passport

B1 Topic:Travel

US /ˈpæspɔɹt/ UK /ˈpɑːspɔːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3482

Meanings

1

noun
An official document that proves who you are and your nationality, used for foreign travel.

You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.
2

noun
Something that helps you reach or achieve a goal.

A good education can be a passport to a better life.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms passports

Derived forms e-passportpassportablepassportedpassportificationpassportingpassportizationpassportizepassportless

Related forms portpassvisa

Etymology

From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.

passeport French

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Topics

Travel

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# passport

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpæspɔɹt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑːspɔːt/
**Frequency rank:** 3482

## Meanings
1. An official document that proves who you are and your nationality, used for foreign travel.
2. Something that helps you reach or achieve a goal.

## Examples
- You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.
- A good education can be a passport to a better life.

## Derived Forms
- e-passport
- passportable
- passported
- passportification
- passporting
- passportization
- passportize
- passportless

## Related Forms
- portpass
- visa

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: passeport

## Etymology
From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.

## AI Etymology
Passport comes from French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port. Modern senses include an official document that proves who you are and your nationality, used for foreign travel and something that helps you reach or achieve a goal. The wider word family includes derivatives such as e-passport, passportable, passported, passportification, passporting, and passportization and related forms such as portpass and visa.

## Topics
- Travel

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