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Definition: Ferry |
FerryNoun1. A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule. 2. Transport by boat or aircraft. Verb1. Transport from one place to another. 2. Transport by ferry. 3. Travel by ferry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ferry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A vessel that carries passengers and/or vehicles across a body of water, thereby closing a gap in the land transport system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To wait at a ferry for a boat and see the waters swift and muddy, you will be baffled in your highest wishes and designs by unforeseen circumstances. To cross a ferry while the water is calm and clear, you will be very lucky in carrying out your plans, and fortune will crown you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Transportation | A boat used to pass vehicles over water. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The Lower Kingswear to Dartmouth ferry, Devon, England. The pontoon carries eight cars and is towed across the River Dart by a small tug. Only two ropes connect the tug to the pontoon.
Larger version
A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and possibly their vehicles, on a relatively short-distance, regularly-scheduled service.
Ferries form an important part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels.
A foot-passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, is called waterbus.
Longer-run ferries connect many coastal islands with the mainland. Perhaps the most notable ferry route of this sort is the one across the English Channel connecting Great Britain with the rest of Europe, but there are many others.
A large variety of watercraft designs have been used as ferries, depending on the length of the route, the passenger or vehicle capacity required, speed requirements and the water conditions the craft must deal with. Hydrofoils have been used with advantages of higher cruising speeds on popular ferry routes, succeeding hovercraft on the route mentioned above where the ferries now compete against the Shuttle and Eurostar trains that use the Channel Tunnel. Very short distances may be operated by a cable ferry, where the ferry is propelled and steered by cables connected to each shore. Sometimes the cable ferry is human powered by someone on the boat.
Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at Woolwich in London, England (across the River Thames) and in Amsterdam, Netherlands (across the IJ waterway).
On October 11, 1811 inventor John Stevens' ship the Juliana, began operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service was between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
Coin operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, NorwaySee also: BC Ferries
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Ferry is a town located in Denali Borough, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 29.Geography
Ferry is located at 64°3'52" North, 148°59'49" West (64.064392, -148.997000)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 177.3 km² (68.4 mi²). 177.3 km² (68.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 29 people, 13 households, and 7 families residing in the town. The population density is 0.2/km² (0.4/mi²). There are 33 housing units at an average density of 0.2/km² (0.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 100.00% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 3.45% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 13 households out of which 30.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% are non-families. 38.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.23 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 0.0% from 18 to 24, 48.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 3.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 163.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 175.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,750, and the median income for a family is $70,000. Males have a median income of $58,750 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,324. 16.0% of the population and 16.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 35.3% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ferry, Alaska."
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Jules François Camille Ferry (April 5, 1832 - March 17, 1893) was a French statesman.Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to the Temps. He attacked the Second French Empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against Baron Haussmann, prefect of the Seine. Elected republican deputy for Paris in 1869, he protested against the declaration of war with Germany, and on September 6, 1870 was appointed prefect of the Seine by the government of national defence.
In this position he had the difficult task of administering Paris during the siege, and after the Paris Commune was obliged to resign (June 5, 1871). From 1872-1873 he was sent by Adolphe Thiers as minister to Athens, but returned to the chamber as deputy for the Vosges, and became one of the leaders of the republican party. When the first republican ministry was formed under WH Waddington on February 4, 1879, he was one of its members, and continued in the ministry until March 30, 1885, except for two short interruptions (from November 10, 1881 to January 30, 1882, and from July 29, 1882 to February 21 1883), first as minister of education and then as minister of foreign affairs. He was twice premier (1880-1881 and 1883-1885).
Two important works are associated with his administration, the non-clerical organization of public education, and the beginning of the colonial expansion of France. Following the republican programme he proposed to destroy the influence of the clergy in the university. He reorganized the committee of public education (law of February 27, 1880), and proposed a regulation for the conferring of university degrees, which, though rejected, aroused violent polemics because the 7th article took away from the unauthorized religious orders the right to teach. He finally succeeded in passing the great law of March 28, 1882, which made primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory. In higher education, the number of professors doubled under his ministry.
After the military defeat of France by Germany in 1870, he formed the idea of acquiring a great colonial empire, not to colonize it, but for the sake of economic exploitation. He directed the negotiations which led to the establishment of a French protectorate in Tunis (1881), prepared the treaty of December 17, 1885 for the occupation of Madagascar; directed the exploration of the Congo and of the Niger region; and above all he organized the conquest of Indo-China. The excitement caused at Paris by an unimportant reverse of the French troops at Lang-son caused his downfall (March 30, 1885), but the treaty of peace with China (June 9, 1885) was his work.
