Passenger in Different Languages
Discover 'Passenger' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Passenger
Afrikaans passasier | ||
Albanian pasagjerit | ||
Amharic ተሳፋሪ | ||
Arabic راكب | ||
Armenian ուղեւոր | ||
Assamese যাত্ৰী | ||
Aymara pasajero ukaxa | ||
Azerbaijani sərnişin | ||
Bambara mɔbili kɔnɔntɔnnan | ||
Basque bidaiaria | ||
Belarusian пасажырскі | ||
Bengali যাত্রী | ||
Bhojpuri यात्री के नाम से जानल जाला | ||
Bosnian putnik | ||
Bulgarian пътник | ||
Catalan passatger | ||
Cebuano pasahero | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 乘客 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 乘客 | ||
Corsican passageru | ||
Croatian putnik | ||
Czech cestující | ||
Danish passager | ||
Dhivehi ފަސިންޖަރެވެ | ||
Dogri यात्री | ||
Dutch passagier | ||
English passenger | ||
Esperanto pasaĝero | ||
Estonian reisija | ||
Ewe mɔzɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pasahero | ||
Finnish matkustaja | ||
French passager | ||
Frisian passazjier | ||
Galician pasaxeiro | ||
Georgian მგზავრი | ||
German passagier | ||
Greek επιβάτης | ||
Guarani pasajero rehegua | ||
Gujarati મુસાફર | ||
Haitian Creole pasaje | ||
Hausa fasinja | ||
Hawaiian ohua | ||
Hebrew נוֹסֵעַ | ||
Hindi यात्री | ||
Hmong neeg caij npav | ||
Hungarian utas | ||
Icelandic farþegi | ||
Igbo onye njem | ||
Ilocano pasahero | ||
Indonesian penumpang | ||
Irish paisinéir | ||
Italian passeggeri | ||
Japanese 旅客 | ||
Javanese penumpang | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕ | ||
Kazakh жолаушы | ||
Khmer អ្នកដំណើរ | ||
Kinyarwanda umugenzi | ||
Konkani प्रवासी | ||
Korean 승객 | ||
Krio pasenja | ||
Kurdish rêwî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێبوار | ||
Kyrgyz жүргүнчү | ||
Lao ຜູ້ໂດຍສານ | ||
Latin viatoribus | ||
Latvian pasažieris | ||
Lingala mokumbi motuka | ||
Lithuanian keleivis | ||
Luganda omusaabaze | ||
Luxembourgish passagéier | ||
Macedonian патник | ||
Maithili यात्री | ||
Malagasy mpandeha | ||
Malay penumpang | ||
Malayalam യാത്രക്കാരൻ | ||
Maltese passiġġier | ||
Maori pāhihi | ||
Marathi प्रवासी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯦꯁꯦꯟꯖꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯂꯧꯕꯥ ꯌꯥꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo passenger a ni | ||
Mongolian зорчигч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခရီးသည် | ||
Nepali यात्री | ||
Norwegian passasjer | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wokwera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯାତ୍ରୀ | ||
Oromo imaltuu | ||
Pashto مسافر | ||
Persian مسافر | ||
Polish pasażer | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) passageiro | ||
Punjabi ਯਾਤਰੀ | ||
Quechua pasajero nisqa | ||
Romanian pasager | ||
Russian пассажир | ||
Samoan pasese | ||
Sanskrit यात्री | ||
Scots Gaelic neach-siubhail | ||
Sepedi monamedi wa monamedi | ||
Serbian путнички | ||
Sesotho mopalami | ||
Shona mutakurwi | ||
Sindhi مسافر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මගියා | ||
Slovak spolujazdec | ||
Slovenian potnik | ||
Somali rakaab | ||
Spanish pasajero | ||
Sundanese panumpang | ||
Swahili abiria | ||
Swedish passagerare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pasahero | ||
Tajik мусофир | ||
Tamil பயணிகள் | ||
Tatar пассажир | ||
Telugu ప్రయాణీకుడు | ||
Thai ผู้โดยสาร | ||
Tigrinya ተሳፋራይ | ||
Tsonga mukhandziyi | ||
Turkish yolcu | ||
Turkmen ýolagçy | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔkwantufo | ||
Ukrainian пасажирський | ||
Urdu مسافر | ||
Uyghur يولۇچى | ||
Uzbek yo'lovchi | ||
Vietnamese hành khách | ||
Welsh teithiwr | ||
Xhosa umkhweli | ||
Yiddish פּאַסאַזשיר | ||
Yoruba ero | ||
Zulu umgibeli |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "passasier" is derived from the French word "passager", which in turn comes from the Latin word "passus", meaning "step". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "pasagjerit" can also refer to the passengers on a bus or train, or to a pedestrian crossing the road. |
| Amharic | The word "ተሳፋሪ" can also mean "traveler" or "guest" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "راكب" primarily means "passenger" but can also refer to "rider" or "mount" in the context of animals. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ուղեւոր" (passenger) originally meant "fellow wanderer or traveler on a path". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sərnişin" derives from the Persian "sarnešin" which means "rider, passenger" and ultimately originates from the Arabic "raakib" with the same meaning. |
| Basque | The word “bidaiaria” has an additional and alternative meaning in the context of the local administration |
| Belarusian | The word "пасажырскі" is derived from the French word "passager", which means "person who travels in a vehicle". |
| Bengali | "যাত্রী" is derived from the Sanskrit word "यात्र" (yātra), meaning "journey," and can also refer to a "pilgrim," or, in a figurative sense, a "wayfarer on the path of life." |
| Bosnian | The word "putnik" also means "traveler" and "tourist" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "пътник" comes from the same root as "foot" and means "one who goes on foot" or "traveler". |
