voyage

See also: voyagé

English

Etymology

From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage, from Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ/

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Noun

voyage (plural voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.
   • (Can we date this quote by J. Fletcher and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

2. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.

Synonyms

• adventure
• exploration
• expedition
• excursion
• journey
• tour
• vacation

Derived terms

• maiden voyage

Related terms

• envoy

Translations

long journey; especially by ship

• Arabic: رِحْلَة‎ f (riḥla)

  Egyptian Arabic: رحلة‎ f (reḥla)

• Armenian: ճամփորդություն (hy) (čampʿordutʿyun), ուղեւորություն (ułeworutʿyun)
• Catalan: viatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 海程 (zh) (hǎichéng), 航海 (zh) (hánghǎi)

• Czech: plavba (cs) f
• Dutch: reis (nl)
• Esperanto: vojaĝo (eo)
• Finnish: matka (fi)
• French: voyage (fr) m
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba)
• German: Reise (de) f
• Greek: ταξίδι (el) n (taxídi)

  Ancient: πλόος m (plóos), πλοῦς m (ploûs)

• Hebrew: טיול‎ (he) m (tiyúl), מסע‎ m (masá)
• Hungarian: tengeri utazás, hajóút (hu)
• Ido: voyajo (io)
• Interlingue: viage
• Italian: viaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 航海 (ja) (こうかい, kōkai), 旅 (ja) (たび, tabi), 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō)

• Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko)), 항해 (ko) (hanghae)
• Latvian: ceļojums m, brauciens m, reiss m
• Malay: perjalanan
• Maori: wharaunga, rerenga
• Mongolian: аялал (mn) (ajalal), аян (mn) (ajan), нислэг (mn) (nisleg)
• Navajo: ił ooʼoł
• Norwegian: reise (no), sjøreise
• Persian: سفر‎ (fa) (safar)
• Polish: rejs (pl) m
• Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
• Romanian: călătorie (ro) f
• Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n (putešéstvije), пла́вание (ru) n (plávanije), воя́ж (ru) m (vojáž), рейс (ru) m (rejs)
• Scottish Gaelic: (on sea) turas-mara m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: путовање n, путешествије n

  Roman: putovanje (sh) n, putešestvije (sh) n

• Spanish: viaje (es) m
• Swedish: resa (sv) c
• Turkish: seyahat (tr)
• Welsh: mordaith f

Verb

voyage (third-person singular simple present voyages, present participle voyaging, simple past and past participle voyaged)

1. (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
   • (Can we date this quote by Wordsworth and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

   • 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, OCLC 1514723, stanza 9, page 322:

     O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?

Conjugation

Conjugation of voyage

infinitive	(to) voyage
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	voyage	voyaged
2nd-person singular	voyage, voyagest*	voyaged, voyagedst*
3rd-person singular	voyages, voyageth*	voyaged
plural	voyage
subjunctive	voyage
imperative	voyage	—
participles	voyaging	voyaged
* Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

to go on a long journey

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French

Etymology

From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.jaʒ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [vo.jaʒ], [(v)wɒ.jaʒ]
• Homophones: voyagent, voyages
• Hyphenation: vo‧yage
• Rhymes: -ɑʒ

Noun

voyage m (plural voyages)

1. trip, travel

Verb

voyage

1. first-person singular present indicative of voyager
2. third-person singular present indicative of voyager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
5. second-person singular imperative of voyager

Related terms

• bon voyage
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Further reading

• “voyage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• goyave