different between passenger vs airbag

English

Etymology

From Old French passagier

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• Hyphenation: pas?sen?ger

Noun

passenger (plural passengers)

1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

   Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

2. (falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
3. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. iv. 15:

     These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

4. (military) Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Derived terms

• foot passenger
• non-passenger, nonpassenger
• passenger mile

Translations

Verb

passenger (third-person singular simple present passengers, present participle passengering, simple past and past participle passengered)

1. (intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

See also

• driver
• rider

Anagrams

• sap greens

English

Etymology

From air +? bag.

Pronunciation

Noun

airbag (plural airbags)

1. (automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
2. A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.
   • 2005, Alan Tussy, R. Gustafson, Developmental Mathematics for College Students (page 1030)

     As part of a scene in a movie, a stuntman falls from the top of a 95-foot-tall building into a large airbag directly below him on the ground, as shown in Figure 15-3.

3. (slang) A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English airbag.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /???r.b??/
• Hyphenation: air?bag

Noun

airbag m (plural airbags, diminutive airbagje n)

1. An airbag.

   Synonym: botsballon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English airbag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ba?/

Noun

airbag m (plural airbags)

1. airbag
2. (in the plural, slang) knockers, tits

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English airbag.

Noun

airbag m (invariable)

1. airbag (protective system)

Anagrams

• garbai

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English airbag.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?b?.?i/

Noun

airbag m (plural airbags)

1. airbag

Spanish

Alternative forms

• air bag

Etymology

Borrowed from English airbag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??ba?/, [e????a??]

Noun

airbag m (plural airbags)

1. airbag
   • 1997, Jesús Calvo Martín, Mecánica del automóvil actual, Reverte (?ISBN), page 218:

Further reading

• “airbag” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From English airbag

Noun

airbag c

1. an airbag

Declension

Synonyms

• krockkudde

Anagrams

• braiga