Complete Definition of "ferry"

English

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/�f�ɹi/
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  • Homophones: fairy

Etymology
Old English ferian, from Germanic *farjan. The noun developed from the verb.

Noun
en-noun|ferries

  1. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule

Translations
trans-top|boat
Albanian: trap m
Bulgarian: �е�ибо� (feribot) m
Catalan: rai m
Croatian: skela f
Danish: færge
Dutch: veer n; veerpont
Esperanto: pramo
Finnish: lautta; autolautta
French: ferry m
Frisian: fear#Frisian|fear
German: Fähre f
Hebrew: �ע��רת (ma�boret) f
Hungarian: komp
Icelandic: ferja f
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Indonesian: kapal feri#Indonesian|feri
Italian: traghetto m
Japanese: ���� (ferii)
Korean: �리 (hweri), �룻배 (narutbae)
Malay: feri#Malay|feri
Norwegian: ferje
Polish: prom#Polish|prom
Portuguese: balsa#Portuguese|balsa f
Romanian: bac m
Russian: па�ом (paróm) m
Serbian: ��а�ек� (trajekt)
Slovene: trajekt
Spanish: t|es|ferri|m
Swedish: färja
Vietnamese: phà
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Verb
en-verb|ferr|i|ed

  1. To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.

#: Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to ferry plates of food around a restaurant.

See also
boat
ship

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