voyage

See also voyagé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Noun

voyage (plural voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.

Synonyms

• adventure
• exploration
• expedition
• excursion
• journey
• trip
• vacation

Related terms

• envoy

Derived terms

• maiden voyage

Translations

long journey; especially by ship

• Arabic: رحلة (ar) (ríḥla) f

  Egyptian Arabic: رحلة (reḥla) f

• Catalan: viatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: plavba (cs) f
• Dutch: reis (nl)
• Esperanto: vojaĝo (eo)
• Finnish: matka (fi)
• French: voyage (fr) m
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (ka) (mgzavroba)
• German: Reise (de) f
• Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taksídi) n
• Hebrew: טיול (he) (tiyúl) m, מסע (he) (masá) m
• Hungarian: utazás (hu), hajóút (hu)
• Ido: voyajo
• 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)
• Maori: wharaunga (mi)
• Norwegian: reise (no), sjøreise (no)
• Persian: سفر (fa) (safar)
• Polish: rejs (pl) m
• Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
• Romanian: călătorie (ro) f
• Russian: путешествие (ru) (putešéstvije) n, плавание (ru) (plávanije) n, вояж (ru) (vojáž) m, рейс (ru) (rejs) m
• Scottish Gaelic: (on sea) turas-mara (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: путовање (sh) n, путешествије (sh) n

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

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

Verb

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

1. To go on a long journey.
   • Wordsworth

     A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

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French

Etymology

From Latin viaticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vwa.jaʒ/, X-SAMPA: /vwa.jaZ/

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• Homophones: voyagent, voyages
• Hyphenation: voi‧iage

Noun

voyage m (plural voyages)

1. trip, travel

Verb

voyage

1. First-person present indicative of voyager
2. Third-person present indicative of voyager
3. First-person present subjunctive of voyager
4. Third-person present subjunctive of voyager
5. Second-person imperative of voyager

Related terms

• bon voyage
• voyager
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Anagrams

• goyave