cruiser

English

A cruiser (#2)

A cruise ship (#4)

Etymology

From cruise ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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
• cruiserweight
• gentleman's cruiser
• land cruiser
• loser cruiser
• motor cruiser
• starcruiser
• streamcruiser
• 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) n
• 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, North America, 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).