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 Translation for 'ferry' from English to French
NOUN   a ferry | ferries
VERB   to ferry | ferried | ferried
ferrying | ferries
SYNO ferry | ferryboat | ferrying
unverified
comm.transp.
transporter qn./qc.
to ferry sth. [transport]
Nouns
naut.
bac {m}
ferry
naut.
ferry {m}
ferry [large]
2 Words
naut.
bac {m}
(small) ferry
naut.
ferry {m}
ferry boat
naut.transp.
passage {m} en ferry
ferry crossing
naut.
gare {f} maritime
ferry port
naut.transp.
gare {f} maritime
ferry terminal
3 Words
naut.transp.
ferry {m} amphidrome
double-ended ferry
5+ Words
naut.transp.
navire {m} roulier
roll-on roll-off ferry
10 translations
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  • ferry {m} = ferry boat
  • ferry {m} = ferry [large]
  • ferry {m} amphidrome = double-ended ferry
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Usage Examples English
  • Until 1885 a rowing ferry was used when a floating bridge chain ferry was started, initially hand-cranked ferry later being replaced by a steam ferry which ran until 1942 after improvements to the harbour made operation of the ferry too difficult.
  • A ferry was established at or near this location by 1673. It came to be called the "Middle Ferry," because a ferry operated upstream (Upper Ferry) and another downstream (Lower Ferry).
  • Two regular ferry services crossing the Hamoaze exist: the Torpoint Ferry (a chain ferry that takes vehicles) and the Cremyll Ferry (passengers and cyclists only).
  • Kwun Tong Ferry Pier was formerly one of the major piers used by Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry. It provided regular car ferry and passenger ferry services to Central, North Point and Shau Kei Wan.
  • Two ferry companies operate out of Mackinaw City, connecting tourists and commuters to Mackinac Island: Shepler's Ferry and Star Line Ferry.

  • Two ferry companies (Shepler's Ferry and Star Line Ferry) operate out of Saint Ignace, connecting tourists and commuters to Mackinac Island.
  • On 12 July 1957, she was involved in a collision with the Gosport Ferry Vadne ferry seriously damaging the ferry.
  • In April 2002, the ferry was transferred to Mol Ferry, and then in 2006 to Higashi Nihon Nihon Ferry, when it was renamed "Ferry Tsukuba".
  • There is a private ferry service operating between Manikchak ferry ghat and Sahibganj ferry ghat, across the Ganges, in Jharkhand. Around 15,000 to 20,000 people use the ferry on weekdays.
  • Smith's Ferry was a ferry near Reedley, California.

  • The Lower Portland Ferry is one of four cable ferry crossings over the Hawkesbury River proper, and is unusual in being the only one not provided by Transport for NSW.
  • The Berowra Waters Ferry is one of five cable ferry crossings of the Hawkesbury River system.
  • The Black Tor Ferry, also known as the Padstow to Rock Ferry, is a passenger ferry which crosses the tidal River Camel in north Cornwall, United Kingdom.
  • Additionally, SCC manages 2 other ferry terminals; Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal.
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