croisière fluviale
A river cruise in French is croisière fluviale.
The phrase croisière fluviale refers to a vacation trip taken on a boat that travels along a river. If you are specifically referring to a cruise on the Seine, you can use the phrase croisière sur la Seine.
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of croisière (cruise) and fluviale (river-related/fluvial).
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun croisière is feminine, so when referring to a single cruise, you use the indefinite article une as in une croisière fluviale. To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must take an s to become croisières fluviales.
Did you know?
- When talking about river cruises, French speakers often use the word péniche, which refers to a traditional flat-bottomed barge, even if the vessel is a luxury hotel boat.
- The word croisière is also used in French military contexts to describe a patrol or a long-distance mission, far removed from the idea of a vacation.
- In French, there is a linguistic distinction between fluviale and rivière. While both refer to rivers, fluviale comes from the Latin 'fluvius' for a large river that flows into the sea, whereas rivière comes from 'rivus' for a smaller stream.
Examples in context
- Je prévois de faire une croisière fluviale sur la Loire lors de mon voyage en France.I plan to go on a river cruise on the Loire during my trip to France.
- Je suis intéressé(e) par une croisière fluviale panoramique sur le Rhône.I am interested in a panoramic river cruise on the Rhône.
- Nous avons réservé une croisière fluviale sur la Seine.We booked a river cruise on the Seine.
- Nous avons réservé une croisière fluviale en Europe.We booked a river cruise in Europe.
- Elle adore faire une croisière fluviale en été.She loves taking a river cruise in summer.
- Cette croisière fluviale est très relaxante.This river cruise is very relaxing.
Example conversation
Manon and Hugo are planning their next holiday.
- ManonHugo, tu veux tenter une croisière fluviale ?Hugo, do you want to try a river cruise?
- HugoC'est une excellente idée, Manon !That's an excellent idea, Manon!
- ManonOn pourrait visiter le Rhin ensemble.We could visit the Rhine together.
- HugoJe vais regarder les prix dès maintenant.I'll look at the prices right now.
