safari
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari (plural safaris)
- A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.
- We're going on a safari in Kenya.
- A caravan going on a safari.
- (by extension) Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
- 1968, Ruth Stearns Egge, How to Make Something from Nothing:
- An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.
- 2017, Serena (lyrics and music), “Safari”:
- Come on, boy, move that body/ 'Cause tonight I'm naughty, naughty/ Dance with me like it's my party/ We go wild, we're in safari
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)
- (intransitive) To take part in a safari.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari m (plural safaris)
Further reading[edit]
- “safari” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari
Declension[edit]
Inflection of safari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | safari | safarit | ||
genitive | safarin | safarien safareiden safareitten | ||
partitive | safaria | safareita safareja | ||
illative | safariin | safareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | safari | safarit | ||
accusative | nom. | safari | safarit | |
gen. | safarin | |||
genitive | safarin | safarien safareiden safareitten | ||
partitive | safaria | safareita safareja | ||
inessive | safarissa | safareissa | ||
elative | safarista | safareista | ||
illative | safariin | safareihin | ||
adessive | safarilla | safareilla | ||
ablative | safarilta | safareilta | ||
allative | safarille | safareille | ||
essive | safarina | safareina | ||
translative | safariksi | safareiksi | ||
abessive | safaritta | safareitta | ||
instructive | — | safarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “safari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari m (plural safaris)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “safari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun[edit]
safari m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
safari
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)
- a safari
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun[edit]
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)
- a safari
References[edit]
- “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari n (indeclinable)
- safari (trip into any undeveloped area)
Further reading[edit]
- safari in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) safari | safariul |
genitive/dative | (unui) safari | safariului |
vocative | safariule |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari m (plural safaris)
Further reading[edit]
- “safari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari (n class, plural safari)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: سَفَارِي (safārī)
- → Catalan: safari
- → English: safari
- → Finnish: safari
- → French: safari
- → German: Safari
- → Hungarian: szafari
- → Italian: safari
- → Japanese: サファリ
- → Portuguese: safári
- → Russian: сафа́ри (safári)
- → Spanish: safari
- → Swedish: safari
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French safari or from English safari. Doublet of sefer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
safari (definite accusative safariyi, plural safariler)
Further reading[edit]
- “safari”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “safari”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “safari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3929
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