different between luggage vs suitcase

English

Etymology

1590s, lug (“to drag”) +? -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: l?g'?j, IPA^(key): /?l???d??/
• Hyphenation: lug?gage

Noun

luggage (usually uncountable, plural luggages)

1. (uncountable) The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
   • August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope

     I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.

2. (uncountable) The contents of such containers.
3. (countable, nonstandard or obsolete) A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

Synonyms

• baggage

Derived terms

• hold luggage
• cabin luggage
• carry-on luggage
• checked luggage
• hand luggage

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From suit +? case.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sutke?s/
• IPA^(key): /?sju?tke?s/, /?su?tke?s/

Noun

suitcase (plural suitcases)

1. A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ?????? (s??kes)

Translations

Verb

suitcase (third-person singular simple present suitcases, present participle suitcasing, simple past and past participle suitcased)

1. To trade using samples in a suitcase.
2. (prison slang) To smuggle in one's rectum.

Anagrams

• Escutias, sauciest