Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.

    August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.

    Gepäck, Gepäckstück, Reisegepäck

    бага́жbagáž, кладьkladʹ, покла́жаpokláža

    бага́жbaháž

  2. (uncountable, usually)The contents of such containers.

  3. (countable, nonstandard, obsolete, usually)A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.

More definitions
  • cases used to carry belongings when traveling

Examples

267 sentences
  1. What did you do with my luggage?

    Що ти зробив з моїм багажем? — Internecivus

    deWas hast du mit meinem Gepäck gemacht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom has a lot of carry-on luggage.

    У Тома багато ручної поклажі. — deniko

  3. I don't like traveling with lots of luggage.

    Я не люблю подорожувати з купою валіз. — oromashka

    ruЯ не люблю путешествовать с большим количеством багажа. — marafon

  4. I don't like to travel with a lot of luggage.

    Я не люблю подорожувати з купою валіз. — oromashka

    ruЯ не люблю путешествовать с большим количеством багажа. — marafon

  5. Where is your luggage?

    Де твій багаж? — deniko

    ruГде ваш багаж? — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
traveller's containers:
Русский
By meaning 1
traveller's containers:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
traveller's containers:

Origin

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare b

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare baggage.

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Forms

plural: luggages
Singularluggage
Pluralluggages

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cases used to carry belongings when traveling:baggage

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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