journey

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)ni/, SAMPA: /"dZ3:(r)ni/
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  Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English journee < Old French journee < Mediaeval Latin diurnata (“‘a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day’”) < Latin diurnus (“‘daily’”) < diēs (“‘day’”).

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journey (plural journeys)

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
2. (obsolete) A day.
3. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
4. (obsolete) A day's work.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     But whan ye have done that journey, ye shall promyse me, as ye ar a trew knyght, for to go and helpe me and other damesels that ar dystressed dayly with a false knyght.

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[edit] Verb

to journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)

1. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

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