different between enchant vs transport

English

Alternative forms

• enchaunt, inchant, inchaunt (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incant?re, present active infinitive of incant?.Doublet of incant.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ænt/, /?n?t?ænt/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ant/, /?n?t?ant/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t???nt/, /?n?t???nt/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?n?t???nt/, /en?t???nt/
• Rhymes: -ænt, -??nt

Verb

enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted)

1. To attract and delight, to charm.
   • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

     New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.

2. To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
   • 2009, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, ?ISBN, page 241

     With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.

3. (role-playing games) To magically enhance or degrade an item.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Nechtan

Middle English

Verb

enchant

1. Alternative form of enchaunten

English

Etymology

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin tr?nsport?, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tr?nzpôrt?, tränzpôrt?, IPA^(key): /t?ænz?p??t/, /t???n?sp??t/
• (General American) enPR: tr?nzpôrt?, IPA^(key): /t?ænz?p??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /t?ænz?po(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /t?ænz?po?t/
• Hyphenation: trans?port

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tr?nz?pôrt, tränz?pôrt, IPA^(key): /?t?ænz.p??t/, /?t???nsp??t/
• (General American) enPR: tr?nz?pôrt, IPA^(key): /?t?ænz.p??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?t?ænz.po(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?t?ænz.po?t/
• Hyphenation: trans?port

Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
   • We shall then be transported with a nobler […] wonder.

Synonyms

• (carry or bear from one place to another): convey, ferry, move, relocate, shift, ship
• (historical: deport to a penal colony): banish, deport, exile, expatriate, extradite
• (move someone to strong emotion): carry away, enrapture

Translations

Noun

transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

1. An act of transporting; conveyance.

2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
   • 1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53:

     In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.

3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.

6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
7. (historical) A deported convict.

Synonyms

• (act of transporting): conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping
• (state of being transported by emotion): rapture
• ((military) vehicle used to transport troops):
• (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight):
• (system of transporting people): See public transport
• (device that moves recording tape across the heads of a recorder):
• (historical: deported convict): deportee, exile, expatriate

Translations

Derived terms

• means of transport
• public transport
• transport interchange

Related terms

• antitransport
• transportability
• transportable
• transportage
• transportation
• transporter
• transportive

Catalan

Etymology

From transportar (“to transport”).

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

1. transport

Further reading

• “transport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “transport” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “transport” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “transport” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch transport, from Middle French transport, from Old French transport, from transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?n?sp?rt/, /tr?ns?p?rt/
• Hyphenation: trans?port
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

transport n (plural transporten, diminutive transportje n)

1. transport

Synonyms

• vervoer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: transport
• ? Indonesian: transpor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.p??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: transports

Noun

transport m (plural transports)

1. transport

Derived terms

Further reading

• “transport” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transporter, definite plural transportene)

1. transport, transportation

Derived terms

References

• “transport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare

Noun

transport m (definite singular transporten, indefinite plural transportar, definite plural transportane)

1. transport, transportation

Derived terms

References

• “transport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsport?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tran.sp?rt/

Noun

transport m inan

1. transport (act of transporting)

   Synonym: przewóz

2. transport (vehicle used to transport passengers, mail or freight)
3. transport (system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region)
4. load, cargo

   Synonyms: fracht, ?adunek

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) transportowa?, przetransportowa?, przetransportowywa?, przytransportowa?, wytransportowa?
• (nouns) transportowiec, transportówka
• (adjective) transportowy

Related terms

• (nouns) transporter, transporterka, transportacja
• (adjective) transporterowy

Further reading

• transport in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• transport in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French transport.

Noun

transport n (plural transporturi)

1. transport

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trànsport m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. transport, conveyance
2. transport (vehicle)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

transport c

1. a transport, something to be moved
2. a transport, a preliminary sum to be carried to the next page
3. a transport, promotion to a new job or task

Declension

Related terms

• transportera

See also

• befordran
• export
• import
• kommunikation
• minnessiffra
• spedition
• trafik
• åkeri