He still remained an influential member of the moderate republican party, and directed the opposition to General Boulanger. After the resignation of Jules Grévy (December 2, 1887), he was a candidate for the presidency of the republic, but the radicals refused to support him, and he withdrew in favour of Sadi Carnot.
The violent polemics aroused against him at this time caused a madman to attack him with a revolver, and he died from the wound, on the March 17, 1893. The chamber of deputies voted him a state funeral.
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Synonyms: FerrySynonyms: ferryboat (n), ferrying (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death. (be killed). |
Method | Bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe. |
Ship | Boat, pinnace, launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, ferry oat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully, bateau battery, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher; dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot; shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret; eight oar, four oar, pair oar; randan; outrigger; float, raft, pontoon; prame; iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. |
Transference | Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export. |
Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ferry |
| English words defined with "ferry": brown ♦ Calais, car-ferry ♦ Ferriage, Ferried, Ferries, ferryman, floating bridge ♦ John Brown ♦ Toll thorough, Toll traverse, Traject, Tranect. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ferry": accompanied combined transport, accompanied transport ♦ Danace ♦ Ferry boat, ferry operator, FERRYBOAT CAPTAIN, FERRYBOAT OPERATOR, ferry-terminal agent ♦ Irtish Ferry ♦ Millstono used for a Ferry ♦ Overy ♦ PCR-teknik, polimerasekædereaktion, PORT ENGINEER, PURCHASING-AND-CLAIMS SUPERVISOR ♦ SHORE HAND, DREDGE OR BARGE, SUPERVISOR, FERRY TERMINAL ♦ unaccompanied combined transport, unaccompanied mode, unaccompanied transport. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ferry": Ferriage. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ferry" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (car ferry). |
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Screenplays | Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ferry holeul tala (1971) San Ferry Ann (1966) Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965) Atlantic Ferry (1941) Die das Licht scheuen...! Aus dem Tagebuch des Meisterdetektivs Ferry White (1919) | |
Song Titles | Ferry Cross The Mersey (performing artist: Gerry and The Pacemakers) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Opera House and ferry boat, Sydney, Australia. Credit: CDC. |  | Circular Quay with ferry boats, Sydney, Australia. Credit: CDC. |
 | Challenger Ferry Flight Flyover. Credit: NASA. |  | Endeavour with Columbia Ferry Flyby. Credit: NASA. |
 | Using local inter-island ferry service. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | "Ferry, Snake River" - White 3/4 ton truck Astro Party of C. V. Hodges. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A Puget Sound ferry boat. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Puget Sound ferry boats. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Ferry boats plying Puget Sound. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Two LCM's (landing craft medium) used to ferry much of the surveyors' camp to Pitt Point in the late summer. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Ferry" by Zhe Zhang Commentary: "A ferry at hong kong's harbour." | "Ferry" by Sencer Sarp Commentary: "----." |
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Business | The GON's Transport Plan also makes the point that communications between regions have increased, through improved bridge, tunnel, road and ferry networks. (references) | |
Private enterprise is providing the high-speed ferry service, but the slow pace at which the public sector is improving port infrastructure is restraining further development. (references) | ||
The Polish shipbuilding industry (construction and overhaul) completed and sold 37 ships in 1998. The total gross tonnage was 673,000 GT, and the total deadweight was 914,000 tons. In 1999, 26 container ships, 5 bulk cargo ships, 2 chemical cargo carriers, one ferry and one fishing vessel were built. (references) | ||
Children | Congo | There were indigent street children in Brazzaville, and their numbers appear to be growing as a result of civil conflict since 1997. In addition children from the DRC easily cross the river by stowing away on the ferry, which crosses several times per day, to seek improved living conditions. (references) |
Civil Liberties | East Timor | UNTAET was organizing a new passenger ferry service, but the ferry was not in operation by year's end. (references) |
