| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun ferry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (ferry) |
1. A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.[Wordnet]. 2. Transport by boat or aircraft.[Wordnet]. 3. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.[Websters]. 4. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.[Websters]. 5. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb ferry.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (ferry) |
1. Transport from one place to another.[Wordnet]. 2. Transport by ferry.[Wordnet]. 3. Travel by ferry.[Wordnet]. 4. To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.[Websters]. 5. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: ferrying, ferried, ferries, ferrier, ferriers, ferryingly and ferriedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Ferries" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1683. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Energy | Establishments primarily engaged in operating ferries for the transportation of passengers or vehicles. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited | Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited is a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL). (references) | ||
| Bay Ferries Limited | Bay Ferries Limited, referred to simply as Bay Ferries, is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and the United States and is headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL) and a sister company to Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited. (references) | ||
| BC Ferries | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. or BC Ferries is the company that provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services on the West Coast of British Columbia. Set up in 1959 to provide a substantially better service then those provided by the Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which were affected by frequent spurts of job action, BC Ferries has become the largest passenger ferry line in North America and the second largest in the world, boasting a fleet of 35 vessels with a total passenger and crew capacity of over 27,000, serving 48 locations on the B.C. coast. (references) | ||
| Brittany Ferries | Brittany Ferries is a French ferry company that runs ships between France, the UK, Ireland and Spain. (references) | ||
| Historic ferries of the Atlanta area | Bell's Ferry was a ferry across the Little River in Cherokee County, Georgia. Bells Ferry Road runs from Marietta, Georgia north to Canton, Georgia, west of and parallel to former Georgia 5 (now renumbered onto Interstate 575). Within the city of Marietta, street signs use "Bell's" rather than "Bells". (references) | ||
| Lake Victoria ferries | The Lake Victoria ferries are and were steam- and diesel-powered ships used for freight and passenger transport between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya on Lake Victoria. The main ports on the lake are Kisumu, Mwanza, Bukoba, Entebbe, Port Bell and Jinja. (references) | ||
| Lake Washington ferries | The Lake Washington ferries in King County, Washington, provided the only efficient means for transporting goods and passengers across the lake prior to the opening of the first floating bridge in 1940. The ferries ran between Kirkland, Bellevue, Houghton and E. Madison Street in Seattle's Madison Park for ten cents each way. They soon became so popular that the King County Port Commission established a public ferry in 1900, competing with private boats. In 1913 a reconfigured side-wheeler steamboat, the wooden Leschi, became the first Seattle-built automobile ferry. By 1922 the county ferry system was in such financial difficulty that it appointed its largest competitor to run the system. The 1940 opening of the Lake Washington floating bridge was the beginning of the end for the lake ferries. However, during World War II the ferries carried workers to the Lake Washington Shipyard, where small navy ships were built, and made a tidy profit. A year after the tolls were removed from the floating bridge, the last ferry route was retired, and the boat was sold to the Washington State Ferries, which had taken over the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1951. (references) | ||
| Northumberland Ferries Limited | Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL) is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. NFL is also the owner of subsidiaries Bay Ferries Limited and Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited. (references) | ||
| Other ships of BC Ferries (not classed) | A number of ships operated by BC Ferries are not classed. They are either purchased second hand from other operators or are customized vessels with no class assigned by the builders. (references) | ||
| Sydney Ferries | Sydney Ferries is a state-owned corporation of the New South Wales Government providing passenger ferry services in Sydney Harbour and on the Parramatta River. Riding a ferry is a popular and enjoyable activity for tourists and locals alike. Because Sydney is based around its Harbour, ferries are an important mode of commuter transport. (references) | ||
| Washington State Ferries | Washington state maintains the largest fleet of passenger and auto ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world. The system, known as Washington State Ferries, serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | بواخر (coaster, ferries, ferry, ship, ships), ماعُون (boat, boated, boating, boats, can), زَوْرَق (boat, launch, lighter, barge, barged), صَنْدَل (sandal, sandalwood, scow, barge, barged), ماخِرَة (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferryboat, ferrying), مَرْكَب (boat, ship, boated, boating, boats), فليكة (canoe, canoed, canoeing, canoes, dinghies), فُلْك (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferrying, vessel), مُعَدِّيَة (ferryboat, boat, boated, boating, boats), قارِب (bark, boat, canoe, dinghy, skiff). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | بواخر (coaster, ferries, ferry, ship, ships), ماعُون (boat, boated, boating, boats, can), زَوْرَق (boat, launch, lighter, barge, barged), صَنْدَل (sandal, sandalwood, scow, barge, barged), ماخِرَة (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferryboat, ferrying), مَرْكَب (boat, ship, boated, boating, boats), فليكة (canoe, canoed, canoeing, canoes, dinghies), فُلْك (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferrying, vessel), مُعَدِّيَة (ferryboat, boat, boated, boating, boats), قارِب (bark, boat, canoe, dinghy, skiff). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | بواخر (coaster, ferries, ferry, ship, ships), ماعُون (boat, boated, boating, boats, can), زَوْرَق (boat, launch, lighter, barge, barged), صَنْدَل (sandal, sandalwood, scow, barge, barged), ماخِرَة (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferryboat, ferrying), مَرْكَب (boat, ship, boated, boating, boats), فليكة (canoe, canoed, canoeing, canoes, dinghies), فُلْك (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferrying, vessel), مُعَدِّيَة (ferryboat, boat, boated, boating, boats), قارِب (bark, boat, canoe, dinghy, skiff). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | perahu tambang (ferry, ferries). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | vor (ferry, raft, float, catamaran, ferries), trajekty (ferries). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | balsas (Ferries). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | færger (ferries). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | ที่ทำการข้ามน้ำ รับส่งข้ามน้ำ (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | vor (ferry, raft, float, catamaran, ferries), trajekty (ferries). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chiga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Chiga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 渡船 (ferry, ferryboat, ferries), 渡轮 (ferry, ferryboat, ferry-boat, Ferrier, ferries). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 渡船 (ferry, ferryboat, ferries). