English Online Dictionary. What means transportation? What does transportation mean?
English
Etymology
From transport + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ta‧tion
Noun
transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)
- The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
- We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
- (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
- (US) A means of conveyance.
- Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.
- (US) A ticket or fare.
Translations
French
Noun
transportation f (plural transportations)
- transportation
Further reading
- “transportation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.