English
Etymology
From ferry + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
ferryman (plural ferrymen)
- A man who operates a ferry.
- (Greek mythology, usually preceded by the) Charon.
Translations
man who operates a ferry
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 渡船夫 (dùchuánfū)
- Dutch: veerman (nl) m
- Finnish: lautturi (fi)
- French: batelier (fr) m, nocher (fr) m, passeur (fr) m
- German: Fährmann (de) m, (poetic, dated) Ferge (de) m
- Greek: πορθμέας (el) m (porthméas), βαρκάρης (el) m (varkáris)
- Ancient Greek: πορθμεύς m (porthmeús)
- Hebrew: מַעְבּוֹרַאי (he) m (ma'aborai)
- Hungarian: révész (hu)
- Icelandic: ferjumaður m
- Italian: traghettatore
- Macedonian: скелеџија m (skeledžija)
- Portuguese: balseiro (pt) m
- Romanian: luntraș (ro) m, barcagiu (ro) m
- Russian: паро́мщик (ru) m (parómščik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: скелеђија m, скелеџија m
- Latin: skeleđija, skelédžija (sh)
- Spanish: barquero (es) m, balsero (es) m
- Volapük: lovenafan (vo) m or f, hilovenafan m, jilovenafan f
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