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ciga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Ciga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | vor (ferry, raft, float, catamaran, ferries), trajekty (ferries). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | feribot (ferry, ferries, ferry boat, ferryboat). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | færger (ferries). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | færger (ferries). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | كشتى گذاره (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Fähren (Ferries, ferry, ferryboats), setzt über (ferries), Fährboote (ferries, ferry boat), Trajektschiffe (train ferries), Autofähren (car ferries). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | Sydney Ferry (Sydney Ferries), Verenwet (ferries act). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | autolautta (ferry, ferries, car ferry). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | ferrys (ferries), les bacs (Ferries), bacs (bills, Ferries, ferryboats), halage dans les bacs (tracking in Ferries), meilleures itinéraires pour les ferryboats (tracking in Ferries), loi sur les services de bac (Ferries act). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | ferrys (ferries), les bacs (Ferries), bacs (bills, Ferries, ferryboats), halage dans les bacs (tracking in Ferries), meilleures itinéraires pour les ferryboats (tracking in Ferries), loi sur les services de bac (Ferries act). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Fähren (Ferries, ferry, ferryboats), setzt über (ferries), Fährboote (ferries, ferry boat), Trajektschiffe (train ferries), Autofähren (car ferries). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | πορθμε ο (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | porthme o (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | תרובעמ (ferries, ferry, shuttle, shuttling). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | بواخر (coaster, ferries, ferry, ship, ships), ماعُون (boat, boated, boating, boats, can), زَوْرَق (boat, launch, lighter, barge, barged), صَنْدَل (sandal, sandalwood, scow, barge, barged), ماخِرَة (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferryboat, ferrying), مَرْكَب (boat, ship, boated, boating, boats), فليكة (canoe, canoed, canoeing, canoes, dinghies), فُلْك (ferried, Ferries, ferry, ferrying, vessel), مُعَدِّيَة (ferryboat, boat, boated, boating, boats), قارِب (bark, boat, canoe, dinghy, skiff). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Fähren (Ferries, ferry, ferryboats), setzt über (ferries), Fährboote (ferries, ferry boat), Trajektschiffe (train ferries), Autofähren (car ferries). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Fähren (Ferries, ferry, ferryboats), setzt über (ferries), Fährboote (ferries, ferry boat), Trajektschiffe (train ferries), Autofähren (car ferries). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | komp (ferry, ferryboat, ferries, ferry bridge, raft). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | perahu tambang (ferry, ferries). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | traghetti (ferries). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | תרובעמ (ferries, ferry, shuttle, shuttling). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | フェリー (ferry, ferries), 超フェリー (super ferries, super ferry, super-ferries, super-ferry). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kiga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Kiga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kisuaheli | mvuko (ferry, ford, ferries, crossing). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Kiswahili | mvuko (ferry, ford, ferries, crossing). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | komp (ferry, ferryboat, ferries, ferry bridge, raft). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | feribot (ferry, ferries, ferry boat, ferryboat). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | ferger (ferries), Ferjer (ferries). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Oluchiga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Oluchiga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Orukiga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Orukiga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | كشتى گذاره (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | كشتى گذاره (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | كشتى گذاره (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | prom (ferry, ferries, ferryboat, runabout, shuttle). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | prom (ferry, ferries, ferryboat, runabout, shuttle). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | prom (ferry, ferries, ferryboat, runabout, shuttle). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | balsas (Ferries). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | feribot (ferry, ferries, ferry boat, ferryboat). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rukiga | ebyato (Ferries, rafts). Additional references: Rukiga, Uganda, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | feribot (ferry, ferries, ferry boat, ferryboat). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | färjor (ferries). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | перебразирования (ferries). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | perebrazirovaniya (ferries). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | перебразирования (ferries). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | perebrazirovaniya (ferries). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | ที่ทำการข้ามน้ำ รับส่งข้ามน้ำ (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | færger (ferries). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | prevoz (ferry, conveyance, ferries, transport, transportation). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | prevoz (ferry, conveyance, ferries, transport, transportation). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovene | linijski prevozi z ro-ro trajekti in hitrimi potniškimi plovili (regular ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft services). Additional references: Slovene, Slovenia, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovenian | linijski prevozi z ro-ro trajekti in hitrimi potniškimi plovili (regular ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft services). Additional references: Slovenian, Slovenia, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovenscina | linijski prevozi z ro-ro trajekti in hitrimi potniškimi plovili (regular ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft services). Additional references: Slovenscina, Slovenia, Austria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | transportadores (conveyors, ferries, transport, transporters, luggers). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | ที่ทำการข้ามน้ำ รับส่งข้ามน้ำ (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | autolautta (ferry, ferries, car ferry). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | autolautta (ferry, ferries, car ferry). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | färjor (ferries). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swahili | mvuko (ferry, ford, ferries, crossing). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | färjor (ferries). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | ที่ทำการข้ามน้ำ รับส่งข้ามน้ำ (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | ที่ทำการข้ามน้ำ รับส่งข้ามน้ำ (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | feribot (ferry, ferryboat, ferries, passage boat, automobile ferry). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | Пороми (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Ukrainian, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | poromi (ferries, ferry). Additional references: Ukrainian, Ferries. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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