transportation
French, noun\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\
transportation is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transportation is a French feminine noun meaning “transportation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de transporter outre-mer certains condamnés”.
What does transportation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetransportation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de transporter outre-mer certains condamnés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of transportation
- transportations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transportation?
- \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transportation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transportation in French?
transportation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).