Meanings
nouncruise ship (plural cruise ships)
plural cruise ships
- nauticalA passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises
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Translations
Arabic سَفِينَةٌ سِيَاحِيَّة
- سَفِينَةٌ سِيَاحِيَّة (safīnatun siyāḥiyya)passenger ship
Basque gurutzaontzi
- gurutzaontzipassenger ship
Bulgarian круи́зен ко́раб
- круи́зен ко́раб (kruízen kórab)passenger ship
Catalan creuer
- creuerpassenger ship
Chinese Mandarin 遊輪 /游轮, 遊船 /游船
- 遊輪 /游轮 (yóulún)passenger ship
- 遊船 /游船 (yóuchuán)passenger ship
Czech výletní loď
- výletní loďpassenger ship
Danish krydstogtskib
- krydstogtskibpassenger ship
Dutch cruiseschip
- cruiseschippassenger ship
Estonian ristluslaev, kruiisilaev
- ristluslaevpassenger ship
- kruiisilaevpassenger ship
Finnish risteilijä, risteilyalus
- risteilijäpassenger ship
- risteilyaluspassenger ship
French navire de croisière
- navire de croisièrepassenger ship
German Kreuzfahrtschiff
- Kreuzfahrtschiffpassenger ship
Greek κρουαζιερόπλοιο
- κρουαζιερόπλοιο (krouazieróploio)passenger ship
Hindi क्रूज़ जहाज़, क्रूज़ पोत
- क्रूज़ जहाज़ (krūz jahāz)passenger ship
- क्रूज़ पोत (krūz pot)passenger ship
Hungarian luxushajó, óceánjáró
- luxushajópassenger ship
- óceánjárópassenger ship
- tengerjárópassenger ship
Icelandic skemmtiferðaskip
- skemmtiferðaskippassenger ship
Indonesian kapal pesiar
- kapal pesiarpassenger ship
Italian nave da crociera
- nave da crocierapassenger ship
Japanese クルーズ船, クルーズ客船
- クルーズ船 (kurūzu sen)passenger ship
- クルーズ客船 (kurūzu kyakusen)passenger ship
- 巡航客船 (junkō kyakusen)passenger ship
Korean 유람선, 크루즈 선
- 유람선 (yuramseon)passenger ship
- 크루즈 선 (keurujeu seon)passenger ship
Latvian kruīza kuģis
- kruīza kuģispassenger ship
Lithuanian kruizinis laivas
- kruizinis laivaspassenger ship
Malay kapal pesiar
- kapal pesiarpassenger ship
Norwegian Bokmål cruiseskip
- cruiseskippassenger ship
Polish statek wycieczkowy, wycieczkowiec
- statek wycieczkowypassenger ship
- wycieczkowiecpassenger ship
Portuguese cruzeiro
- cruzeiropassenger ship
Romanian navă de croazieră
- navă de croazierăpassenger ship
Russian круи́зный кора́бль, круи́зное су́дно
- круи́зный кора́бль (kruíznyj koráblʹ)passenger ship
- круи́зное су́дно (kruíznoje súdno)passenger ship
Slovak výletná loď
- výletná loďpassenger ship
Spanish crucero
- cruceropassenger ship
Swedish kryssningsfartyg
- kryssningsfartygpassenger ship
Turkish kruvaziyer
- kruvaziyerpassenger ship
Ukrainian круї́зне судно́, круї́зний корабе́ль
- круї́зне судно́ (krujízne sudnó)passenger ship
- круї́зний корабе́ль (krujíznyj korabélʹ)passenger ship
Urdu کْرُوز جَہاز
- کْرُوز جَہاز (krūz jahāz)passenger ship
Vietnamese tàu du lịch
- tàu du lịchpassenger ship
Cite this entry
APA
cruise ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20ship
MLA
“cruise ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20ship. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruise ship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruise%20ship.
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