| Catalan | In nautical Catalan, 'passatger' is used to refer to the ships 'passenger list'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term 乘客 literally translates to “receiving guest”, where 客 traditionally refers to travelers in a foreign land. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 乘客 can also be used to refer to a client of a service such as a prostitute or a drug dealer. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "passageru" has the same root as the Italian word "passeggero" and the French word "passager", all derived from the Latin word "passus", meaning "step" or "pace". |
| Croatian | putnik is also a synonym for 'traveler' and is used more frequently than 'putnik' in everyday speech. |
| Czech | The word "cestující" originally meant "a person on a journey" but is now predominantly used in the sense of "passenger". |
| Danish | In Danish, "passager" can also mean "corridor" or "passageway" as well as "passenger". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "passagier" originally meant "one who crosses a river", from the verb "passeren" (to pass). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "pasaĝero" derives from the French word "passager", which originally meant "one who passes through". |
| Estonian | The word "reisija" also refers to a "traveler" who does not necessarily use public transport. |
| Finnish | The word "matkustaja" derives from the verb "matkustaa" (to travel), itself derived from Middle Low German "matkosen" (to travel). |
| French | The French word "passager" also means "temporary". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "passazjier" can also refer to a person who transports goods or people across a body of water. |
| Galician | The word "pasaxeiro" in Galician originates from the Latin "passagerius", meaning "passer-by" or "traveler". |
| Georgian | 'მგზავრი' also means a 'traveler', 'guest' and in the context of medieval Georgian literature it often refers to a 'troubadour'. |
| German | Although it means "passenger" today, "Passagier" originally described a person hired to travel on a merchant ship as a guide or interpreter. |
| Greek | The word επιβάτης comes from the Greek word “ναύτης,” meaning “sailor.” |
| Gujarati | The word 'મુસાફર' comes from the Persian word 'musafir', which means 'traveler' or 'guest'. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "pasaje" can also mean "passage", "way", or "opening." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "fasinja" is an Arabic loanword meaning "one who sits behind" (fasara "to sit, to interpret" + naajiya "one who sits") and specifically refers to a car or motorcycle passenger. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word “ohua” has several alternate meanings, including “a burden” and “a gift.” |
| Hebrew | Although "נוֹסֵעַ" means "passenger" in Hebrew, its root word "נוּעַ" also implies "fleeing" or "traveling quickly". |
| Hindi | The term यात्री (yatri) originally meant 'traveller', and was derived from the root या (ya), which means 'to go'. |
| Hmong | The word "neeg caij npav" also refers to a specific type of passenger who travels frequently on public transportation. |
| Hungarian | The word "utas" in Hungarian originally meant "traveller" or "wayfarer" and is related to the word "út" (road) |
| Icelandic | The word "farþegi" is derived from the Old Norse word "farþegi" and primarily means "traveler" or "wayfarer". |
| Indonesian | The word "penumpang" in Indonesian also means "burden"} |
| Irish | The word 'paisinéir' is derived from the Latin word 'passus', meaning 'step', and refers to someone who travels on foot. |
| Italian | The word "passeggeri" is derived from the Latin verb "passare" meaning "to pass through". |
| Japanese | The word "旅客" (passenger) is formed from the characters "旅" (travel) and "客" (guest), implying the temporary nature of the guest's presence on a journey. |
| Javanese | 'Penumpang' in Javanese can also refer to a person sitting on an animal, such as in 'panunggangan jaran' ('horse riding'). |
| Kannada | The word 'ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕ' (passenger) in Kannada also refers to a traveler or a pilgrim. |
| Kazakh | The word "жолаушы" in Kazakh is derived from the word "жол" (road) and means "one who travels on a road". |
| Korean | The word 승객 is derived from the Chinese word 乘客, meaning 'person on a journey'. |
| Kurdish | The word "rêwî" also has the meaning "guest" in Kurdish. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຜູ້ໂດຍສານ" literally means "person who travels by boat or plane" and is used to refer to passengers on both types of transportation. |
| Latin | "Viatoribus" can also refer to "travellers", "wanderers", or "pilgrims" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "pasažieris" comes from the French word "passager" and the German word "Passagier." |
| Lithuanian | The word "keleivis" originally referred to a traveler on foot or on horseback, but now refers to any passenger. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Passagéier" in Luxembourgish comes from the French word "passager", which in turn comes from the Latin word "passagium", meaning "a passing through". |
| Macedonian | The word "патник" can also refer to a traveler or a pilgrim. |
| Malagasy | The word 'mpandeha' is derived from the verb 'mandeha' ('to go') and originally referred to someone who goes on foot (as opposed to those who go by cart or boat). |
