English Online Dictionary. What means safari? What does safari mean?
English
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈfɑːɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Noun
safari (plural safaris)
- A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.
- A caravan going on a safari.
- (by extension) Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
Derived terms
Translations
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
- Farias
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /səˈfa.ɾi/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /saˈfa.ɾi/
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
- safari
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
- IPA(key): /saːˈfaː.ri/
- Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri
Noun
safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)
- safari
Derived terms
- safaribus
- safaripark
Finnish
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑfɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝fɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑfɑri
- Syllabification(key): sa‧fa‧ri
Noun
safari
- safari
Declension
Further reading
- "safari" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams
- fraasi
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.fa.ʁi/
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
- safari
Descendants
- → Romanian: safari
- →? Turkish: safari
Further reading
- “safari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Noun
safari m (invariable)
- safari
Anagrams
- sfarai
Japanese
Romanization
safari
- Rōmaji transcription of サファリ
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑfɑːrɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪ
Noun
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)
- a safari
Derived terms
- hvalsafari
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.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈfa.ri/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri
Noun
safari n (indeclinable)
- safari (trip into any undeveloped area)
Further reading
- safari in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- safari in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French safari.
Noun
safari n (uncountable)
- safari
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈfaɾi/ [saˈfa.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -aɾi
- Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)
- safari
Further reading
- “safari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑˈfɑ.ɾi/
Noun
safari (n class, plural safari)
- journey, trip
- a time or instance
Related terms
- -safiri
Descendants
- → Arabic: سَفَارِي (safārī)
- → Catalan: safari
- → English: safari
- → Finnish: safari
- → French: safari
- → Romanian: safari
- →? Turkish: safari
- → German: Safari
- → Hungarian: szafari
- → Italian: safari
- → Japanese: サファリ
- → Portuguese: safári
- → Russian: сафа́ри (safári)
- → Spanish: safari
- → Swedish: safari
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French safari or from English safari. Doublet of sefer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈfa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri
Noun
safari (definite accusative safariyi, plural safariler)
- safari
Further reading
- safari in Turkish dictionaries at 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