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
Noun
voyage (plural voyages)
- A long journey, especially by ship.
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- I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest.
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- All the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
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- (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
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- Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
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Translations
long journey; especially by ship
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
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- 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, stanza 9, page 322:
- O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?
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Conjugation
Conjugation of voyage
infinitive | (to) voyage | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | voyage | voyaged | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | voyages | ||
plural | voyage | ||
subjunctive | voyage | voyaged | |
imperative | voyage | — | |
participles | voyaging | voyaged |
Translations
to go on a long journey
French
Etymology
From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vwa.jaʒ/
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- Homophones: voyagent, voyages
- Hyphenation: vo‧yage
- Rhymes: -ɑʒ
Noun
voyage m (plural voyages)
Verb
voyage
- first-person singular present indicative of voyager
- third-person singular present indicative of voyager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
- second-person singular imperative of voyager
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Further reading
- “voyage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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