transporter

See also: Transporter

English

Etymology

transport + -er.

Noun

transporter (plural transporters)

  1. One who, or that which transports.
    1. A long truck or lorry for carrying vehicles.
    2. A type of crane for loading or unloading a ship.
    3. A conveyor belt that transports objects in a factory etc.
    4. (science fiction) A device that instantaneously transports, or teleports, a person or object.
  2. (biochemistry) A carrier.

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

From Latin trānsportāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/
  • (file)

Verb

transporter

  1. to transport

Conjugation

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

trānsporter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsportō

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin trānsportō.

Verb

transporter

  1. to transport

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

transporter m

  1. indefinite plural of transport

Verb

transporter

  1. imperative of transportere

Old French

Etymology

From Latin trānsportō.

Verb

transporter

  1. to transport

Conjugation

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From trànsport.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /transpǒrteːr/
  • Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ter

Noun

transpòrtēr m (Cyrillic spelling транспо̀рте̄р)

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Declension

References

Swedish

Noun

transporter

  1. indefinite plural of transport
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