Kilo Lingo

/ˈpæsɪndʒə/

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Translation

A person who travels in a car, bus, train, plane, or ship but does not drive it.

Word origin

From Old French passager, meaning passing or a traveller, with an n added later, as in messenger.

Origin
Old French
Root
passager
English cognates
pass, passage

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpassengers

Examples

forty .

Passengers are the people riding, not the driver.

.

The passenger seat is the front seat beside the driver.

.

On trains and planes, the travellers are called passengers.

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This word is part of lesson 44.