English transporting From transport + -ing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more transporting (comparative) most transporting (superlative) transportings (plural)

Derived Forms

transportingly

Rhymes With

supporting reporting sporting sorting exporting importing resorting courting snorting distorting purporting deporting

Questions

How do you pronounce transporting?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænspˈɔɹtɪŋ/.
What does transporting mean?
present participle and gerund of transport
Where does transporting come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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