Meanings
plural public transports
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKcountableuncountableAny form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
The Airports National Policy Statement objectives require the proportion of journeys made to the airport by passengers to be at least 50% by public transport by 2030 and 55% by 2040.
2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 711 more example
Nevertheless, China’s investment in subway systems is overwhelmingly positive. And there are also encouraging signs, too, that Chinese cities are beginning to shape urban development around public transport hubs. For example, Tiantongyuan, a high-density community of giant housing blocks in the suburbs of northern Beijing, has three subway stations.
2012, Tom Miller, China's Urban Billion: The story behind the biggest migration in human history, Zed Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137Synonyms: public transit, public transportation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
Translations
Afrikaans openbare vervoer
- openbare vervoerform of transport
Arabic مُوَاصَلَات عَامَّة, مُوَاصَلَات عُمُومِيَّة
- مُوَاصَلَات عَامَّة (muwāṣalāt ʕāmma)form of transport
- مُوَاصَلَات عُمُومِيَّة (muwāṣalāt ʕumūmiyya)form of transport
Bengali গণপরিবহন
- গণপরিবহন (gonopribohon)form of transport
Bulgarian обще́ствен тра́нспорт
- обще́ствен тра́нспорт (obštéstven tránsport)form of transport
Chinese Cantonese 公共交通, 公交
- 公共交通 (gung¹ gung⁶ gaau¹ tung¹)form of transport
- 公交 (gung¹ gaau¹)form of transport
Chinese Mandarin 共同交通, 公共交通
- 共同交通 (gòngtóng jiāotōng)form of transport
- 公共交通 (gōnggòng jiāotōng)form of transport
- 公交 (gōngjiāo)form of transport
- 大眾運輸 /大众运输form of transport
Czech veřejná doprava
- veřejná dopravaform of transport
Danish kollektiv trafik, offentlig transport
- kollektiv trafikform of transport
- offentlig transportform of transport
Dutch openbaar vervoer, ov
- openbaar vervoerform of transport
- ovform of transport
Estonian ühistransport
- ühistransportform of transport
Finnish julkinen liikenne
- julkinen liikenneform of transport
French transport en commun, transport public
- transport en communform of transport
- transport publicform of transport
- transport collectifform of transport
German öffentlicher Verkehr, ÖV
- öffentlicher Verkehrform of transport
- ÖVform of transport
Greek μέσο μαζικής μεταφοράς
- μέσο μαζικής μεταφοράς (méso mazikís metaforás)form of transport
Hebrew תחבורה ציבורית, תַּחְבּוּרָה צִבּוּרִית
- תחבורה ציבוריתform of transport
- תַּחְבּוּרָה צִבּוּרִית (takhburá tsiburít)form of transport
Hindi सार्वजनिक परिवहन
- सार्वजनिक परिवहन (sārvajnik parivhan)form of transport
Hungarian tömegközlekedés, közösségi közlekedés
- tömegközlekedésform of transport
- közösségi közlekedésform of transport
Icelandic almenningssamgöngur
- almenningssamgöngurform of transport
Indonesian transportasi umum
- transportasi umumform of transport
Irish iompar poiblí
- iompar poiblíform of transport
Italian trasporto pubblico, servizio pubblico
- trasporto pubblicoform of transport
- servizio pubblicoform of transport
- mezzi pubbliciform of transport
Japanese 公共交通機関
- 公共交通機関 (kōkyō kōtsū kikan)form of transport
Korean 대중교통
- 대중교통 (daejunggyotong)form of transport
Latin vectūra pūblica
- vectūra pūblicaform of transport
Latvian sabiedriskais transports
- sabiedriskais transportsform of transport
Lithuanian viešasis transportas
- viešasis transportasform of transport
Malay pengangkutan awam
- pengangkutan awamform of transport
Māori waka tūmatanui
- waka tūmatanuiform of transport
Norwegian Bokmål kollektivtrafikk, kollektivtransport
- kollektivtrafikkform of transport
- kollektivtransportform of transport
Polish transport publiczny
- transport publicznyform of transport
Portuguese transporte público
- transporte públicoform of transport
Romanian transport public, transport în comun
- transport publicform of transport
- transport în comunform of transport
Russian обще́ственный тра́нспорт
- обще́ственный тра́нспорт (obščéstvennyj tránsport)form of transport
Scottish Gaelic còmhdhail
- còmhdhailform of transport
Slovak verejná doprava
- verejná dopravaform of transport
Spanish transporte público
- transporte públicoform of transport
Swahili usafiri wa umma
- usafiri wa ummaform of transport
Swedish kollektivtrafik, lokaltrafik
- kollektivtrafikform of transport
- lokaltrafikform of transport
Tagalog pampublikong transportasyon
- pampublikong transportasyonform of transport
Tamil பொது போக்குவரத்து
- பொது போக்குவரத்து (potu pōkkuvarattu)form of transport
Thai การขนส่งสาธารณะ, ขนส่งสาธารณะ
- การขนส่งสาธารณะ (gaan-kǒn-sòng-sǎa-taa-rá-ná)form of transport
- ขนส่งสาธารณะform of transport
- ขนส่งมวลชน (kǒn-sòng-muuan-chon)form of transport
Turkish toplu taşıma
- toplu taşımaform of transport
Ukrainian грома́дський тра́нспорт
- грома́дський тра́нспорт (hromádsʹkyj tránsport)form of transport
Urdu عوامی نقل و حمل
- عوامی نقل و حمل (awāmī naql-o-hamal)form of transport
Vietnamese giao thông công cộng
- giao thông công cộngform of transport
Cite this entry
public transport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20transport
“public transport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20transport. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public transport,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20transport.
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