different between safari vs cruise

English

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??f???.i/
• Rhymes: -??ri

Noun

safari (plural safaris)

1. A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.
2. A caravan going on a safari.
3. (by extension) Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
   • 1968, Ruth Stearns Egge, How to Make Something from Nothing

     An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.

Derived terms

• safari jacket
• safari park
• safari suit
• safarier
• safarigoer
• safariman
• surfari
• whale safari

Translations

Verb

safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a safari.

Anagrams

• Farias

Catalan

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s??fa.?i/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sa?fa.?i/

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??fa?.ri/
• Hyphenation: sa?fa?ri

Noun

safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)

1. safari

Derived terms

• safaribus
• safaripark

Finnish

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?f?ri/, [?s??f?ri]
• Rhymes: -?f?ri
• Syllabification: sa?fa?ri

Noun

safari

1. safari

Declension

Anagrams

• fraasi

French

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.fa.?i/

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Italian

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Noun

safari m (invariable)

1. safari

Anagrams

• sfarai

Japanese

Romanization

safari

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?f??r?/
• Rhymes: -?

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)

1. a safari

Derived terms

• hvalsafari

References

• “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)

1. a safari

References

• “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French safari

Noun

safari n (uncountable)

1. safari

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic ?????? (safar).

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (safar, “trip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??f?.?i/

Noun

safari (n class, plural safari)

1. journey, trip
2. a time or instance

Related terms

• -safiri

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ????????? (saf?r?)
• ? Catalan: safari
• ? English: safari
• ? Finnish: safari
• ? French: safari
• ? German: Safari
• ? Hungarian: szafari
• ? Italian: safari
• ? Japanese: ????
• ? Portuguese: safári
• ? Russian: ??????? (safári)
• ? Spanish: safari
• ? Swedish: safari

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)

1. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
2. (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
3. (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.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

cruise (third-person singular simple present cruises, present participle cruising, simple past and past participle cruised)

1. (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, […].

2. (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
3. (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
4. (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
5. (transitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
6. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
7. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. a cruise

Derived terms

• cruiseskip

References

• “cruise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.