| Malay | The word "penumpang" in Malay is derived from the Sanskrit word "panam" meaning "traveller" or "wayfarer". |
| Maltese | The word "passiġġier" comes from the Italian word "passeggiere," which in turn comes from the Latin word "passus," meaning "step." |
| Maori | The word "pāhihi" also means "shelter" or "refuge" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "प्रवासी" (pravāsi) also means "migrant" or "traveler" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | Зорчигч's root word is 'зорч', which refers to 'looking' or 'watching' |
| Nepali | यात्री can also refer to someone who visits a holy place as a devotee or a pilgrim. |
| Norwegian | In German, the word "Passasjer" means "passerby". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Wokwera in Nyanja also means 'traveller', 'wayfarer' or 'wanderer'. |
| Pashto | In addition to its primary meaning “passenger,” مسافر can also mean “guest” or “traveller”. |
| Persian | The Persian word for passenger "مسافر" also means "traveler". |
| Polish | 'Pasażer' comes from Turkish 'paşa' ('high-ranking official', 'lord') + the suffix '-er' ('a person who') |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'passageiro' can also be used to refer to a migrant, someone who is passing through a certain place. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਯਾਤਰੀ' (passenger) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'yatra,' meaning 'a journey.' |
| Romanian | Romanian's "pasager" is derived from French "passager," meaning "person crossing," as opposed to a "voyageur," or "traveler."} |
| Russian | "Пассажир" originally meant "person traveling on a trading ship" |
| Samoan | The word 'pasese' is a loanword from English, but its pronunciation and meaning have slightly changed in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term 'neach-siubhail' can also be translated as 'pedestrian' in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "путнчки" can also refer to a type of bird, the common swift. |
| Sesotho | The word "mopalami" can also refer to a "client" or "customer" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "mutakurwi" also refers to a person who is on foot. |
| Sindhi | The word "مسافر" also means "guest" or "stranger" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මගියා" also means "a companion on a journey" or "a fellow traveler" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | In the Czech language, "spolujazdec" is colloquially used to refer to a car driver's girlfriend or boyfriend. |
| Slovenian | The word "potnik" also means "sweat" in Slovenian, possibly referring to the sweating of passengers on the journey. |
| Somali | The word "Rakaab" derives from the Arabic word "Rukub," meaning "to ride" or "to be mounted." |
| Spanish | The word "pasajero" is also used in Spanish to refer to a bird that migrates seasonally. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "panumpang" can also refer to a "load" or a "burden". |
| Swahili | "Abiria" is a Swahili word derived from the Arabic word "ubūr" meaning "people who cross over", referring to water bodies. |
| Swedish | Passagerare shares an origin with the French word ‘passager’ which in turn derives from the Late Latin word ‘passagiare’ meaning to 'to walk back and forth' or to 'to cross' from the Latin word ‘passus’ meaning ‘step’ |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "pasahero" is cognate with the Spanish term "pasajero", both ultimately deriving from the Latin "passus", meaning "pace" or "step." |
| Tajik | The word "мусофир" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "مسافر" (musafer), meaning "traveler" or "journeying one". It can also refer to a guest or a visitor. |
| Tamil | பயணிகள் (pāyaṇigaḷ) refers to both travelers and vehicles transporting travelers |
| Telugu | The word "ప్రయాణీకుడు" comes from the Sanskrit word "प्रयाण (prayana)" meaning "setting out on a journey". It also has a secondary meaning of "traveller" or "pilgrim". |
| Thai | The word ผู้โดยสาร was originally used to refer to people carried on the backs of elephants or horses, but is now used for passengers on any mode of transport. |
| Turkish | "Yolcu" also means "traveler" or "wayfarer" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word пасажирський (passenger) derives from the French word passager and originally meant “traveller by sea”. |
| Urdu | The word مسافر (passenger) is derived from the Arabic word سافر, which means "to travel." |
| Uzbek | The word "yo'lovchi" comes from the Uzbek word "yol," which means "path," and "chi," which means "doer." |
| Vietnamese | The word hành khách can also refer to a pilgrim or a traveller and is derived from the Chinese characters 行客. |
| Welsh | In Welsh mythology, 'Teithiwr' is a water kelpie that can take human form to lure victims into the water to drown them. |
| Xhosa | In addition to meaning 'passenger', 'umkhweli' also means 'one who has been sent to fetch something'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּאַסאַזשיר" derives from the French word "passage" meaning "a journey". |
| Yoruba | Ero also means 'load' or 'burden' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word "umgibeli" can also refer to a person who is traveling with goods for sale. |
| English | The word "passenger" is derived from the French word "passager," which means "passerby" or "traveler." |