Central African Republic | On May 29, the Government closed its border with the DRC; however, a ferry and dugout canoes continued to cross the river frequently between the two countries. (references) | |
Economic History | Georgia | Georgia has rail ferry links with Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria. (references) |
Lithuania | Lithuania has one ice-free seaport with ferry services to German ports. (references) | |
Morocco | There is frequent ferry service to and from Spain and France for tourists. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | There are ferry crossing points of the Logone River at Bongor and Lai in the South. (references) |
Indonesia | Ferry services for people and vehicles link the major islands and many of the smaller islands. (references) | |
Senegal | Traveling between Dakar and Nouakchott (Mauritania), a 565 kilometer trip, often can take more than 10 hours, including the crossing of the Senegal river via ferry at the Mauritania border. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Belgium | The container was loaded in Italy, shipped by rail to Germany, trucked through Belgium, and loaded onto a ferry at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge bound for Waterford, Ireland. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Thousands of smokers are expected Saturday at one o'clock in the afternoon in New York at South Ferry where they'll begin a march on City Hall. |
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| "Ferry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.96% of the time. "Ferry" is used about 1,109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.96% | 820 | 8,533 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.28% | 214 | 20,696 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.41% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.35% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,109 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ferry" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ferry | Last name | 3,000 | 3,839 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co. Ltd. | USA | Slade's Ferry Bancorp |
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1. Ferry, AK (CDP, FIPS 25220) |
Expressions using "ferry": bonners Ferry ♦ car ferry ♦ Churchs Ferry ♦ Dingmans Ferry ♦ Dobbs Ferry ♦ ferry across ♦ ferry berth ♦ ferry boat ♦ Ferry bridge ♦ Ferry County ♦ ferry flight ♦ ferry man ♦ Ferry Pass ♦ Ferry railway ♦ ferry service ♦ Gales Ferry ♦ Galivants Ferry ♦ Gallipolis Ferry ♦ Glenns Ferry ♦ Greers Ferry ♦ Harpers Ferry ♦ King Ferry ♦ Knights Ferry ♦ Little Ferry ♦ Martins Ferry ♦ Sneads Ferry ♦ train ferry. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ferry": ferry-based, ferry-boat, ferry-bus, ferry-fume, ferry-inclusive, ferry-station. | |
Ending with "ferry": super-ferry, Williams-landel-ferry. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bc ferry | 2,760 | ferry to nova scotia | 226 |
washington state ferry | 1,996 | seattle ferry | 222 |
ferry | 1,745 | brittany ferry | 218 |
harper ferry | 611 | harper ferry wv | 218 |
ferry jefferson port | 467 | washington state ferry schedule | 213 |
cape may ferry | 403 | fire island ferry | 193 |
marthas vineyard ferry | 394 | lake michigan ferry | 187 |
p o ferry | 380 | bryan ferry | 180 |
block island ferry | 351 | bc ferry schedule | 175 |
ferry island long | 347 | ferry of b.c | 169 |
korn ferry | 333 | ferry london new | 167 |
cape may lewes ferry | 311 | dobbs ferry new york | 142 |
cross ferry sound | 310 | corsica ferry | 140 |
ferry of washington | 305 | little ferry nj | 135 |
nantucket ferry | 284 | ferry newfoundland | 132 |
orient point ferry | 280 | ferry state wa | 130 |
alaska ferry | 272 | greers ferry lake | 128 |
staten island ferry | 267 | ferry ludington | 127 |
irish ferry | 259 | victoria ferry | 126 |
bridgeport ferry | 226 | dingmans ferry pa | 122 |
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| Language | Translations for "ferry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ferribot (ferryboat, train ferry), trap (booby, cockeyed, Dick, ditch, Dong, dope, duffer, dumbbell, float, moron, pontoon, prick, prune, raft, sap, sap-head, snare), anije-trap (ferryboat). (various references) | |
Arabic | معدية مركب نهري, حق النقل بالمراكب, سافر عن طريق البحر (be on the water wagon), عبر بالمعدية, خط منظم عبر بحر أو قارة, المعبر (crossing, gang-plank), أبحر (cruise, navigate, point, push off, ride, sail, set sail). (various references) | |
Bemba | icikwepe. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ферибот (ferryboat), пренасяне на другия бряг. (various references) | |
Cebuano | lantsa. (various references) | |
Chinese | 轮渡 (Ferries), 擺渡 , 濟 (aid, frugal), 渡船 , 渡口 , 津 (Tianjin). (various references) | |
Cornish | keybal. (various references) | |
Czech | vozit (carry, tote), trajekt, pramice (barge, punt, wherry), prám, převoz (transport), převážet. (various references) | |
