cruise

English

Alternative forms

• cruize

Etymology

From Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux

Pronunciation

• enPR: kro͞oz, IPA: /kruːz/, X-SAMPA: /kru:z/
• Homophone: crews
• Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

Wikipedia cruise (plural cruises)

1. A sea voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

Derived terms

• cruise control
• cruise missile
• cruise ship
• cruiser
• cruisey/cruisy
• cruisewear
• pleasure cruise

Translations

sea voyage

• Arabic: رحلة بحرية (ar) (ríḥla baḥríyya) f
• Bulgarian: пътуване по море (bg) (pǎtuvane po more)
• Catalan: creuer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡航 (cmn) (xúnháng)

• Czech: plavba (cs) f, výlet lodí (cs) m
• Dutch: cruise (nl) m
• Finnish: risteily, laivamatka
• French: croisière (fr)
• German: Kreuzfahrt (de) f
• Hebrew: שיט (he) (shait') m
• Italian: crociera (it)

• Japanese: 巡航 (ja) (じゅんこう, junkō), クルーズ (ja) (kurūzu)
• Korean: 순항 (ko) (sunhang) (巡航 (ko))
• Low German: Krüüzfohrt (nds) f
• Norwegian: cruise (no) n
• Polish: rejs (pl) m
• Portuguese: cruzeiro (pt) m
• Russian: круиз (ru) (kruíz) m, морское путешествие (ru) (morskóje putešéstvije) n, плавание (ru) (plávanije) n
• Spanish: crucero (es) m
• Swedish: kryssning (sv), sjöresa (sv)

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.
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, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
5. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object. (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months)
6. (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.

   Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.

Translations

to sail

• Dutch: varen (nl)
• Finnish: risteillä (fi)
• Hebrew: לשוט (lashut')

• Russian: плавать (ru) (plávat’), плыть (ru) (plyt’)
• Spanish: navegar (es)

to travel at constant speed

• Finnish: risteillä (fi)

to move leisurely

• Esperanto: krozi (eo)
• Finnish: risteillä (fi)

• Hebrew: לשוטט (leshot'et')

to seek a sexual partner

• Dutch: cruisen (nl)

Anagrams

• curies

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Etymology

From English cruise, from Dutch kruisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kruːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

cruise m (plural cruises, diminutive cruiseje)

1. cruise