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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 Old English fær and Old English faru.
Pronunciation
Noun
journey (plural journeys)
- A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
The journey to London takes two hours by train.
1807, William Wordsworth, “Star Gazers”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, , →OCLC, page 88:Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had, / And are returned into themselves, they cannot be but sad?
- (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
2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, 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.
2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 39:That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says.
- (obsolete) A day.
- (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- (obsolete) A day's work.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI: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- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
- (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
trip, a voyage
- Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕎 (elun)
- Albanian: udhëtim (sq) m
- Arabic: رِحْلَة f (riḥla), سَفَر (ar) m (safar), سَيَاحَة f (sayāḥa), مُسَافَرَة f (musāfara)
- Egyptian Arabic: رحلة f (reḥla), سفرية f (safareya)
- Armenian: ուղեւորություն (hy) (uġeworutʿyun)
- Azerbaijani: səfər (az), səyahət (az)
- Basque: bidaia (eu)
- Belarusian: пае́здка f (pajézdka), падаро́жжа n (padaróžža)
- Bengali: যাত্রা (bn) (jatra)
- Bulgarian: пъту́ване (bg) n (pǎtúvane), пътеше́ствие (bg) n (pǎtešéstvie)
- Burmese: ခရီး (my) (hka.ri:)
- Cebuano: panaw
- Chichewa: ulendo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu), 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 旅途 (zh) (lǚtú), 旅程 (zh) (lǚchéng)
- Czech: cesta (cs) f, výlet (cs) m
- Danish: rejse (da) c
- Dutch: trip (nl) f, trektocht (nl) f, reis (nl) f
- Egyptian: (nmtt f)
- Esperanto: vojaĝo (eo)
- Estonian: reis (et)
- Ewe: azɔlizɔzɔ
- Finnish: matka (fi), reissu (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, Anreise (de) f
- Greek: ταξίδι (el) n (taxídi)
- Ancient: πορεία f (poreía)
- Greenlandic: angalaneq
- Hebrew: מַסָּע (he) m (masá)
- Higaonon: panaw
- Hindi: यात्रा (hi) f (yātrā), सफ़र (hi) m (safar)
- Hiri Motu: laolao
- 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), itinerario (it) m, avventura (it) f
- Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō), 旅 (ja) (たび, tabi), ツアー (tsuā)
- Kazakh: сапар (sapar), саяхат (saäxat)
- Khmer: ដំណើរ (km) (dɑmnaə)
- Korean: 여행(旅行) (ko) (yeohaeng), 려행(旅行) (ko) (ryeohaeng) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ger (ku), seyehat
- Kyrgyz: саякат (ky) (sayakat), сапар (ky) (sapar)
- Lao: ການເດີນທາງ (kān dœ̄n thāng)
- Latin: iter (la) n, cursus m
- Latvian: brauciens m, ceļojums m
- Lithuanian: kelionė (lt) f
- Macedonian: пату́вање n (patúvanje), патеше́ствие n (patešéstvie) (adventurous)
- Malayalam: യാത്ര (ml) (yātra)
- Mòcheno: roas f
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: аялал (mn) (ajalal)
- Motu: laolao
- Nepali: यात्रा (yātrā)
- Norman: viage m (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: reise (no) m or f
- Old English: færeld n
- Oromo: deemsa
- Ottoman Turkish: یولجیلق (yolculuk)
- Papiamentu: biahe
- Pashto: سفر (ps) m (safar), سياحت (ps) m (sayāhat)
- Persian: سفر (fa) (safar), سیاحت (fa) (seyâhat)
- Plautdietsch: Reis f
- Polish: podróż (pl) f, wyjazd (pl) m, wypad (pl) m (a short one)
- Portuguese: jornada (pt) f, viagem (pt) f, percurso (pt) m
- 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
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: путова́ње n
- Roman: putovánje (sh) n
- Slovak: cestovanie n, cesta (sk) f, výlet m
- Slovene: potovanje (sl) n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: jězd m
- Spanish: viaje (es) m, jornada (es), viajata, trayecto (es) m, singladura (es) f (nautical day)
- Swahili: safari (sw)
- Swedish: resa (sv) c, färd (sv) c
- Tajik: сафар (tg) (safar), сайёҳат (sayyohat)
- Tatar: сәяхәт (tt) (säyaxät)
- Telugu: ప్రయాణము (te) (prayāṇamu)
- Thai: การเดินทาง (th) (gaan-dəən-taang)
- Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད ('grul bzhud)
- Tocharian B: yalñe
- Tumbuka: ulendo
- Turkish: yolculuk (tr), gezi (tr), seyahat (tr)
- Turkmen: syýahat, sapar
- Ukrainian: пої́здка f (pojízdka), по́дорож (uk) f (pódorož)
- Urdu: سَفَر m (safar), سِیاحَت f (siyāhat)
- Uyghur: سەپەر (seper), ساياھەت (ug) (sayahet)
- Uzbek: sayohat (uz), safar (uz)
- Venetian: viàjo
- Vietnamese: cuộc hành trình (vi)
- Volapük: täv (vo)
- Welsh: taith (cy) f, siwrnai (cy) f
- White Hmong: tawm rooj
- Yiddish: רייַזע f (rayze)
- Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
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process or progression likened to a journey
Verb
journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)
- To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
1951 June, “British Railways Summer Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:The arrangement for certain long-distance trains to call at suburban stations (saving passengers the trouble of journeying to the termini), which proved popular last year, is being extended.
Synonyms
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)
- Cornish: viajya
- Dutch: trekken (nl), op trektocht gaan, rondtrekken (nl), reizen (nl), rondreizen (nl)
- Finnish: matkustaa (fi), matkata (fi), kulkea (fi)
- French: voyager (fr)
- Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba), მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba)
- German: reisen (de), verreisen (de)
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn)
- 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 (la), iter faciō
- Latvian: ceļot (lv)
- 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)
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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.
Middle English
Noun
journey
- Alternative form of journe