journey

See also: Journey

English

Etymology

From Middle English journe, jorney, 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”). Displaced native reys.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝni/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni

Noun

journey (plural journeys)

1. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

2. (figurative) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.

   the journey to political freedom

   my journey of dealing with grief

3. (obsolete) A day.
4. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
5. (obsolete) A day's work.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
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     But whan ye haue done that Iourney ye shal promyse me as ye are a true knyght for to go with me and to helpe me / and other damoysels that are distressid dayly with a fals knyghte / All your entente damoysel and desyre I wylle fulfylle / soo ye wyl brynge me vnto this knyghte

6. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
7. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:journey

Translations

trip, a voyage

• Arabic: رِحْلَة f (riḥla), سَفَر (ar) m (safar)

  Egyptian Arabic: رحلة f (reḥla), سفرية f (safareya)

• Armenian: ուղեւորություն (uġeworutʻyun)
• Basque: bidaia (eu)
• Belarusian: пае́здка f (pajézdka), падаро́жжа n (padaróžža)
• Bulgarian: пътуване (bg) n (pǎtuvane), пътешествие (bg) n (pǎtešestvie)
• Chichewa: ulendo
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: cesta (cs) f
• Danish: rejse (da)
• Dutch: trip (nl) f, trektocht (nl) f, reis (nl) f
• Esperanto: vojaĝo (eo)
• Ewe: azɔlizɔzɔ
• Finnish: matka (fi)
• French: voyage (fr) m
• Galician: viaxe f
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba), მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba), ტური (ṭuri), ვოიაჟი (voiaži)
• German: Reise (de) f, Tour (de) f, Fahrt (de) f
• Greek: ταξίδι (el) n (taxídi)

  Ancient: πορεία f (poreía)

• Greenlandic: angalaneq
• Hebrew: מסע m (masa)
• Hindi: यात्रा (hi) f (yātrā), सफ़र (hi) m (safar)
• Hungarian: utazás (hu)
• Icelandic: leiðangur (is), ferð (is)
• Indonesian: perjalanan (id)
• Interlingua: viage (ia)
• Irish: aistear (ga) m or f, slí f
• Italian: viaggio (it)
• Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō), 旅 (ja) (たび, tabi), ツアー (tsuā)
• Kazakh: сапар (kk) (sapar)
• Khmer: ដំណើរ (km) (dɑmnaə)
• Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko))
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• Latin: iter (la)
• Latvian: brauciens m, ceļojums m
• Lithuanian: kelionė (lt) f
• Macedonian: пату́вање n (patúvanje)
• Malayalam: യാത്ര (ml) (yātra)
• Mongolian: аялал (mn) (ajalal)
• Norman: viage m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: reise (no)
• Old English: sīþ m, faru f, fær n, færeld n
• Persian: سفر (fa) (safar)
• Polish: podróż (pl) f
• Portuguese: jornada (pt) f, viagem (pt) f
• Romanian: voiaj (ro) n, călătorie (ro) f
• Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n (putešéstvije), пое́здка (ru) f (pojézdka), турне́ (ru) n (turnɛ́), воя́ж (ru) m (vojáž)
• Sanskrit: यात्रा (sa) (yātrā)
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe f, cuairt f, turas m, taisteal m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: jězd m

• Spanish: viaje (es) m, jornada (es), viajata, trayecto (es) m
• Swahili: safari (sw)
• Swedish: resa (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్రయాణము (te) (prayāṇamu)
• Thai: การเดินทาง (gaan-dəən-taang)
• Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད ('grul bzhud)
• Turkish: yolculuk (tr), gezi (tr)
• Ukrainian: пої́здка f (pojízdka), по́дорож f (pódorož)
• Urdu: سفر m (safar)
• Vietnamese: cuộc hành trình (vi)
• Volapük: täv (vo)
• Welsh: taith (cy) f, siwrnai (cy) f
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

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

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سافر (sāfir)

• Basque: bidaiatu (eu)
• Bulgarian: пътувам (bg) (pǎtuvam)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: trekken (nl), op trektocht gaan, rondtrekken (nl), reizen (nl), rondreizen (nl)
• Finnish: matkustaa (fi)
• French: voyager (fr)
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba), მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba)
• German: reisen (de), verreisen (de)
• Greek: ταξιδεύω (el) (taxidévo)

  Ancient: πορεύομαι (poreúomai)

• Hungarian: utazik (hu), beutazik (hu), bejár (hu)
• Icelandic: ferðast (is)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} melakukan perjalanan , ^{(please verify)} bepergian (id)
• Interlingua: viagiar (ia)
• Irish: eachtraigh
• Italian: viaggiare (it)
• Japanese: 旅する (ja) (たびする, tabi-suru)
• Latin: vio, iter faciō
• Latvian: ceļot (lv)
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• Lithuanian: keliauti
• Macedonian: па́тува (pátuva)
• Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (ml) (sañcāraṁ)
• Mongolian: аялах (mn) (ajalax), аян (mn) (ajan)
• Norwegian: reise (no)
• Old English: sīþian
• Portuguese: viajar (pt)
• Romanian: călători (ro)
• Russian: путеше́ствовать (ru) (putešéstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: viajar (es)
• Swahili: safiri
• Swedish: resa (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రయాణించు (te) (prayāṇiñcu)
• Turkish: yolculuk etmek (tr), gezmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: подорожувати (podorožuvaty)
• Volapük: tävön (vo)
• Welsh: teithio (cy)

Further reading

• “journey”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “journey”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “journey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Middle English

Noun

journey

1. Alternative form of journe