passenger

pas·sen·ger  (psn-jr)

n.

1. A person who travels in a conveyance, such as a car or train, without participating in its operation.

2. Informal A person who participates only passively in an activity.

3. A wayfarer or traveler.

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[Middle English passinger, alteration of passager, from Old French passageor, from passager, passing, from passage, passage; see passage¹.]

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passenger [ˈpæsɪndʒə]

n

1.

a.  a person travelling in a car, train, boat, etc., not driven by him

b.  (as modifier) a passenger seat

2. Chiefly Brit a member of a group or team who is a burden on the others through not participating fully in the work

[from Old French passager passing, from passage¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

passenger - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it rider aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" boat - a small vessel for travel on water autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coach - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" railroad train, train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction" traveler, traveller - a person who changes location commuter - someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city fare - a paying (taxi) passenger hitchhiker - a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles stowaway - a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage straphanger - a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support

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passenger

noun traveller, rider, fare, commuter, hitchhiker, pillion rider, fare payer a flight from Milan with more than forty passengers aboard the pillion passenger on a motorbike

Translations

passenger [ˈpæsndʒəʳ]

A. N

1. → pasajero/a m/f
see also fellow B
see also foot C

2. (pej) → parásito m
I felt like a passenger → me sentía como un parásito
there's no room for passengers in this company → en esta empresa no hay lugar para los gandules

B. CPD [jet, ship, train] → de pasajeros
passenger door N (Aut) → puerta f del pasajero
passenger list N → lista f de pasajeros
passenger miles NPL → millas-pasajero fpl
passenger seat N (Aut) → asiento m del pasajero

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passenger [ˈpæsɪndʒə^r]

n

(in plane, train, bus, car) → passager/ère m/f

modif [aircraft, jet] → de ligne; [train] → de passagers; [numbers] → de passagers; [safety] → des passagers passenger traffic, passenger ferry, passenger side, passenger door, passenger enquiries, passenger list, passenger seat
passenger door n [car] → portière f avant côté passager
passenger enquiries npl → renseignements mpl
passenger ferry n → ferry m
passenger list n → liste f des passagers
passenger seat n [car] (in front) → siège m du passager; (in back) → siège m arrière
passenger ship n → paquebot m
passenger side n [car] → côté m passager
on the passenger side → du côté passager
passenger traffic n → trafic m passagers
passer-by [ˌpɑːsə^rˈbaɪ] n → passant(e) m/f

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passenger

n

(on bus, in taxi) → Fahrgast m; (on train) → Reisende(r) mf; (on ship) → Passagier(in) m(f); (on plane) → Fluggast m, → Passagier(in) m(f); (in car) → Mitfahrer(in) m(f), → Beifahrer(in) m(f); (on motorcycle) → Beifahrer(in) m(f)

(inf) we can’t afford to carry any passengers (= incompetent people) → wir können es uns nicht leisten, Leute mit durchzuschleppen; (= idle people) → wir können uns keine Drückeberger leisten; he’s just a passenger in the team → er wird von den anderen mit durchgeschleppt

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passenger:

passenger aircraft

n → Passagierflugzeug nt

passenger door

n (in car) → Beifahrertür f

passenger ferry

n → Personenfähre f

passenger jet

n → Passagierflugzeug nt

passenger liner

n → Passagierschiff nt

passenger list

n → Passagierliste f

passenger mile

n (Aviat) → Flugkilometer m → je Fluggast; (Rail) → Bahnkilometer m → je Reisender

passenger seat

n (in car) → Beifahrersitz m

passenger ship

n → Passagierschiff nt

passenger train

n → Zug m → im Personenverkehr

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passenger [ˈpæs/ɛ7ndʒəʳ]

1. n (in boat, plane, car) → passeggero/a; (on train) → viaggiatore/trice, passeggero/a

2. adj (aircraft, liner) → di linea, passeggeri inv; (train) → viaggiatori inv

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passenger [ˈpæs/ɛ7ndʒəʳ]

1. n (in boat, plane, car) → passeggero/a; (on train) → viaggiatore/trice, passeggero/a

2. adj (aircraft, liner) → di linea, passeggeri inv; (train) → viaggiatori inv

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passenger

n passenger [ˈpӕsindʒə]

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 cestující; osobní passager; passager- der Passagier; Passagier-... επιβάτης pasajero reisija, reisi- مسافر matkustaja (de) passager/-ère נוֹסֵע यात्री putnik utas penumpang farþegi passeggero 乗客 승객 keleivis; keleivinis pasažieris; pasažieru- penumpang passagier passasjer(-), reisende pasażer passageiro pa­sa­ger; de pasageri пассажир cestujúci; osobný potnik putnik passagerare ผู้โดยสาร yolcu 乘客，旅客 пасажир مسافر hành khách 乘客，旅客

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passenger → راكب pasažér passager Passagier επιβάτης pasajero matkustaja passager putnik passeggero 乗客 승객 passagier passasjer pasażer passageiro пассажир passagerare ผู้โดยสาร yolcu hành khách 乘客