journal
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- journall (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Old French jurnal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”). Cognate with diurnal.
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[edit] Adjective
journal (comparative more journal, superlative most journal)
- (obsolete) Daily.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
- his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
[edit] Noun
journal (plural journals)
- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
- (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
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[edit] Translations
diary or daily record
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newspaper or magazine
part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings
computing: a chronological record of changes made to a database or other system
[edit] Verb
journal (third-person singular simple present journals, present participle journaling, simple past and past participle journaled)
[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
journal m. (plural journaux)
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[edit] Descendants
- Russian: журнал (žurnal)