Meaning

8 senses
  1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

    Passagier, Passagierin, Fahrgast

    пассажи́рpassažír, пассажи́ркаpassažírka

    пасажи́рpasažýr, пасажи́ркаpasažýrka

  2. (UK, informal)Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

  3. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

  4. A moth, Dysgonia algira

  5. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

  6. (obsolete)A migratory bird, a bird of passage.

  7. (obsolete)A passer-by; a wayfarer.

  8. (obsolete)A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

More definitions
  • a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc.) who is not operating it

Examples

476 sentences
  1. Only 3 out of the 98 passengers survived.

    Лише троє з 98 пасажирів вижило. — iceman

    ruТолько трое из 98 пассажиров выжили. — Hellerick

    deNur 3 der 98 Passagiere überlebten. — Manfredo

  2. Are all the passengers on board?

    Всі пасажири на борту? — deniko

    deSind alle Passagiere an Bord? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I opened the passenger side door.

    Я відчинив пасажирські двері. — deniko

  4. Three more passengers got on the bus.

    Ще три пасажири зайшли до автобусу. — deniko

    ruЕще три пассажира вошли в автобус. — Alexword

    deNoch drei Personen stiegen in den Bus ein. — Manfredo

  5. Tom sat in the front passenger seat.

    Том сів у переднє пасажирське крісло. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who rides or travels in a vehicle:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who rides or travels in a vehicle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who rides or travels in a vehicle:

Origin

From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).

From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).

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Forms

plural: passengers
Singularpassenger
Pluralpassengers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
person borne by a vehicle:inmate
Close in meaning
  • a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc.) who is not operating it:rider

Word family

21 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • of the passengers
  • all the passengers
  • the passengers were
  • passengers on the
  • the passenger seat
  • passenger seat
  • passengers on board
  • passengers were injured
  • how many passengers
  • the passenger side
  • many passengers were
  • many passengers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
passenger — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto