baggage
Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or…Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
» Where can I get my baggage?
Wo kann ich mein Gepäck bekommen?
Где я могу забрать свой багаж?
Где я могу получить свой багаж?
Де я можу отримати свiй багаж?
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
Please put your baggage in the trunk.
Uncountable synonyms: luggage; gear; stuff
(informal, uncountable, usually)Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
This person has got a lot of emotional baggage.
(uncountable, usually)An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
the portable equipment and supplies of an army
(countable, derogatory, obsolete, usually)A woman. A female, especially one who is saucy, impudent.
Examples
125 sentencesWhere can I get my baggage?
Де я можу отримати свiй багаж?
ruГде я могу забрать свой багаж?
deWo kann ich mein Gepäck bekommen?
I can't carry all that baggage.
Я не можу нести весь той багаж.
Where do I claim my baggage?
Де можна отримати багаж?
ruГде я могу получить свой багаж?
deWo ist die Gepäckausgabe?
Where can I pick up my baggage?
Де я можу забрати свій багаж?
ruГде я могу забрать багаж?
deWo kann ich mein Gepäck entgegennehmen?
What did you do with my baggage?
Що ти зробив з моїм багажем?
ruЧто вы сделали с моим багажом?
deWas hast du mit meinem Gepäck gemacht?
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”),From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).
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Forms
plural: baggagesSynonyms
3 synonyms- cases used to carry belongings when traveling:luggage
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable