safari
English
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- 1968, Ruth Stearns Egge, How to Make Something from Nothing
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)
- (intransitive) To take part in a safari.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
Further reading
- “safari” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari
Declension
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. |
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
Further reading
- “safari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun
safari m (invariable)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
safari
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)
- a safari
Derived terms
References
- “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)
- a safari
References
- “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
safari n (uncountable)
Declension
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | safari | safariul |
genitive-dative | safari | safariului |
vocative | safariule |
Spanish
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
Further reading
- “safari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic سَفَر (safar, “trip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
safari class IX (plural safari class X)
Related terms
Descendants
- English terms borrowed from Swahili
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root س ف ر
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːɹi
- Rhymes:English/ɑːɹi/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- English verbs
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- Catalan terms borrowed from Swahili
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- Catalan terms derived from Arabic
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Swahili
- Dutch terms derived from Swahili
- Dutch terms derived from Arabic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swahili
- Finnish terms derived from Swahili
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑfɑri
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑfɑri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from Swahili
- French terms derived from Swahili
- French terms derived from Arabic
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from Swahili
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- Italian lemmas
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- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪ
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Swahili
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Arabic
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian lemmas
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns