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Meaning of passenger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə

Definitions

  1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew
  2. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  3. Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
    UK, informal
  4. a person who travels in any vehicle, boat, aeroplane etc (not the driver or anyone working there). a passenger on a train; (also adjective) a passenger train. passasier راكِب، مُسافِر пътник passageiro cestující; osobní der Passagier; Passagier-... passager; passager- επιβάτηςpasajero reisija, reisi- مسافر matkustaja (de) passager/-ère נוסע यात्री putnik utas penumpang farþegi passeggero 乗客 승객 keleivis; keleivinis pasažieris; pasažieru- penumpang passagierpassasjer, reisendepasażer مسافر pass...
    etc
  5. Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work
  6. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  7. A person who travels in a conveyance, such as a car or train, without participating in its operation.
  8. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year
  9. A migratory bird, a bird of passage.
    obsolete
  10. Informal A person who participates only passively in an activity.
    Informal
  11. A migratory bird, a bird of passage
  12. A passer-by; a wayfarer.
    obsolete
  13. Archaic A wayfarer or traveler.
    Archaic
  14. A passer-by; a wayfarer
  15. A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
    obsolete
  16. a person travelling in a car, train, boat, etc, not driven by him or her
  17. A moth, Dysgonia algira
  18. chiefly Brit a member of a group or team who is a burden on the others through not participating fully in the work
    chiefly
  19. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.
  20. a person traveling in a car, train, airplane, or other conveyance, esp. one who is not the operator.
  21. a wayfarer.
  22. A. N1. → pasajero/a m/fsee also fellow Bsee also foot C
    N
  23. B. CPD [jet, ship, train] → de pasajerospassenger door N (Aut) → puerta f del pasajeropassenger list N → lista f de pasajerospassenger miles NPL → millas-pasajero fplpassenger seat N (Aut) → asiento m del pasajero
    CPD

Equivalents

Afrikaans passasier
Azərbaycanca minik sərnişin
Беларуская пасажыр
Български пътник
বাংলা রাহী
བོད་སྐད འགྲུལ་པ
Català passatger
Dansk passager
Esperanto pasaĝero
Español pasajera pasajero
Suomi matkustaja
Français Passager passagère
Galego pasaxeiro
עברית נוסע
Magyar utas
Հայերեն ուղևոր
Bahasa Indonesia penumpang sewa
Íslenska farþegi
日本語 乗客 旅客
ქართული მგზავრი
ខ្មែរ អ្នកដំណើរ
한국어 려객 손님 승객 여객
Kurdî mînik
Latina vector
Lëtzebuergesch Passagéier
Lietuvių keleivė keleivis
Te Reo Māori pāhihi
Македонски патник
Монгол зорчигч
Bahasa Melayu penumpang
မြန်မာဘာသာ ခရီးသည်
Nederlands passagier
Português passageira passageiro
Slovenčina cestujúci
Slovenščina potnik
Shqip pasagjer
Kiswahili abiria
Тоҷикӣ мусофир
Türkçe yolcu
ئۇيغۇرچە يولۇچى
اردو مسافر
Tiếng Việt hành khách

Examples

“It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.”
“A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.”
“Meander, thou my faithfull Counſellor, Declare the cauſe of my conceiued griefe, Which is (God knowes) about that Tamburlaine: That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time, Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers: […]”
“These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.”
“[The boys] have taken possession of the turnpike road to play the before-mentioned games, to the serious inconvenience of the passengers, one of whom, a woman, was yesterday knocked down by a nurr which struck her in the head.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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