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cruise
English
Alternative forms
- cruize
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kro?oz, IPA(key): /k?u?z/
- Homophone: crews
- Rhymes: -u?z
Noun
cruise (plural cruises)
- A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
- (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
- (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.
- 1919, United States. Marine Corps, Recruiters' Bulletin (page 16)
- I ended my cruise of four years in the Marine Corps at the first Officers' Training Camp for enlisted men at Quantico […]
- 2015, George Barnett, Andy Barnett, George Barnett, Marine Corps Commandant: A Memoir, 1877-1923
- The New Orleans had to have numerous alterations made, and as the Chicago was just about going into commission, I was ordered to that ship to finish my cruise.
- 1919, United States. Marine Corps, Recruiters' Bulletin (page 16)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cruise (third-person singular simple present cruises, present participle cruising, simple past and past participle cruised)
- (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
- (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
- (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
- (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
- (transitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
- (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
- (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.
Derived terms
- beach cruiser
- cruiser
- cruising for a bruising
Descendants
- ? Dutch: cruisen, cruise
Translations
Anagrams
- crusie, curies
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kru?s/
- Hyphenation: cruise
- Rhymes: -u?s
Noun
cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje n)
- cruise
Derived terms
- cruiseboot
- cruisereis
- cruiseschip
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise
Noun
cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa or cruisene)
- a cruise
Derived terms
- cruiseskip
References
- “cruise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Dutch kruisen, via English cruise
Noun
cruise n (definite singular cruiset, indefinite plural cruise, definite plural cruisa)
- a cruise
Derived terms
- cruiseskip
References
- “cruise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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route
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, Ireland)
- IPA(key): /?u?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- (General American)
- IPA(key): /?u?t/, /?a?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t, -a?t
- (General Australian)
- IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- (Canada)
- IPA(key): /?ut/
- Rhymes: -ut
- Homophones: root, rute (/?u?t/); rout (/?a?t/)
Etymology 1
From Middle English route, borrowed from Old French route, rote (“road, way, path”) (compare modern French route), from Latin (via) rupta (“(road) opened by force”), from rumpere viam "to open up a path". As a Chinese administrative division, a semantic loan from Chinese ? (lù).
Noun
route (plural routes)
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:
- If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […] . Rolex has taken this route […]
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
Synonyms
- (Chinese administrative division): lu, circuit, province
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing or (UK) routeing, simple past and past participle routed)
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
Derived terms
- reroute
- router
Translations
See also
- (Internet) bridge
- (Internet) LAN
- (Internet) WAN
Etymology 2
Verb
route
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
Further reading
- route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- route in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Toure, outer, outre, outré, rouet, utero-
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.t?/
- Hyphenation: rou?te
- Rhymes: -ut?
Noun
route f (plural routes or routen, diminutive routetje n)
- route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)
- road, route
Derived terms
- fietsroute
- marsroute
- routebeschrijving
- route-informatie
- routekaart
- routeplanner
- routenavigatie
- vaarroute
- wandelroute
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: rute
French
Etymology
From Middle French route, from Old French route, rote, from Latin rupta via.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ut/
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun
route f (plural routes)
- road (sometimes route like "Route 66")
- route, way, path
Derived terms
Further reading
- “route” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- outre, outré, troue, troué
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French, Old French route, rote, Anglo-French rute "troop, band"
Noun
route (plural routes)
- route
- a group of people
- band, company
- '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3
- Whan that the Knight hadde thus his tale ytold
- In all the route nas ther yong ne old
- That he ne saide it was a noble storye
- '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3
- crowd, populace
- throng; gang, with connotation of illicit activity
- band, company
- the proper condition of something
Etymology 2
From Old English hrutan, "to make a noise; snore" Compare Old Norse or Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta. For senses 4 and 5 compare Old Icelandic hrjota "to burst, spring forth."
Verb
route
- first-person singular present indicative of routen
Etymology 3
Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.
Verb
route
- first-person singular present indicative of routen
Norman
Etymology
From Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).
Noun
route f (plural routes)
- (Jersey) road
- (Jersey, nautical, of a watercraft) course
Old French
Alternative forms
- rote
- route
Etymology
From Latin rupta (via).
Noun
route f (oblique plural routes, nominative singular route, nominative plural routes)
- route (course or way which is traveled or passed)
Synonyms
- chemin
- curs
- voie
Descendants
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