cruiser

English

A cruiser (#2)

A cruise ship (#4)

Etymology

cruise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹu.zɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

cruiser (plural cruisers)

1. (nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
2. (nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
   1. (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
3. (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft.
4. (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.

   Synonym: cruise ship

5. (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising.
6. One who attends cruises.
7. (cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.

   Synonym: beach cruiser

8. (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
9. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.
10. (entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.
11. (colloquial) One who cruises at bars and neighborhoods seeking sex.

Hyponyms

fast warship

• armed merchant cruiser
• armored cruiser
• auxiliary cruiser
• battlecruiser
• heavy cruiser
• large cruiser
• large light cruiser
• light cruiser
• protected cruiser
• supercruiser
• torpedo cruiser
• unprotected cruiser

 

Derived terms

• Aegis class cruiser / Aegis cruiser
• armoured cruiser
• auxiliary cruiser
• aviation cruiser
• battle cruiser
• booze cruiser
• cabin cruiser / cabin-cruiser
• cruiser-killer
• cruiser stern
• cruiser submarine
• cruiser tank
• gentleman's cruiser
• land cruiser
• loser cruiser
• motor cruiser
• super cruiser / super-cruiser

Translations

naval vessel detached from the fleet

• Belarusian: крэ́йсер m (kréjsjer), крэ́йсэр m (kréjser), крэ́йсар m (kréjsar)
• Bulgarian: кра́йцер m (krájcer)
• Catalan: creuer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡洋艦／巡洋舰 (zh) (xúnyángjiàn)

• Esperanto: krozoŝipo
• Finnish: risteilijä (fi)
• French: croiseur (fr) m
• Georgian: კრეისერი (ḳreiseri)
• German: Kreuzer (de) m
• Hungarian: cirkáló (hu)
• Ido: krozero (io)
• Japanese: クルーザー (ja) (kurūzā)
• Korean: 크루저 (keurujeo)
• Polish: krążownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cruzador (pt) m
• Russian: кре́йсер (ru) m (kréjser)
• Turkish: kruvazör (tr) m
• Ukrainian: кре́йсер m (kréjser)

class of warships

• Albanian: kryqëzor (sq) m
• Arabic: طَرَّاد m (ṭarrād)
• Armenian: հածանավ (hy) (hacanav)
• Azerbaijani: kreyser
• Belarusian: крэ́йсер m (kréjsjer), крэ́йсэр m (kréjser), крэ́йсар m (kréjsar)
• Bulgarian: кра́йцер m (krájcer)
• Catalan: creuer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巡洋艦／巡洋舰 (zh) (xúnyángjiàn)

• Czech: křižník (cs) m
• Danish: krydser c
• Dutch: kruiser (nl) m
• Esperanto: krozoŝipo
• Estonian: ristleja
• Faroese: krússari m
• Finnish: risteilijä (fi)
• French: croiseur (fr) m
• Galician: cruceiro (gl) m
• Georgian: კრეისერი (ḳreiseri)
• German: Kreuzer (de) m
• Greek: καταδρομικό (el) n (katadromikó)
• Hebrew: סַיֶּרֶת (he) f (sayeret)
• Hindi: क्रूज़र m (krūzar)
• Hungarian: cirkáló (hu)
• Icelandic: beitiskip n
• Italian: incrociatore (it) m
• Japanese: 巡洋艦 (ja) (じゅんようかん, jun'yōkan), クルーザー (ja) (kurūzā)
• Kazakh: крейсер (kreiser)
• Korean: 순양함(巡洋艦) (sunyangham), 크루저 (keurujeo)
• Kyrgyz: крейсер (kreyser)
• Latvian: kreiseris m
• Lithuanian: kreiseris m
• Macedonian: крстосувач m (krstosuvač)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krysser m

  Nynorsk: kryssar m

• Persian: ناو (fa) (nâv)
• Polish: krążownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cruzador (pt) m
• Romanian: crucișător (ro) m
• Russian: кре́йсер (ru) m (kréjser)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крста̀рица f

  Roman: krstàrica (sh) f

• Slovak: krížnik m
• Slovene: križarka f
• Spanish: crucero (es) m
• Swedish: kryssare (sv) c
• Tajik: крейсер (kreyser), нов (nov)
• Turkish: kruvazör (tr) m
• Ukrainian: кре́йсер m (kréjser)
• Uzbek: kreyser (uz)
• Vietnamese: tàu tuần dương (vi), tuần dương hạm (vi) (obsolete)

miniature aircraft carrier

• Finnish: risteilijä (fi)

passenger ship designed for cruising — see cruise ship

yacht designed for cruising

• Finnish: risteilijä (fi)

one who attends cruises

• Esperanto: krozanto
• Finnish: risteilymatkustaja

bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use

• Finnish: cruiser-polkupyörä
• French: cruiser (fr), beach cruiser (fr)

police patrol vehicle

• Bulgarian: патру́лна ло́дка f (patrúlna lódka)
• Finnish: partioauto
• German: Streifenwagen (de) m
• Hebrew: נַיֶּדֶת (he) f (nayédet)
• Portuguese: viatura (pt) f
• Spanish: patrulla (es) f

Anagrams

• curries

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cruiser. Doublet of croiseur, croix, and crux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁu.zœʁ/

Noun

cruiser m (plural cruisers)

1. (cycling) cruiser (bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cruise (“to hit on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁu.ze/

Verb

cruiser

1. (transitive, Quebec, colloquial) to hit on; to make a pass at

Conjugation

Conjugation of cruiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cruiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cruisant /kʁu.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cruisé /kʁu.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cruise /kʁuz/	cruises /kʁuz/	cruise /kʁuz/	cruisons /kʁu.zɔ̃/	cruisez /kʁu.ze/	cruisent /kʁuz/
	imperfect	cruisais /kʁu.zɛ/	cruisais /kʁu.zɛ/	cruisait /kʁu.zɛ/	cruisions /kʁu.zjɔ̃/	cruisiez /kʁu.zje/	cruisaient /kʁu.zɛ/
	past historic2	cruisai /kʁu.ze/	cruisas /kʁu.za/	cruisa /kʁu.za/	cruisâmes /kʁu.zam/	cruisâtes /kʁu.zat/	cruisèrent /kʁu.zɛʁ/
	future	cruiserai /kʁuz.ʁe/	cruiseras /kʁuz.ʁa/	cruisera /kʁuz.ʁa/	cruiserons /kʁuz.ʁɔ̃/	cruiserez /kʁuz.ʁe/	cruiseront /kʁuz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cruiserais /kʁuz.ʁɛ/	cruiserais /kʁuz.ʁɛ/	cruiserait /kʁuz.ʁɛ/	cruiserions /kʁu.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	cruiseriez /kʁu.zə.ʁje/	cruiseraient /kʁuz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	cruise /kʁuz/	cruises /kʁuz/	cruise /kʁuz/	cruisions /kʁu.zjɔ̃/	cruisiez /kʁu.zje/	cruisent /kʁuz/
	imperfect2	cruisasse /kʁu.zas/	cruisasses /kʁu.zas/	cruisât /kʁu.za/	cruisassions /kʁu.za.sjɔ̃/	cruisassiez /kʁu.za.sje/	cruisassent /kʁu.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cruise /kʁuz/	—	cruisons /kʁu.zɔ̃/	cruisez /kʁu.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).