English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English travelen ( “ to make a laborious journey, travel ” ) from Middle Scots travailen ( “ to toil, work, travel ” ) , alteration of Middle English travaillen ( “ to toil, work ” ) , from Old French travailler ( “ to trouble, suffer, be worn out ” ) . See travail .
Largely displaced fare , from Old English faran (“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More at fare .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
travel (third-person singular simple present travels , present participle travelling or ( US ) traveling , simple past and past participle travelled or ( US ) traveled )
( intransitive ) To be on a journey , often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
1930 , Pickthall, Marmaduke (translator), The Meaning of the Glorious Koran , surah 28, verse 29:Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
( intransitive ) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit
Soundwaves can travel through water.
The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.
( intransitive , basketball ) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
( transitive ) To travel throughout (a place).
I’ve travelled the world.
( transitive ) To force to journey.
1596 (date written; published 1633 ) , Edmund Spenser , A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande [ … ] , Dublin: [ … ] Societie of Stationers, [ … ] , →OCLC ; republished as A View of the State of Ireland [ … ] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: [ … ] Society of Stationers, [ … ] Hibernia Press, [ … ] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC :They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.
( obsolete ) To labour ; to travail .
1707 , Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter , page 646:Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;
1719 , William Tilly, The Acceptable Sacrifice , page 335:We labour sore, and travel hard, and much Study is a Weariness to our Flesh; and of making many Books there is no End.
1794 , “Resignation”, in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain.Volume 10 , page 144:Man holds in constant service bound The blustering winds and seas; Nor suns disdain to travel hard Their master, man, to please;
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of travel
infinitive
(to ) travel
present tense
past tense
1st-person singular travel
travelled , traveled *
2nd-person singular
travel , travellest † , travelest †
travelled , traveled * , travelledst † , traveledst †
3rd-person singular
travels , travelleth † , traveleth †
travelled , traveled *
plural
travel
subjunctive
travel
travelled , traveled *
imperative
travel
—
participles
travelling , traveling *
travelled , traveled *
Synonyms [ edit ]
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
be on a journey
Abkhaz: аныҟәара ( anəqʷʼara )
Arabic: سَافَرَ (ar) ( sāfara ) , سَارَ (ar) ( sāra )
Egyptian Arabic: سافر ( sāfir )
Armenian: ճանապարհորդել (hy) ( čanaparhordel )
Assamese: ফুৰ ( phur )
Asturian: viaxar
Avar: сапар бухьизе ( sapar bux̂ize )
Azerbaijani: səyahət etmək
Basque: bidaiatu (eu)
Belarusian: падаро́жнічаць impf ( padaróžničacʹ ) , вандрава́ць impf ( vandravácʹ ) , е́здзіць impf ( jézdzicʹ )
Breton: beajiñ (br)
Bulgarian: пъту́вам (bg) impf ( pǎtúvam ) , пътешествам impf ( pǎtešestvam )
Burmese: ကူးသန်း (my) ( ku:san: )
Catalan: viatjar (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 去 旅行 ( heoi3 leoi5 hang4 )
Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) ( lǚxíng ) , 旅遊 / 旅游 (zh) ( lǚyóu )
Cornish: viajya
Czech: cestovat (cs) impf , jezdit (cs) impf
Danish: rejse (da)
Dutch: reizen (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝi (eo)
Estonian: sõitma
Faroese: ferðast
Finnish: matkustaa (fi) , matkata (fi)
French: voyager (fr)
Galician: viaxar (gl)
Georgian: მოგზაურობა ( mogzauroba )
German: reisen (de)
Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 ( wratōn )
Greek: ταξιδεύω (el) ( taxidévo )
Ancient: πορεύομαι ( poreúomai )
Greenlandic: angalavoq
Haitian Creole: vwayaje
