journal

See also Journal

English

Alternative forms

• journall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French jurnal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”). Cognate with diurnal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jûrʹ-nəl, IPA: /ˈdʒɜrnəl/, SAMPA: /"dZ3rn@l/
  • (Australia, UK) IPA: [ˈdʒɜː.nəɫ], SAMPA: ["dZ3:.n@5]
  • (US) IPA: [ˈdʒɝ.nəɫ], [ˈdʒɝ.nɫ̩], SAMPA: ["dZ3`.n@5], ["dZ3`.n5=]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)nəl
• Hyphenation: jour‧nal

Adjective

journal (comparative more journal, superlative most journal)

1. (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 [...].

Noun

journal (plural journals)

1. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
2. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
3. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
4. (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

e-journal journalism journalist academic journal item journal transaction journal

before image journal after image journal shadow server journal mirror server journal scientific journal scholarly journal

Translations

diary or daily record

Armenian: մատյան (hy) (matyan) Chinese: Mandarin: 日誌, 日志 (rìzhì) Czech: deník (cs) m. Esperanto: taglibro (eo) Finnish: päiväkirja (fi) (person), diaari (fi) (office correspondence), loki (fi), lokikirja (fi) (vessel), päivyri (fi) German: Tagebuch (de) n., Logbuch (de) n. (ship) Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) (imerológio) n., αρχείο (el) (archeío) n. Indonesian: jurnal (id)

Irish: dialann (ga) f. Latin: ephemeris (la) Manx: laa-lioar (gv) m. Russian: дневник (ru) (dnevník) m. (person), судовой журнал (ru) (sudovój žurnál) m. (ship) Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-latha (gd) m. Spanish: bitácora (es) f. Welsh: dyddlyfr (cy) m. Yiddish: טאָג־בוך (yi) f.

newspaper or magazine

Armenian: ամսագիր (hy) (amsagir), հանդես (hy) (handes) Esperanto: ĵurnalo (eo), gazeto (eo) Finnish: erikoisaikakauslehti (fi) German: Zeitschrift (de) f., Journal (de) n. Greek: εφημερίδα (el) (efimerída) f., περιοδικό (el) (periodikó) n.

Latin: ephemeris (la) Romanian: ziar (ro) Russian: журнал (ru) (žurnál) m. Swahili: jarida (sw) Welsh: newyddiadur (cy) m.

part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings

Greek: έδρανο άξονα (el) (édrano áksona) n. Italian: perno d'albero (it) m. Latin: ephemeris (la)

Russian: цапфа (ru) (cápfa) f., шпиндель (ru) (špíndel’) m. Spanish: gorrón (es) m.

computing: a chronological record of changes made to a database or other system

Finnish: loki (fi) Irish: dialann (ga) f.

Latin: ephemeris (la)

Verb

journal (third-person singular simple present journals, present participle journaling, simple past and past participle journaled)

1. To archive or record something.
2. To scrapbook.

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French

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʒuʁ.nal/, SAMPA: /ZuR.nal/

Noun

journal m. (plural journaux)

1. diary, journal
2. newspaper
3. periodical
4. (computing) log

Derived terms

• journalisme
• journaliste

Descendants

• Russian: журнал (žurnal)