luggage
Syllables: lug·gage/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/
luggage noun: the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
Noun
luggage (usually uncountable, plural luggages)
- 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.
- August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope
- The contents of such containers.
- A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.
- I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump.1858, “Letter from Rev. George L. Seymour”, in The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 34, page 13
- The passengers injured who could not get out were removed out by the railway staff, and then taking part of the luggage the train started back for Burdwan.1875, W. G. Willson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874
luggage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
luggage in Hindi
- traveller's containers
- सामान sāmān
luggage in Tamil
- பயணப்பெட்டி
luggage in Marathi
- luggage, goods
- सामान sāmān
luggage in Urdu
- traveller's containers
- سامان sāmān
More languagesFewer languages
- luggage in Bengali
- মাল mal, সামান śaman
- luggage in Telugu
- సామాను sāmānu
- luggage in Malayalam
- യാത്രാഭാണ്ഡം, യാത്രാസാമാനങ്ങൾ, ഭാരം, ചുമട്
- luggage in Kannada
- ಗಂಟುಮೂಟೆ, ಸಾಮಾನು ಸರಂಜಾಮು, ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸುವ ಸಾಮಾನು, ಲಗೇಜು
- luggage in Punjabi
- ਸਾਮਾਨ sāmān, ਅਸਬਾਬ asabāb
- luggage in Gujarati
- અસબાબ asabāb, સામાન sāmān
- luggage in Odia
- ଲଗେଜ୍, ଲଗେଜ
- luggage in Sinhala
- ගමන් මලු gaman malu
- luggage in Nepali
- सामान sāmān
- luggage in Pashto
- لټ لوپړي laṭ lupṛi, ډانګډبلی ḍagḍablay, کډه کوډه kaḍa kuḍa
- luggage in Tagalog
- dala-dalahan, bagahe, abasto
- luggage in Arabic
- أَمْتِعَة ʔamtiʕa, عَفْش ʕafš
- luggage in Malay
- bagasi
- luggage in Indonesian
- bagasi
- luggage in Thai
- สัมภาระ sǎm-paa-rá, กระเป๋าเดินทาง grà-bpǎo-dəən-taang, หีบห่อ hìip-hɔ̀ɔ
- luggage in Vietnamese
- hành lý
- luggage in Myanmar
- ဝန်စည်စလယ် wancanyca.lai
Examples of luggage in a sentence
- We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.
- This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.
- Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.
Synonyms of luggage
Forms of luggage
| plural | luggages |
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Origin of luggage
1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Compare baggage.
Words formed from luggage
- cabin luggage
- carry-on luggage
- checked luggage
- hand luggage
- hold luggage
- left luggage
- left-luggage office
- luggage barrow
- luggage car
- luggage cart
- luggaged
- luggage hold
- luggageless
- luggage rack
- luggage trolley
- luggage van
Phrases with luggage
Words that rhyme with luggage
Questions about luggage
- What does luggage mean?
- Luggage means the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
- What is luggage in Hindi?
- Luggage in Hindi is सामान (sāmān). See Luggage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is luggage?
- Luggage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce luggage?
- Luggage is pronounced /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of luggage?
- The plural of luggage is luggages.
Words near luggage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: luggage (page history and authors); luggage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सामान (Marathi) (page history and authors); luggage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); luggage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਸਬਾਬ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અસબાબ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); luggage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सामान (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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