transporter

See also: Transporter

English

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

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English transporter

From transport + -er. First attested in 1535.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trăns-pôrt′ər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈpɔːt.ə/, /tɹansˈpɔːt.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈpoɹt.əɹ/
• (Australian) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈpoːt.ə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɹɛnsˈpoːt.ə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /tɹansˈpɔɾt.əɾ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ʈɾa(ː)nsˈpɔː(ɾ)ʈ.ɜː(ɾ)/, /ʈɾa(ː)nsˈpɔː(ɾ)ʈ.əɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: trans‧port‧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

• autotransporter
• biotransporter
• car transporter
• countertransporter
• enterotransporter
• nanotransporter
• neurotransporter
• personal transporter
• supertransporter
• teletransporter
• transporter bridge
• transporterome
• transtainer

Translations

one who, or that which transports

• Finnish: siirtäjä (fi) (person), siirrin (thing)
• French: transporteur (fr) m, transporteuse (fr) f
• Galician: transportista m or f
• Portuguese: transportador (pt) m
• Spanish: transportista (es) m or f
• Swahili: msafirishaji (sw)

Further reading

• “transporter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• retransport

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French transporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/

• Audio (France); [tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te]:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: trans‧por‧ter

Verb

transporter

1. (transitive or pronominal) to transport

Conjugation

Conjugation of transporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	transporter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	transportant /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		transporté /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transporte /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transportes /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transporte /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transportons /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	transportez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/	transportent /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/
	imperfect	transportais /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ/	transportais /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ/	transportait /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ/	transportions /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	transportiez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tje/	transportaient /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	transportai /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/	transportas /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta/	transporta /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta/	transportâmes /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tam/	transportâtes /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tat/	transportèrent /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	transporterai /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	transporteras /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	transportera /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	transporterons /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	transporterez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	transporteront /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	transporterais /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	transporterais /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	transporterait /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	transporterions /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	transporteriez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	transporteraient /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	transporte /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transportes /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transporte /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	transportions /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	transportiez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tje/	transportent /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/
	imperfect2	transportasse /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tas/	transportasses /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tas/	transportât /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta/	transportassions /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	transportassiez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta.sje/	transportassent /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transporte /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt/	—	transportons /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	transportez /tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “transporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [trãːsˈpɔr.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [transˈpɔr.ter]
• Hyphenation: trāns‧por‧ter

Verb

trānsporter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trānsportō

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French transporter.

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.

Conjugation of transporter

infinitive	simple	transporter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	transportant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		transporté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transporte	transportes	transporte	transportons	transportez	transportent
	imperfect	transportois, transportoys	transportois, transportoys	transportoit, transportoyt	transportions, transportyons	transportiez, transportyez	transportoient, transportoyent
	past historic	transporta	transportas	transporta	transportasmes	transportastes	transporterent
	future	transporterai, transporteray	transporteras	transportera	transporterons	transporterez	transporteront
	conditional	transporterois, transporteroys	transporterois, transporteroys	transporteroit, transporteroyt	transporterions, transporteryons	transporteriez, transporteryez	transporteroient, transporteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	transporte	transportes	transporte	transportons	transportez	transportent
	imperfect	transportasse	transportasses	transportast	transportassions	transportassiez	transportassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transporte	—	transportons	transportez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• > French: transporter (inherited)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

transporter m

1. indefinite plural of transport

Verb

transporter

1. imperative of transportere

Old French

Etymology

From Latin trānsportāre.

Verb

transporter

1. to transport

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of transporter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		transporter			avoir transporté
gerund		en transportant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		transportant
past participle		transporté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	transport	transportes	transporte	transportons	transportez	transportent
	imperfect	transportoie, transporteie, transportoe, transporteve	transportoies, transporteies, transportoes, transporteves	transportoit, transporteit, transportot, transporteve	transportiiens, transportiens	transportiiez, transportiez	transportoient, transporteient, transportoent, transportevent
	preterite	transportai	transportas	transporta	transportames	transportastes	transporterent
	future	transporterai	transporteras	transportera	transporterons	transporteroiz, transportereiz, transporterez	transporteront
	conditional	transporteroie, transportereie	transporteroies, transportereies	transporteroit, transportereit	transporteriiens, transporteriens	transporteriiez, transporteriez	transporteroient, transportereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	transport	transporz	transport	transportons	transportez	transportent
	imperfect	transportasse	transportasses	transportast	transportissons, transportissiens	transportissoiz, transportissez, transportissiez	transportassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	transporte	—	transportons	transportez	—

Descendants

• > Middle French: transporter (inherited)
  • > French: transporter (inherited)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From trànsport.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

transpòrtēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling транспо̀рте̄р)

1. transporter

Declension

Declension of transporter

	singular	plural
nominative	transpòrtēr	transporteri
genitive	transportéra	transportera
dative	transporteru	transporterima
accusative	transporter	transportere
vocative	transporteru	transporteri
locative	transporteru	transporterima
instrumental	transporterom	transporterima

References

• “transporter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

transporter

1. indefinite plural of transport