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Safari
safari
safari
English
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.
Related 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.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri
Etymology
Borrowing from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Noun
safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)
Finnish
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑri
Noun
safari
Declension
| Inflection of safari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | safari | safarit | |
| genitive | safarin | safarien safareiden safareitten |
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| partitive | safaria | safareita safareja |
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| illative | safariin | safareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | safari | safarit | |
| accusative | nom. | safari | safarit |
| gen. | safarin | ||
| genitive | safarin | safarien safareiden safareitten |
|
| partitive | safaria | safareita safareja |
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| inessive | safarissa | safareissa | |
| elative | safarista | safareista | |
| illative | safariin | safareihin | |
| adessive | safarilla | safareilla | |
| ablative | safarilta | safareilta | |
| allative | safarille | safareille | |
| essive | safarina | safareina | |
| translative | safariksi | safareiksi | |
| instructive | — | safarein | |
| abessive | safaritta | safareitta | |
| comitative | — | safareineen | |
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”). safari m (plural safaris)
Italian
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Noun
safari m (inv)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑfɑːrɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪ
Noun
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)
- a safari
References
- “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Noun
safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)
- a safari
References
- “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَرَ (safara, “travel”).
Noun
safari m (plural safaris)