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com·mut·er

(kə-myo͞o′tər)

1. One that travels regularly from one place to another, as from suburb to city and back.

2. An airplane or airline that carries passengers relatively short distances and often serves remote communities and small airports.

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commuter

(kəˈmjuːtə)

a. a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city

b. (as modifier): the commuter belt.

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com•mut•er

(kəˈmyu tər)

n.

1. a person who commutes, esp. between home and work.

adj.

2. of or for commuting; serving commuters: a commuter railroad.

3. of or pertaining to a flight, plane, or airline that carries passengers over relatively short distances and usu. serves small communities.

[1860–65, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	commuter - a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another commuter train passenger train - a train that carries passengers
	2.	commuter - someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it straphanger - a commuter who uses public transportation

commuter

noun daily traveller, passenger, suburbanite The number of commuters to London has dropped.

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Translations

المُسافِرُ يَوْمِيّا إلى مَكان عَمَلِه

dojíždějící

pendler

Pendler

persona que se desplaza al trabajo

työmatkalainen

avion de transport régionalbanlieusard migrant journalier navetteur

osoba koja putuje na posao

ingázó

maîur sem bÿr langt frá vinnustaî

pendolare

通勤者

통근자

forens

pendler

osoba dojeżdżająca do pracy

dochádzajúci

vozač

pendlare

ผู้เดินทาง

her gün işe gidip dönenher gün işe trenle giden kimse

乘车上下班的人经常往来两地之间者通勤者

commuter

[kəˈmjuːtəʳ]

A. N persona que viaja cada día de su casa a su trabajo

B. CPD the commuter belt N → zona f de los barrios exteriores
commuter services NPL → servicios mpl de cercanías
commuter train N → tren m de cercanías

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

commuter

[kəˈmjuːtə^r] n personne effectuant quotidiennement l'aller retour entre son domicile et un lieu de travail assez éloigné pendant la semainecommuter belt n (British) the commuter belt → la grande banlieuecommuter-belt [kəˈmjuːtə^rbɛlt] modif
a commuter-belt town → une cité dortoircommuter line n (on railway network) → ligne f de banlieue ligne ferroviaire empruntée principalement par des personnes faisant la navette entre leur domicile et leur lieu de travailcommuter town n → cité f dortoircommuter traffic n
there was heavy commuter traffic → la circulation était encombrée par la sortie des bureauxcommuter train n → train m de banlieue

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

commuter

n → Pendler(in) m(f); the commuter belt → das Einzugsgebiet, der Einzugsbereich; a commuter belt → ein städtischer Einzugsbereich; commuter traffic → Pendlerverkehr m; commuter train → Pendlerzug m

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commuter

[kəˈmjuːtəʳ] n → pendolare m/f
the commuter belt (Brit) → la periferia abitata dai pendolari
commuter aircraft → aereo interregionale

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commute

(kəˈmjuːt) verb

1. to travel regularly between two places, especially between home in the suburbs and work in the city.

2. to change (a criminal sentence) for one less severe. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

comˈmuter noun

a person who travels to work daily.

commuter

→ القَائِم بِرِحْلَات يَوْمِيَّة مِنْ و إِلَى عَمْلِه dojíždějící pendler Pendler τακτικός επιβάτης των μέσων μαζικής μεταφοράς persona que se desplaza al trabajo, persona que se desplaza diariamente al trabajo työmatkalainen migrant journalier osoba koja putuje na posao pendolare 通勤者 통근자 forens pendler osoba dojeżdżająca do pracy pessoa que viaja diariamente entre a casa e o trabalho человек, регулярно совершающий длительные поездки на работу pendlare ผู้เดินทาง her gün işe trenle giden kimse người thường xuyên phải đi xa từ nhà đến nơi làm việc 乘车上下班的人

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