voyage

See also: voyagé

English

Etymology

From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and 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.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii], page 126, column 1:

     There is a Tide in the affayres of men, / Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: / Omitted, all the voyage of their life, / Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miſeries.

   • 1621 (first performance)​, John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, OCLC 1015511273, Act V, scene vi, page 467, column 2:

     I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]

2. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], page 12, OCLC 1044372886:

     [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by 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 (he) m (masá)
• Hungarian: tengeri utazás, hajóút (hu)
• Ido: voyajo (io)
• 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) (ayalal), аян (mn) (ayan), нислэг (mn) (nisleg)
• Navajo: ił ooʼoł
• Norwegian: reise (no), sjøreise
• Occitan: viatge (oc) m
• Persian: سفر‎ (fa) (safar)
• Plautdietsch: Reis f
• 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.
   • 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude

     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

• agence de voyages
• bon voyage
• gens de voyage
• récit de voyage
• voyage d'affaires
• voyage dans le temps
• voyage de noces
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• goyave