journal
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- journall (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French journal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”). Cognate with diurnal.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
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:
Noun [edit]
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.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
diary or daily record
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newspaper or magazine
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part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings
computing: a chronological record of changes made to a database or other system
Verb [edit]
journal (third-person singular simple present journals, present participle journaling, simple past and past participle journaled)
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
journal m (feminine journale, masculine plural journaux, feminine plural journales)
Noun [edit]
journal m (plural journaux)
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- Russian: журнал (žurnal)
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Adjective [edit]
journal m