journal

See also: Journal

English

Alternative forms

• journall (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: jûrʹ-nəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɜɹnəl/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɜː.nəɫ]
  • IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɝ.nəɫ], [ˈdʒɝ.nɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
• Hyphenation: jour‧nal

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.

   The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.

3. (accounting) A chronological record of payments.
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.
5. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Derived terms

• after image journal
• before image journal
• e-journal
• item journal
• journalise, journalize
• journalism
• journalist
• mirror server journal
• purchase journal
• sale journal
• shadow server journal
• transaction journal

 

Translations

diary or daily record

• Armenian: մատյան (hy) (matyan)
• Bulgarian: дневник (bg) m (dnevnik)
• Catalan: diari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日誌／日志 (zh) (rìzhì), 日志 (zh) (rìzhì)

• Czech: deník (cs) m
• Dutch: log (nl) n, logboek (nl) n
• Esperanto: taglibro
• Finnish: päiväkirja (fi) (person), diaari (fi) (office correspondence), loki (fi), lokikirja (fi) (vessel), päivyri (fi)
• French: journal (fr) m
• Georgian: დღიური (dɣiuri), ჟურნალი (žurnali)
• German: Tagebuch (de) n, Logbuch (de) n (ship)
• Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) n (imerológio), αρχείο (el) n (archeío)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: napló (hu)
• Indonesian: jurnal (id)
• Irish: dialann f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 日記 (ja) (にっき, nikki), 日誌 (にっし, nisshi)
• Latin: commentārius (la) m, ephemeris
• Malay: jurnal
• Manx: laa-lioar m
• Maori: tuhitaka
• Norwegian: dagbok (no) m or f
• Polish: dziennik (pl) m, diariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: diário (pt) m, registro (pt) m
• Russian: дневни́к (ru) m (dnevník) (person), судово́й журна́л m (sudovój žurnál) (ship), (ва́хтенный OR судово́й) журна́л (ru) m (žurnál)
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-latha m
• Slovak: denník m
• Slovene: dnevnik (sl) m
• Spanish: bitácora (es) f
• Swedish: dagbok (sv) c, journal (sv) c
• Turkish: günlük (tr), günce (tr) (literary), jurnal (tr)
• Welsh: dyddlyfr m
• Yiddish: טאָג־בוך f (tog-bukh)

newspaper or magazine

• Armenian: ամսագիր (hy) (amsagir), հանդես (hy) (handes)
• Bulgarian: всекидневник (bg) m (vsekidnevnik), журнал (bg) (žurnal)
• Catalan: diari (ca) m, gaseta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報刊／报刊 (zh) (bàokān), 报刊 (zh) (bàokān)

• Danish: tidsskrift (da) n
• Esperanto: ĵurnalo (eo), gazeto
• Finnish: erikoisaikakauslehti
• French: journal (fr), revue (fr) f
• Georgian: ჟურნალი (žurnali), გაზეთი (gazeti)
• German: Zeitschrift (de) f, Journal (de) n
• Greek: εφημερίδα (el) f (efimerída), περιοδικό (el) n (periodikó)
• Hungarian: folyóirat (hu)
• Irish: nuachtán (ga) m
• Latin: ephemeris
• Malay: jurnal, makalah
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: tidsskrift (no) n
• Persian: ژورنال (fa) (žurnâl)
• Portuguese: periódico (pt) m
• Romanian: ziar (ro)
• Russian: журна́л (ru) m (žurnál) (magazine), газе́та (ru) f (gazéta) (newspaper)
• Slovak: denník m
• Slovene: revija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žurnal m

• Swahili: jarida (sw)
• Swedish: tidskrift (sv) c
• Thai: วารสาร (waa-rá-sǎan)
• Turkish: dergi (tr), günce (tr), jurnal (tr), mecmua (tr)
• Welsh: newyddiadur m
• Yiddish: זשורנאַל m (zhurnal)

accounting: record of payments

• Swedish: bok (sv) ?
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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

• Finnish: loki (fi)
• French: historique (fr) m, journal (fr) m, registre (fr) m
• Hungarian: napló (hu)
• Irish: dialann f
• Japanese: ジャーナル (jānaru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ephemeris ?
• Polish: log (pl) m, dziennik (pl) m, rejestr zdarzeń m
• Portuguese: registro (pt) m
• Russian: журна́л (ru) m (žurnál)

engineering: part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings

• Bulgarian: шийка на вал ? (šijka na val)
• Finnish: akselintappi
• Greek: έδρανο άξονα n (édrano áxona)
• Italian: perno d'albero m
• Latin: ephemeris ?
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: munhão m
• Russian: ца́пфа (ru) f (cápfa), шпи́ндель (ru) m (špíndelʹ)
• Slovene: tečaj (sl) m
• Spanish: gorrón (es) m, muñón m

Verb

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

1. To archive or record something.
2. To scrapbook.
3. To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.

Adjective

journal (not comparable)

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 [...].

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French

Etymology

From Old French journal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuʁ.nal/

• audio:

  (file)

Adjective

journal (feminine journale, masculine plural journaux, feminine plural journales)

1. That is relative to each day; journal.

Noun

journal m (plural journaux)

1. diary, journal
2. newspaper
3. periodical
4. newsbreak

   Tu as regardé le journal ? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (computing) log

Derived terms

• journalisme
• journaliste

 

Descendants

• → Polish: żurnal
• → Russian: журна́л (žurnál) (see there for further descendants)
• → Yiddish: זשורנאַל (zhurnal)

Further reading

• “journal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• jornal, jornel, journel, jurnel

Etymology

From Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”).

Adjective

journal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular journale)

1. daily

Descendants

• → English: journal
• French: journal

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French journal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧʊˈɳɑːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

journal c

1. a journal, a magazine, a periodical

Declension

Declension of journal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	journal	journalen	journaler	journalerna
Genitive	journals	journalens	journalers	journalernas

Related terms

• patientjournal
• sjukhusjournal
• sjukjournal

 

References

• journal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)