journey

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)ni/, X-SAMPA: /"dZ3:(r\)ni/

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  Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni

Etymology

From Middle English journee, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”).

Noun

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.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:journey

Translations

trip, a voyage

• Arabic: رحلة (ar) (ríḥla) f, سفر (ar) (sáfar) m
• Basque: bidaia (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅游 (cmn) (lǚyóu), 旅行 (cmn) (lǚxíng), 旅途 (cmn) (lǚtú), 旅程 (cmn) (lǚchéng)

• Czech: cesta (cs) f
• Dutch: trip f, trektocht f, reis f
• Ewe: azɔlizɔzɔ
• Finnish: matka (fi)
• French: voyage (fr) m
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (ka) (mgzavroba) 
• German: Reise (de) f, Tour (de) f
• Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taxidi) n 
• Hebrew: מסע (he) (masa) m
• Hindi: यात्रा (hi) (yātrā) f, सफ़र (hi) (safar) m
• Hungarian: utazás (hu)
• Icelandic: leiðangur (is), ferð (is)
• Indonesian: perjalanan (id)
• Interlingua: viage
• Italian: viaggio (it)
• Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō), 旅 (ja) (たび, tabi), ツアー (ja) (tsuā)
• Jèrriais: viage m
• Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko))

• Latin: iter (la)
• Latvian: brauciens (lv) m, ceļojums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: kelionė (lt) f
• Macedonian: патување (mk) (patúvanje) n
• Malayalam: യാത്ര (yaathra)
• Norwegian: reise (no)
• Old English: sīþ (ang) m, faru (ang) f
• Persian: سفر (fa) (safar)
• Portuguese: jornada (pt) f, viagem (pt) f
• Romanian: voiaj (ro) n, călătorie (ro) f
• Russian: путешествие (ru) (putešéstvije) n , поездка (ru) (pojézdka) f , (indeclinable) турне (ru) (turné) n , вояж (ru) (vojáž) m 
• Sanskrit: यात्रा (sa) (yātrā)
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe (gd) f, cuairt (gd) f, turas (gd) m, taisteal (gd) m
• Spanish: viaje (es) m, jornada (es)
• Swahili: safari (sw)
• Swedish: resa (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్రయాణము (prayaaNamu)
• Ukrainian: подорож (uk) (podoróž) f 
• Urdu: سفر (ur) (safar) m
• Vietnamese: cuộc hành trình (vi)
• Volapük: täv
• Welsh: taith (cy) f

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• wayfare

Translations

to travel, to make a trip or voyage

• Basque: bidaiatu (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅游 (cmn) (lǚyóu), 旅行 (cmn) (lǚxíng)

• Dutch: trekken, op trektocht gaan, rondtrekken, reizen, rondreizen
• Finnish: matkustaa (fi)
• French: voyager (fr)
• German: reisen (de), verreisen (de)
• Icelandic: ferðast (is)
• Indonesian: melakukan perjalanan, bepergian
• Interlingua: viagiar
• Irish: eachtraigh (ga)
• Italian: viaggiare (it)
• Japanese: 旅する (たびする, tabi-suru)
• Latvian: ceļot (lv)
• Lithuanian: keliauti (lt)

• Macedonian: патува (mk) (pátuva)
• Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (ml) (sancharam)
• Norwegian: reise (no)
• Old English: sīþian (ang)
• Portuguese: viajar (pt)
• Romanian: călători (ro)
• Russian: путешествовать (ru) (putešestvovatʹ)
• Spanish: viajar (es)
• Swahili: safiri (sw)
• Swedish: resa (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రయాణించు (prayaaNimchu)
• Ukrainian: подорожувати (uk) (podorožuvaty)
• Volapük: tävön
• Welsh: teithio (cy)

External links

• 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