Meanings
nounsuitcase (plural suitcases)
plural suitcases · alternative archaic suit-case
- A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
My suitcase is stowed in the luggage rack.
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A stocky cabwoman removed a large wheeled suitcase.
2014, Edith Pearlman, HoneydewMany seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77 - computingIn the Classic Mac OS operating system, a file containing fonts, icons, sounds, and other resources.
verbsuitcase (third-person singular simple present suitcases, present participle suitcasing, simple past and past participle suitcased)
present singular third person suitcases · participle present suitcasing · participle past suitcased · past suitcased · alternative archaic suit-case
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo smuggle in one's rectum.
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nouna portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
- Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
- Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
- Vulgar Latin*sequere
- Vulgar Latin*sequita
- Old Frenchsiute
- Anglo-Normansuite
- Middle Englishsute
- Englishsuit
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Proto-Italic*kapsos
- Latincapsa
- Old Northern Frenchcasse
- Middle Englishcase
- Englishcase
- Englishsuitcase
Translations
Arabic حَقِيبَةُ السَّفَر, شَنْطَة
- حَقِيبَةُ السَّفَر (ḥaqībatu s-safar)large piece of luggage
- شَنْطَة (šanṭa)large piece of luggage
Bengali সুটকেস
- সুটকেস (śuṭkes)large piece of luggage
Bulgarian ку́фар
- ку́фар (kúfar)large piece of luggage
Catalan maleta
- maletalarge piece of luggage
Chinese Cantonese 篋 /箧, 喼
- 篋 /箧 (gip¹)large piece of luggage
- 喼 (gip¹)large piece of luggage
- 手提箱 (sau² tai⁴ soeng¹)large piece of luggage
Chinese Mandarin 手提箱, 皮箱
- 手提箱 (shǒutíxiāng)large piece of luggage
- 皮箱 (píxiāng)large piece of luggage
- 行李箱 (xínglǐxiāng)large piece of luggage
- 衣箱 (yīxiāng)large piece of luggage
Czech kufr
- kufrlarge piece of luggage
Danish kuffert
- kuffertlarge piece of luggage
Dutch valies, koffer
- valieslarge piece of luggage
- kofferlarge piece of luggage
Esperanto valizo, kofro
- valizolarge piece of luggage
- kofrolarge piece of luggage
Estonian kohver
- kohverlarge piece of luggage
Finnish matkalaukku
- matkalaukkularge piece of luggage
French valise
- valiselarge piece of luggage
German Koffer, Reisetasche
- Kofferlarge piece of luggage
- Reisetaschelarge piece of luggage
Greek βαλίτσα
- βαλίτσα (valítsa)large piece of luggage
Hebrew מזוודה \ מִזְוָדָה
- מזוודה \ מִזְוָדָה (mizvadá)large piece of luggage
Hindi सूटकेस
- सूटकेस (sūṭkes)large piece of luggage
Hungarian kézitáska, bőrönd
- kézitáskalarge piece of luggage
- bőröndlarge piece of luggage
- kofferlarge piece of luggage
Icelandic ferðataska
- ferðataskalarge piece of luggage
Indonesian koper
- koperlarge piece of luggage
Irish cás
- cáslarge piece of luggage
Italian valigia
- valigialarge piece of luggage
Japanese スーツケース, トランク
- スーツケース (sūtsukēsu)large piece of luggage
- トランク (toranku)large piece of luggage
Korean 여행가방, 트렁크
- 여행가방 (yeohaenggabang)large piece of luggage
- 트렁크 (teureongkeu)large piece of luggage
- 슈트케이스 (syuteukeiseu)large piece of luggage
Latin riscus, vīdulus
- riscuslarge piece of luggage
- vīduluslarge piece of luggage
Latvian čemodāns, koferis
- čemodānslarge piece of luggage
- koferislarge piece of luggage
Lithuanian lagaminas
- lagaminaslarge piece of luggage
Malay beg pakaian
- beg pakaianlarge piece of luggage
Norwegian Bokmål koffert
- koffertlarge piece of luggage
Polish walizka
- walizkalarge piece of luggage
Portuguese mala, valise
- malalarge piece of luggage
- valiselarge piece of luggage
Romanian geamantan, valiză
- geamantanlarge piece of luggage
- valizălarge piece of luggage
Russian чемода́н
- чемода́н (čemodán)large piece of luggage
Scottish Gaelic baga, màileid
- bagalarge piece of luggage
- màileidlarge piece of luggage
Slovak kufor
- kuforlarge piece of luggage
Spanish maleta, petaca
- maletalarge piece of luggage
- petacalarge piece of luggage
- valijalarge piece of luggage
- velíslarge piece of luggage
- velizlarge piece of luggage
Swedish resväska, koffert
- resväskalarge piece of luggage
- koffertlarge piece of luggage
Tagalog maleta
- maletalarge piece of luggage
Tamil பெட்டி
- பெட்டி (peṭṭi)large piece of luggage
Thai กระเป๋าเดินทาง, กระเป๋า
- กระเป๋าเดินทาง (grà-bpǎo-dəən-taang)large piece of luggage
- กระเป๋า (grà-bpǎo)large piece of luggage
Turkish bavul
- bavullarge piece of luggage
Ukrainian валі́за, валі́зка
- валі́за (valíza)large piece of luggage
- валі́зка (valízka)large piece of luggage
- чемода́н (čemodán)large piece of luggage
Urdu سُوٹْکیس, سُوٹ کیس
- سُوٹْکیس (sūṭkes)large piece of luggage
- سُوٹ کیس (sūṭ kes)large piece of luggage
- اَٹاچی (aṭācī)large piece of luggage
- اَٹَیچی (aṭaicī)large piece of luggage
- جامَہ دان (jāma dān)large piece of luggage
Vietnamese va li, rương hành lý
- va lilarge piece of luggage
- rương hành lýlarge piece of luggage
Welsh ces dillad, siwtces
- ces dilladlarge piece of luggage
- siwtceslarge piece of luggage
Yiddish טשעמאָדאַן
- טשעמאָדאַן (tshemodan)large piece of luggage
Cite this entry
APA
suitcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitcase
MLA
“suitcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitcase. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suitcase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitcase.
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