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

• IPA: /ɛks.kɜː(ɹ).ʒən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʒən

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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

Bulgarian: екскурзия (bg) f. Dutch: excursie (nl) Esperanto: ekskurso (eo) Finnish: ekskursio (fi) French: excursion (fr) f. German: Ausflug (de) m. Greek: εκδρομή (el) (ekdromí) f.

Italian: gita (it) f. Portuguese: excursão (pt) f., viagem de recreio (pt) f., passeio (pt) m. Serbian: ekskurzija Spanish: excursión (es) f. Swedish: utflykt (sv) c. Telugu: విహారయాత్ర (vihaarayaatra)

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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French

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Noun

excursion f. (plural excursions)

1. excursion
2. wander (talk off topic)