ferry

Значение (Английский)

Verb

1. To carry; transport; convey.
2. To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
3. 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.
4. To pass over water in a boat or by ferry.

Noun

1. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
2. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
3. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

Синонимы

ferryboat

cross

transport

ford

ferry boat

crossing

carry

passage boat

raft

barge

transit

convey

harbour

wharf

car-ferry

ferry-boat

ferrying

deliver

dock

dribble

drive

drive around

etc

get across

go across

guide

harbor

haul

jar

🫙

jug

ocean liner

pail

pass

passage

pass over

pier

piggyback

pontoon

port

pot

propel

punt

punts

quay

sack

ship

🚢

shuttle

slick

smilax

swing

take

take away

throw

tin

traffic

transfer

transportation

truck

🚚

urn

vessel

ferry across

landing place

passenger boat

large boat

crossing place

taxi-boat

bear

🐻

boat

⛵

bottle

box

📦

bucket

🪣

can

car ferry

carry over

case

channel

chauffeur

chest

conduct

container

conveyance

crate

Пишется через дефис как

fer‧ry

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈfɛɹi/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: ferien

Родственно немецкий: -

Родственно датский: færge

Родственно шведский: färja

Родственно исландский: ferja

Родственно старонорвежский: ferja

In summary

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.

Предложения

Taking the ferry was a wise choice .

Взятие парома было мудрым выбором.

Ambergris Caye can also be reached by ferry from Chetumal in Mexico .

Ambergris Caye также может быть достигнут паром из Chetumal в Мексике.