ferry
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To carry; transport; convey.
- To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
- To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.
- To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.
Concepten
Synoniemen
passage boat
car-ferry
drive around
go across
ferry across
landing place
passenger boat
large boat
crossing place
taxi-boat
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
fer‧ry
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈfɛɹi/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English ferien (“to carry, convey, convey in a boat”), from Old English ferian (“to carry, convey, bear, bring, lead, conduct, betake oneself to, be versed in, depart, go”), from Proto-West Germanic *farjan, from Proto-Germanic *farjaną (“to make or let go, transfer, ferry”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring or carry over, transfer, pass through”). Cognate with German dialectal feren, fähren (“to row, sail”), Danish færge (“to ferry”), Swedish färja (“to ferry”), Icelandic ferja (“to ferry”), Old Norse ferja. Related to fare.
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