Wordwyrt

cruise

/kˈɹuːz/KROOZ
/kˈɹuz/KROOZ

Meaninga cross

Common meaning: sail about for pleasure

Journey through time

  1. Latincrucem‘a cross’source
  2. Dutchkruis‘a cross’source
  3. Dutchkruisen‘to cross the sea’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto cross the sea → sail about for pleasurecruise‘sail about for pleasure’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin crucem ‘a cross’.

Roots

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