excursion

English

Etymology

From Latin excursio (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɛks.kɜː(ɹ).ʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Noun

excursion (plural excursions)

1. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

   While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.

Derived terms

• alarums and excursions
• excursion steamer

Related terms

• excursus

Translations

brief recreational trip

• Belarusian: экскурсія (be) (ekskúrsija) f 
• Bulgarian: екскурзия (bg) (ekskúrzija) f 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠足 (cmn), 远足 (cmn) (yuǎnzú), 短途旅行 (cmn) (duǎntú lǚxíng), 郊遊 (cmn), 郊游 (cmn) (jiāoyóu), 野遊 (cmn), 野游 (cmn) (yěyóu)

• Dutch: excursie (nl)
• Esperanto: ekskurso (eo)
• Finnish: ekskursio (fi), huviretki (fi)
• French: excursion (fr) f, randonnée (fr) f
• German: Ausflug (de) m, Exkursion (de) f
• Greek: εκδρομή (el) (ekdromí) f 
• Hungarian: kirándulás (hu)

• Italian: gita (it) f, escursione (it) f
• Japanese: 遠足 (ja) (えんそく, ensoku)
• Polish: wycieczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: excursão (pt) f, viagem de recreio (pt) f, passeio (pt) m
• Russian: экскурсия (ru) (ekskúrsija) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: екскурзија (sh) f

  Roman: ekskurzija (sh) f

• Spanish: excursión (es) f
• Swedish: utflykt (sv) c
• Telugu: విహారయాత్ర (te) (vihaarayaatra)
• Ukrainian: екскурсія (uk) (ekskúrsija) f 

External links

• excursion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• excursion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• excursion at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Noun

excursion f (plural excursions)

1. excursion
2. wander (talk off topic)