different between transportation vs transpiration

English

Etymology

From transport +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?ænsp???te???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?ænsp??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: trans?por?ta?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

transportation (usually uncountable, plural transportations)

1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

   We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

2. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.

   Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

3. (US) A means of conveyance.

   Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

4. (US) A ticket or fare.
   • 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train

     Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"

     (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)

     Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Noun

transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)

1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
3. The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Related terms

• transpire

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin transpiratio, transpirationem, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

transpiration f (plural transpirations)

1. transpiration
2. sweat (bodily fluid)

Synonyms

• sueur

Related terms

• transpirer

Further reading

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