Danish | flodfaerge (ferryboat, river-ferry), faerge (ferry boat, ferryboat, river-ferry), jernbanefaerge (ferry boat), bilfærge (car-ferry, ferry boat, vessel of ferry type). (various references) | |
Dutch | pont (ferry boat), overzetboot (ferryboat, river-ferry), veerpont (ferry boat, ferryboat, river-ferry), veerboot (ferry boat, ferryboat, river-ferry), pontveer, bak (box, chest, cistern, container, gag, joke, jug, manger, tank, trough, tub, vat, vessel). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | huanpu (boat). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pramo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ferja. (various references) | |
Finnish | lossi (ferry boat), lautta (raft). (various references) | |
French | bac (ferry boat, ferryboat), traversier (ferryboat). (various references) | |
Frisian | fearboat, fear (feather, pen, plume, spring). (various references) | |
German | fähre (ferry boat). (various references) | |
Greek | πορθμείο (ferryboat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעבורת (ferryboat), מעברה (transit camp), להשיט במעבורת, גשרון (culvert), רפסודה (raft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | komp (ferry bridge, ferryboat, raft), rév (anchorage, haven, port, roads). (various references) | |
Indonesian | feri. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | ekaaruti. (various references) | |
Italian | traghetto (ferry boat). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 過渡 (changing old to new, crossing), 船渡し (free on board), フェライト磁石 (fellatio, ferrite magnet, ferryboat), 渡し船 (ferryboat), 渡り , 渡し (delivery). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フェリー , ふなわたし (free on board), かと (changing old to new, crossing, ladle, musical note, tadpole, tame rabbit), わたしぶね (ferryboat), わたり, わたし (delivery, I, myself, private affairs). (various references) | |
Korean | 도선장 (Ferries). (various references) | |
Macedonian | traekt. (various references) | |
Manx | ynnyd ymmyrt, baatey ymmyrt (rowing boat), baatey assaig (ferry boat), assaig. (various references) | |
Norwegian | ferje. (various references) | |
Papiamen | fèri. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erryfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | balsa (balsa, brushwood, float, hedge, hedgerow, quickset hedge, raft, shrubbery, thicket, wherry). (various references) | |
Provencal | transbordaire. (various references) | |
Romanian | trece cu barca, trece cu bacul, trailã, loc de trecere cu bacul, barcã (barge, bark, boat), bac (ferry boat, float bridge, passage boat, raft). (various references) | |
Russian | перевозить паром, перевоз (ferriage, transit), переправа (crossing, passing, portage), паром (ferry boat, ferryboat, ferry-boat, passage boat, raft). (various references) | |
Samoan | vaa lauuta. (various references) | |
Scottish | aiseag (a ferry). (various references) | |
Sepedi | letaibogo. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trajekt (ferryboat), skela (ferryboat, pram), prevesti (take across, translate, transport). (various references) | |
Spanish | transbordador (ferryboat), balsa (balsa, balsa wood, ferryboat, float, pond, raft, rettery, swamp). (various references) | |
Swedish | färja (ferryboat). (various references) | |
Thai | เรือข้ามฟาก (ferryboat), ท่าเรือข้ามฟาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | feribotla taşımak, feribot (ferryboat, passage boat), vapur iskelesi (ferry bridge, gangboard, jetty), işlemek (brake, brand, commit, cultivate, discourse, engrave, farm, forge, function, go, grave, hammer, handle, indwell, instil, instill, operate, penetrate, perform, perpetrate, print, process, run, sink, sink into, stamp, strike, tame, till, travel, treat, work), araba vapuru (car ferry, ferryboat, passage boat). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пором (ferryboat, floater, raft), перевозити на поромі (ferry across), переправа (crossing, ferriage, passing, traject, waftage), переправлятися (pass over). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phà (ferry-boat, passage boat). (various references) | |
Welsh | ysgraff (barge, boat), porth (aid, gate, gateway, help, porch, port). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ad. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai cilioi andreV met' autou ek tou beniamin kai siba to paidarion tou oikou saoul kai deka pente uioi autou met' autou kai eikosi douloi autou met' autou kai kateuqunan ton iordanhn emprosqen tou basilewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Transierunt vada ut transducerent domum regis et facerent iuxta iussionem eius Semei autem filius Gera prostratus coram rege cum iam transisset Iordanem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Passeden the forthis, that thei brengen ouer the hows of the kyng, and doon after his comaundynge. Forsothe Semei, the sone of Gera, faln doun before the kyng, whanne now he hadde passid Jordan, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he came over Jordan; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan, |
