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Travel (disambiguation)

English

Alternative forms

travell

Etymology

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. Displaced native Middle English faren (“to travel, fare”) (from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”)), Middle English lithen (“to go, travel”) (from Old English līþan (“to go, travel”)), Middle English feren (“to go, travel”) (from Old English fēran (“to go, travel”)), Middle English ȝewalken, iwalken (“to walk about, travel”) (from Old English ġewealcan (“to go, traverse”)), Middle English swinken (“to work, travel”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, work at”)). More at fare.

Pronunciation

Verb

travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle Commonwealth travelling, US traveling, simple past and past participle Commonwealth travelled, US traveled)

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
I like to travel.
(intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
Soundwaves can travel through water.
(intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
I’ve travelled the world.

Translations

to be on a journey

Arabic: سافر (ar) (saafara)
Armenian: ճանապարհորդել (hy) (č̣anaparhordel)
Asturian: viaxar (ast)
Basque: bidaiatu (eu)
Breton: beajiñ (br)
Bulgarian: пътувам (bg) (pǎtuvam)
Catalan: viatjar (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅行 (cmn) (lǚxíng), 旅游 (cmn) (lǚyóu)
Czech: cestovat (cs)
Dutch: reizen (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝi (eo)
Finnish: matkustaa (fi), matkata (fi)
French: voyager (fr)
Galician: viaxar (gl)
Georgian: მოგზაურობა (ka) (mogzauroba)
German: reisen (de)
Greek: ταξιδεύω (el) (taxidévo)
Haitian Creole: vwayaje
Hindi: यात्रा करना (hi) (yātrā karnā)
Hungarian: utazik (hu)
Icelandic: ferðast (is)
Interlingua: viagiar (ia)
Italian: viaggiare (it)

Japanese: 旅行する (ja) (りょこうする, ryokō suru)
Jèrriais: viagi
Korean: 여행하다 (ko) (yeohaeng-hada)
Lao: ເດີນທາງ (lo) (dəən-thaang)
Latin: iter facio (la)
Lithuanian: keliauti (lt)
Norwegian: reise (no) m
Old English: sīþian (ang), wadan (ang), faran (ang), fēran (ang)
Persian: سفر کردن (fa) (safar kardan), مسافرت کردن (fa) (mosâferat kardan)
Polish: podróżować (pl)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Romanian: călători (ro)
Russian: путешествовать (ru) (putešéstvovat’)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путовати (sh)

Roman: putovati (sh)
Spanish: viajar (es)
Swahili: safiri (sw)
Swedish: resa (sv), färdas (sv)
Thai: เดินทาง (th) (dern-taang), ท่องเที่ยว (th) (tông-tîeow)
Turkish: seyahat (tr)
Vietnamese: du lịch (vi)
Volapük: tävön (vo)

to pass from here to there; to transmit

Arabic: ينتقل (ar) (yantaqilo)
Catalan: transitar (ca)
Dutch: reizen (nl), verplaatsen (nl)
Finnish: matkustaa (fi), kulkea (fi), liikkua (fi)
French: transmettre (fr), propager (fr)
German: sich fortpflanzen
Latin: ambulo (la)
Norwegian: reise (no)
Polish: przemieszczać się (pl)

Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Romanian: călători (ro)
Russian: передвигаться (ru) (peredvigát’sja) , перемещаться (ru) (peremeščát’sja) , проходить (ru) (proxodít’)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путовати (sh), пренети (sh)

Roman: putovati (sh), preneti (sh)
Swedish: fara (sv), färdas (sv)

in basketball

to travel throughout

Czech: procestovat (cs)
Dutch: bereizen (nl)
Finnish: vaeltaa (fi)
Galician: viaxar (gl)
German: bereisen (de)
Lithuanian: apkeliauti (lt)

Polish: przemierzać (pl)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: proputòvati (sh)
Spanish: viajar por, recorrer (es)
Swedish: resa runt (sv), beresa (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: vojaĝi
Interlingua: viagiar

Volapük: tävön (- lü)

Noun

A caravan en route

travel (countable and uncountable; plural travels)

The act of traveling.
space travel

travel to Spain
pl A series of journeys.
pl An account of one's travels.
I’m off on my travels around France again.
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.

Synonyms

(act of travelling): journey, passage, tour, trip
(activity or traffic along a route or through a given point): traffic
(working motion of a piece of machinery): stroke, movement, progression

Derived terms

travel bug
active travel

Translations

act of traveling

Arabic: مسافرة (ar) (musafira) f
Catalan: viatjar (ca)
Czech: cestování (cs) n
Dutch: reis (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝado (eo)
Finnish: matkailu (fi), matkustelu (fi)
French: voyage (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Reise (de) f
Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taxídi)
Hungarian: út (hu), utazás (hu)
Italian: viaggio (it) m
Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō)
Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng)

Latin: iter (la) n
Lithuanian: keliavimas (lt) m
Malayalam: യാത്ര (ml) (yaathra)
Polish: podróż (pl) f
Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
Romanian: voiaj (ro) n, călătorie (ro) f
Scottish Gaelic: siubhal (gd) m, taisteal (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путова́ње (sh) n

Roman: putovánje (sh) n
Spanish: viaje (es) m
Swedish: resande (sv) n
Telugu: ప్రయాణము (te) (prayaaNamu), యాత్ర (te) (yaatra), పర్యటన (te) (paryaTana)
Volapük: täv (vo)