Phrase guide

cruise ship

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɹuːz ʃɪp/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cruise liner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liner, ocean liner

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَفِينَة سِيَاحِيَّة (safīna siyāḥiyya) — passenger ship
  • Armenian: հանրանավ (hanranav) — passenger ship
  • Basque: gurutzaontzi — passenger ship
  • Belarusian: круі́знае су́дна (kruíznaje súdna) — passenger ship
  • Belarusian: круі́зны карабе́ль (kruízny karabjélʹ) — passenger ship
  • Bulgarian: круи́зен ко́раб (kruízen kórab) — passenger ship
  • Burmese: အပျော်စီးသင်္ဘော (a.pyauci:sangbhau:) — passenger ship
  • Catalan: creuer — passenger ship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊輪 /游轮 (yóulún) — passenger ship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊船 /游船 (yóuchuán) — passenger ship
  • Czech: výletní loď — passenger ship
  • Danish: krydstogtskib — passenger ship
  • Dutch: cruiseschip — passenger ship
  • Estonian: ristluslaev — passenger ship
  • Estonian: kruiisilaev — passenger ship
  • Faroese: ferðamannaskip — passenger ship
  • Finnish: risteilijä — passenger ship
  • Finnish: risteilyalus — passenger ship
  • French: navire de croisière — passenger ship
  • Galician: cruceiro — passenger ship
  • Georgian: საკრუიზო გემი (saḳruizo gemi) — passenger ship
  • German: Kreuzfahrtschiff — passenger ship
  • Greek: κρουαζιερόπλοιο (krouazieróploio) — passenger ship
  • Greenlandic: umiarsuaq takornariut — passenger ship
  • Hindi: क्रूज़ जहाज़ (krūz jahāz) — passenger ship
  • Hindi: क्रूज़ पोत (krūz pot) — passenger ship
  • Hungarian: luxushajó — passenger ship
  • Hungarian: óceánjáró — passenger ship
  • Hungarian: tengerjáró — passenger ship
  • Icelandic: skemmtiferðaskip — passenger ship
  • Ido: exkursonavo — passenger ship
  • Ido: krozero — passenger ship
  • Indonesian: kapal pesiar — passenger ship
  • Italian: nave da crociera — passenger ship
  • Japanese: クルーズ船 (kurūzu sen) — passenger ship
  • Japanese: クルーズ客船 (kurūzu kyakusen) — passenger ship
  • Japanese: 巡航客船 (junkō kyakusen) — passenger ship
  • Korean: 유람선 (yuramseon) — passenger ship
  • Korean: 크루즈 선 (keurujeu seon) — passenger ship
  • Latvian: kruīza kuģis — passenger ship
  • Lithuanian: kruizinis laivas — passenger ship
  • Low German: Krüüzfohrtschipp — passenger ship
  • Macedonian: брод за крстарење (brod za krstarenje) — passenger ship
  • Malay: kapal pesiar — passenger ship
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cruiseskip — passenger ship
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: cruiseskip — passenger ship
  • Persian: کشتی گردشی (kašti-ye gardeši) — passenger ship
  • Polish: wycieczkowiec — passenger ship
  • Polish: statek wycieczkowy — passenger ship
  • Portuguese: cruzeiro — passenger ship
  • Romanian: navă de croazieră — passenger ship
  • Russian: круи́зный кора́бль (kruíznyj koráblʹ) — passenger ship
  • Russian: круи́зное су́дно (kruíznoje súdno) — passenger ship
  • Northern Sami: lustamátkeskiipa — passenger ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: брод за крстарење — passenger ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: кру́зер — passenger ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: brod za krstarenje — passenger ship
  • Serbo-Croatian: krúzer — passenger ship
  • Slovak: výletná loď — passenger ship
  • Slovene: ladja za križarjenje — passenger ship
  • Slovene: potniška križarka — passenger ship
  • Spanish: crucero — passenger ship
  • Swedish: kryssningsfartyg — passenger ship
  • Tajik: киштии гардишӣ (kišti-yi gardiši) — passenger ship
  • Turkish: kruvaziyer — passenger ship
  • Ukrainian: круї́зне судно́ (krujízne sudnó) — passenger ship
  • Ukrainian: круї́зний корабе́ль (krujíznyj korabélʹ) — passenger ship
  • Vietnamese: tàu du lịch — passenger ship