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| Language | 2 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug didto may usa ka sakayan nga tabokanan aron sa pagdala sa mga sulod-balay sa hari, ug sa paghimo sumala sa maayo sa iyang hunahuna. Ug si Semei, ang anak nga lalake ni Gera mihapa sa atubangan sa hari, sa diha nga nakatabok na siya sa Jordan. |
| Croatian | Imao je sa sobom tisuæu ljudi od Benjaminova plemena. I Siba, sluga Šaulova doma, sa petnaest svojih sinova i dvadeset svojih slugu, doðe do Jordana pred kralja. |
| Danish | og de var sat over Vadestedet for at sætte Kongens Hus over og være ham til Tjeneste. Men da Kongen skulde til at gå over Floden kastede Simei, Geras Søn, sig ned for ham |
| Dutch | Als nu de pont overvoer, om het huis des konings over te halen, en te doen, wat goed was in zijn ogen, zo viel Simei, de zoon van Gera, neder voor het aangezicht des konings, als hij over de Jordaan voer; |
| Finnish | ja menneet yli kahlauspaikasta tuomaan kuninkaan perhettä ja toimittamaan, mitä hän näkisi hyväksi määrätä. Mutta Siimei, Geeran poika, heittäytyi kuninkaan eteen, kun hän oli lähtemässä Jordanin yli, |
| German | und die Fähre war hinübergegangen, daß sie das Gesinde des Königs hinüberführten und täten, was ihm gefiel. Simei aber, der Sohn Geras, fiel vor dem König nieder, da er über den Jordan fuhr, |
| Hungarian | Kompot is vivének által, hogy a király háznépét általhozzák, és hogy kedve szerint cselekedjenek. Sémei pedig Gérának fia, térdre esék a király elõtt, mikor a Jordánon általment. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka membantu keluarga raja menyeberangi serta melakukan segala yang disuruh raja kepada mereka. Pada saat raja hendak menyeberangi sungai, Simei sujud di hadapannya dan berkata, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka adalah satu rakit pergi datang akan menyeberangkan segala orang isi istana baginda dan akan menyampaikan kehendak hati baginda; maka sementara bagindapun menyeberang Yarden sujudlah Simai bin Gera itu di hadapan baginda dengan mukanya sampai ke bumi, |
| Italian | Aveva con sé mille uomini di Beniamino. Zibà, il servo della casa di Saul, i suoi quindici figli con lui e i suoi venti servi si erano precipitati al Giordano prima del re |
| Maori | I whiti ano he perepoti hei whakawhiti mo te whare o te kingi, hei mea hoki i nga mea e pai ana ki tona whakaaro. Na ka tapapa a Himei tama a Kera ki te aroaro o te kingi, i a ia ka whiti nei i Horano. |
| Portuguese | atravessando o vau para trazer a casa do rei e para fazer o que aprouvesse a ele. Quando o rei ia passar o Jordão, Simei, filho de Gêra, se prostrou diante dele, |
| Rumanian | Luntrea, pusq la kndemkna kmpqratului, tocmai pornise ca sq -i treacq wi casa dincolo; wi kn clipa cknd era sq treacq kmpqratul Iordarnul, Wimei, fiul lui Ghera, s`a knchinat knaintea lui. |
| Swedish | Och färjan gick över för att överföra konungens familj, och för att användas efter hans gottfinnande. Men Simei, Geras son, föll ned inför konungen, när han skulle fara över Jordan, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ferry": ferryboat, ferryboats, ferrying, ferryman, ferrymen. (additional references) | |
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"Ferry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eerry, efrie, erry, Fabry, fary, Fdry, feary, Febry, Feery, fehr, feirey, feiry, ferari, feray, Ferdy, ferf, ferfy, feri, Ferie, Ferrey, Ferrin, ferv, fery, fierry, Firby, firrie, firy, fitry, forrey, frefry, Frety, fuery, furri, fyrr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ferry" (pronounced fe"rē) |
| 4 | f e" r ē | fairy. |
| 3 | -e" r ē | airy, Barre, Berry, Bury, Canary, cherry, Clary, dairy, Derry, Jerry, Kerry, eyrie, Glengarry, hairy, Harry, marry, merry, nary, Parry, Perry, prairie, remarry, scary, sherry, skerry, Tarry, Terry, unwary, vary, very, wary, wherry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fryer, refry. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-r-r-y" | |
-2 letters: err, fer, fey, fry, ref, rye. | |
-3 letters: ef, er, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-r-r-y" | |
+1 letter: fryers, rarefy. | |
+2 letters: fernery, ferrety, forayer, forgery, riflery, terrify, torrefy. | |
+3 letters: affrayer, defrayer, farriery, feretory, ferrying, ferryman, ferrymen, forayers, forestry, foreyard, formerly, frippery, funerary, furriery, refinery, refrying, repurify, reverify, wayfarer. | |
+4 letters: affrayers, defrayers, ferrotype, ferryboat, foreyards, offertory, perfumery, prayerful, prefatory, rarefying, recertify, refectory, refortify, wayfarers, wolfberry. | |
+5 letters: bodysurfer, coryneform, effrontery, ferrotypes, ferryboats, fraternity, freestyler, inferiorly, precertify, preferably, refractory, terrifying, torrefying. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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