Hebrew: נסע (he) ( nasá )
Hindi: यात्रा करना ( yātrā karnā )
Hungarian: utazik (hu)
Icelandic: ferðast (is)
Interlingua: viagiar (ia)
Irish: taistil
Italian: viaggiare (it)
Japanese: 旅行する (ja) ( りょこうする, ryokō suru )
Kazakh: ел аралау ( el aralau ) , жиһан кезу ( jihan kezu ) , саяхат жасау ( saäxat jasau ) , саяхаттау ( saäxattau )
Khmer: ធ្វើដំណើរ ( tvəə dɑmnaə )
Korean: 여행(旅行)하다 (ko) ( yeohaenghada )
Kyrgyz: саякаттоо (ky) ( sayakattoo )
Lao: ເດີນທາງ (lo) ( dœ̄n thāng )
Latin: iter facio , vio (la) , itineror
Latvian: ceļot (lv)
Lithuanian: keliauti
Low German:
German Low German: reisen
Luxembourgish: reesen
Macedonian: патува impf ( patuva )
Malay: melancong
Malayalam: സഞ്ചരിക്കുക (ml) ( sañcarikkuka ) , യാത്ര ചെയ്യുക ( yātra ceyyuka )
Mapudungun: amucan
Mongolian: зорчих (mn) ( zorčix ) , аялах (mn) ( ajalax )
Nepali: घुम्नु (ne) ( ghumnu ) , भ्रमण गर्नु ( bhramaṇ garnu ) , यात्रा गर्नु ( yātrā garnu )
Norman: viagi
Northern Sami: mannat , johtit , mátkkoštit
Norwegian: reise (no) m
Nynorsk: reisa , ferdast
Occitan: viatjar (oc)
Old English: sīþian , wadan , faran , fēran
Ossetian: балц кӕнын ( balc kænyn )
Papiamentu: biaha
Persian: سفر کردن (fa) ( safar kardan ) , مسافرت کردن ( mosâferat kardan )
Piedmontese: viagé
Polish: podróżować (pl) impf , jeździć (pl) impf
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Quechua: ayway
Romanian: călători (ro)
Romansch: viagiar , far viadi
Russian: путеше́ствовать (ru) impf ( putešéstvovatʹ ) , е́здить (ru) impf ( jézditʹ )
Scots: traivel
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путовати impf
Roman: putovati (sh) impf
Slovak: cestovať (sk) impf , jazdiť impf
Slovene: potovati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: pućować (hsb)
Spanish: viajar (es)
Swahili: safiri
Swedish: resa (sv) , färdas (sv)
Tajik: сафар кардан ( safar kardan ) , мусофират кардан ( musofirat kardan ) , саёҳат кардан ( sayohat kardan )
Thai: เดินทาง (th) ( dəən-taang ) , ท่องเที่ยว (th) ( tɔ̂ng-tîao )
Tibetan: འགྲུལ་རྒྱག ( 'grul rgyag )
Turkish: yolculuk (tr) etmek (tr) , yolculuk (tr) yapmak (tr) , seyahat (tr) etmek (tr) , seyahat (tr) yapmak (tr)
Turkmen: syýahat etmek
Tuvan: аян-чорук кылыр ( ayan-çoruk kılır )
Ukrainian: подорожува́ти impf ( podorožuváty ) , мандрува́ти impf ( mandruváty ) , ї́здити (uk) impf ( jízdyty )
Uzbek: sayohat qilmoq
Vietnamese: du lịch (vi)
Volapük: tävön (vo)
Welsh: teithio (cy) , trafaelio (cy)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: youz
pass from here to there; transmit
Arabic: اِنْتَقَلَ ( intaqala ) , سَارَ (ar) ( sāra )
Bulgarian: придвижвам се ( pridvižvam se )
Catalan: transitar (ca)
Dutch: reizen (nl) , verplaatsen (nl)
Finnish: matkustaa (fi) , kulkea (fi) , liikkua (fi)
French: transmettre (fr) , propager (fr)
German: sich übertragen , sich fortpflanzen
Latin: ambulo
Latvian: pārvietoties
Norwegian: reise (no)
Polish: przemieszczać się (pl)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Romanian: călători (ro)
Russian: передвига́ться (ru) impf ( peredvigátʹsja ) , перемеща́ться (ru) impf ( peremeščátʹsja ) , проходи́ть (ru) impf ( proxodítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путовати , пренети
Roman: putovati (sh) , preneti (sh)
Swedish: fara (sv) , färdas (sv)
Translations to be checked
A caravan en route
travel (countable and uncountable , plural travels )
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
space travel
travel to Spain
( in the plural ) A series of journeys .
I’m off on my travels around France again.
( in the plural ) An account of one's travels.
He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.
1903 , Henry Yule; Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson :CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.
My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
( obsolete ) Labour; parturition ; travail .
1667 , John Tanner, The hidden treasures of the art of physick , page 208:Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel , and continue a longer time.
Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
The keys have great travel .
