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passenger

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.
  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...
  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.
  10. Informal A person who participates only passively in an activity.
  11. A migratory bird, a bird of passage
  12. A passer-by; a wayfarer.
  13. Archaic A wayfarer or traveler.
  14. A passer-by; a wayfarer
  15. A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
  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
  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

Equivalents

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Afrikaanspassasier
Azərbaycan diliminiksərnişin
Беларускаяпасажыр
Българскипътник
বাংলারাহী
བོད་སྐད།འགྲུལ་པ
Catalàpassatger
Esperantopasaĝero
Galegopasaxeiro
עבריתנוסע
Magyarutas
Հայերենուղևոր
Bahasa Indonesiapenumpangsewa
Íslenskafarþegi
日本語乗客旅客
ქართულიმგზავრი
ភាសាខ្មែរអ្នកដំណើរ
한국어려객손님승객여객
Latinavector
LëtzebuergeschPassagéier
Te Reo Māoripāhihi
Македонскипатник
Монголзорчигч
Bahasa Melayupenumpang
မြန်မာခရီးသည်
Nederlandspassagier
Slovenčinacestujúci
Slovenščinapotnik
Kiswahiliabiria
Тоҷикӣмусофир
Türkçeyolcu
ئۇيغۇرچەيولۇچى
اردومسافر
Tiếng Việthành 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 platformscheme[…]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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