Usage notes [ edit ]
Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
act of traveling
Abkhaz: аныҟәара ( anəqʷʼara )
Albanian: udhëtim (sq) m
Arabic: مُسَافِرَة f ( musāfira ) , رِحْلَة f ( riḥla ) , سَفَر (ar) m ( safar ) , سَيَاحَة f ( sayāḥa )
Armenian: ճանապարհորդություն (hy) ( čanaparhordutʿyun )
Avar: сапар ( sapar )
Azerbaijani: səfər (az) , səyahət (az)
Belarusian: падаро́жжа n ( padaróžža ) , пае́здка f ( pajézdka ) ( specific )
Bengali: যাত্রা ( jatra )
Bulgarian: пъту́ване (bg) n ( pǎtúvane ) , пътеше́ствие (bg) n ( pǎtešéstvie )
Burmese: ခရီးသွားခြင်း ( hka.ri:swa:hkrang: )
Catalan: viatge (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) ( lǚxíng )
Chukchi: ԓяйвыгыргын
Czech: cestování (cs) n
Danish: rejse (da) n
Dutch: reis (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝado
Estonian: reisimine
Finnish: matkailu (fi) , matkustelu (fi)
French: voyage (fr) m
Georgian: მოგზაურობა ( mogzauroba )
German: Reise (de) f
Greek: ταξίδι (el) ( taxídi )
Higaonon: tagipanaw
Hindi: यात्रा (hi) f ( yātrā ) , सफ़र (hi) m ( safar )
Hungarian: út (hu) , utazás (hu)
Irish: taisteal
Italian: viaggio (it) m
Japanese: 旅行 (ja) ( りょこう, ryokō )
Kazakh: сапар (kk) ( sapar ) , саяхат (kk) ( saäxat )
Khmer: ដំណើរ (km) ( dɑmnaə )
Korean: 여행(旅行) (ko) ( yeohaeng ) , 려행(旅行) (ko) ( ryeohaeng ) ( North Korea )
Kyrgyz: сапар (ky) ( sapar ) , саякат (ky) ( sayakat )
Lao: ການເດີນທາງ ( kān dœ̄n thāng )
Latin: iter (la) n
Latvian: ceļojums m
Lithuanian: keliavimas m
Macedonian: патување n ( patuvanje )
Malayalam: യാത്ര (ml) ( yātra )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: аялал (mn) ( ajalal )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reise (no) m or f
Oriya: ଯାତ୍ରା (or) ( jatra )
Ossetian: балц ( balc )
Persian: سفر (fa) ( safar ) , سیاحت (fa) ( sayâhat )
Polish: podróż (pl) f
Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
Romanian: voiaj (ro) n , călătorie (ro) f
Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n ( putešéstvije ) , пое́здка (ru) f ( pojézdka ) ( specific )
Scottish Gaelic: siubhal m , taisteal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путова́ње n
Roman: putovánje (sh) n
Sinhalese: චාරිකාව ( cārikāwa )
Slovak: cestovanie n
Slovene: potovanje (sl) n
Spanish: viaje (es) m
Swahili: safari (sw)
Swedish: resa (sv) c
Tajik: сафар (tg) ( safar ) , саёҳат ( sayohat )
Telugu: ప్రయాణము (te) ( prayāṇamu ) , యాత్ర (te) ( yātra ) , పర్యటన (te) ( paryaṭana )
Thai: การเดินทาง (th) ( gaan-dəən-taang )
Turkish: yolculuk (tr) , seyahat (tr) , gezi (tr)
Turkmen: sapar , syýahat
Tuvan: аян-чорук ( ayan-çoruk )
Ukrainian: по́дорож f ( pódorož ) , пої́здка f ( pojízdka ) ( specific )
Urdu: سفر m ( safar )
Uzbek: safar (uz) , sayohat (uz)
Vietnamese: sự du lịch (vi) , sự lữ hành (vi)
Volapük: täv (vo)
plural: series of journeys
plural: account of one's travels
motion of a piece of machinery
length of a mechanical stroke
Further reading [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
“travel ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911, →OCLC .
“travel ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913, →OCLC .
Anagrams [ edit ]
Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Possibly from French travail ; compare with Danish travl .
Adjective [ edit ]
travel (neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlere , indefinite superlative travlest , definite superlative travleste )
busy
References [ edit ]
Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Possibly from French travail ; compare with Danish travl .
Adjective [ edit ]
travel (neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlare , indefinite superlative travlast , definite superlative travlaste )
busy
References [ edit ]