name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
journey
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɝni/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ni
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CMU ARPABET: JH ER1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The journey to London takes two hours by train.
- “Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey.” ~ African proverb
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noun
Meaning 3
Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- the journey to political freedom
- my journey of dealing with grief
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noun
Meaning 4
The progress of a customer through a system, often a computer system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
Examples
- We need to map out the user journey and make it more efficient.
- a customer journey
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noun
Meaning 5
A day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A day's work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A group of giraffes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 10
Life on Earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Meaning 11
The total time spent melting and working one piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 12
To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 13
the act of traveling from one place to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: journeying
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling
Narrower terms: commute, drive, ride, long haul, mush, odyssey, trip, passage, transit, expedition, digression, excursion, schlep, shlep, trek, tour, circuit, pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, sashay, voyage, way
verb
Meaning 14
undertake a journey or trip
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: travel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, trip, jaunt
Narrower terms: tour, globe-trot, sledge, voyage, sail, navigate, trek
verb
Meaning 15
travel upon or across
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- travel the oceans
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: travel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: sail, ship, ride, fly, cruise
History
Etymology
From journey at the end of the 20th century.
From Middle English journe, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.
Reborrowing from French journée (day's activities), originally an unadapted borrowing from French journée, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.
Across languages
Translations
237 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aghwan: 𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕎 (elun) — trip, a voyage
- Albanian: udhëtim — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: رِحْلَة (riḥla) — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: سَفَر (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: سَيَاحَة (sayāḥa) — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: مُسَافَرَة (musāfara) — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: رحلة (reḥla) — trip, a voyage
- Arabic: سفرية (safareya) — trip, a voyage
- Armenian: ուղեւորություն (uġeworutʻyun) — trip, a voyage
- Azerbaijani: səfər — trip, a voyage
- Azerbaijani: səyahət — trip, a voyage
- Basque: bidaia — trip, a voyage
- Belarusian: пае́здка (pajézdka) — trip, a voyage
- Belarusian: падаро́жжа (padaróžža) — trip, a voyage
- Bengali: যাত্রা (jatra) — trip, a voyage
- Bulgarian: пъту́ване (pǎtúvane) — trip, a voyage
- Bulgarian: пътеше́ствие (pǎtešéstvie) — trip, a voyage
- Burmese: ခရီး (hka.ri:) — trip, a voyage
- Cebuano: panaw — trip, a voyage
- Chichewa: ulendó — trip, a voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅游 (lǚyóu) — trip, a voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅行 (lǚxíng) — trip, a voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅途 (lǚtú) — trip, a voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅程 (lǚchéng) — trip, a voyage
- Czech: cesta — trip, a voyage
- Czech: výlet — trip, a voyage
- Danish: rejse — trip, a voyage
- Dutch: trip — trip, a voyage
- Dutch: trektocht — trip, a voyage
- Dutch: reis — trip, a voyage
- Egyptian: n:nm*m-t*t:D54 (nmtt) — trip, a voyage
- Esperanto: vojaĝo — trip, a voyage
- Estonian: reis — trip, a voyage
- Ewe: azɔlizɔzɔ — trip, a voyage
- Finnish: matka — trip, a voyage
- Finnish: reissu — trip, a voyage
- French: voyage — trip, a voyage
- Galician: viaxe — trip, a voyage
- Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba) — trip, a voyage
- Georgian: მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba) — trip, a voyage
- Georgian: ტური (ṭuri) — trip, a voyage
- Georgian: ვოიაჟი (voiaži) — trip, a voyage
- German: Reise — trip, a voyage
- German: Tour — trip, a voyage
- German: Fahrt — trip, a voyage
- German: Anreise — trip, a voyage
- Greek: ταξίδι (taxídi) — trip, a voyage
- Ancient Greek: πορεία (poreía) — trip, a voyage
- Greenlandic: angalaneq — trip, a voyage
- Hebrew: מַסָּע (masá) — trip, a voyage
- Higaonon: panaw — trip, a voyage
- Hindi: यात्रा (yātrā) — trip, a voyage
- Hindi: सफ़र (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Hiri Motu: laolao — trip, a voyage
- White Hmong: tawm rooj — trip, a voyage
- Hungarian: utazás — trip, a voyage
- Icelandic: leiðangur — trip, a voyage
- Icelandic: ferð — trip, a voyage
- Ido: voyajo — trip, a voyage
- Indonesian: perjalanan — trip, a voyage
- Ingrian: matka — trip, a voyage
- Interlingua: viage — trip, a voyage
- Irish: aistear — trip, a voyage
- Irish: slí — trip, a voyage
- Italian: viaggio — trip, a voyage
- Italian: itinerario — trip, a voyage
- Italian: avventura — trip, a voyage
- Japanese: 旅行 (ryokō) — trip, a voyage
- Japanese: 旅 (tabi) — trip, a voyage
- Japanese: ツアー (tsuā) — trip, a voyage
- Kazakh: сапар (sapar) — trip, a voyage
- Kazakh: саяхат (saäxat) — trip, a voyage
- Khmer: ដំណើរ (dɑmnaə) — trip, a voyage
- Korean: 여행 (yeohaeng) — trip, a voyage
- Korean: 려행 (ryeohaeng) — trip, a voyage
- Northern Kurdish: ger — trip, a voyage
- Northern Kurdish: seyehat — trip, a voyage
- Kyrgyz: саякат (sayakat) — trip, a voyage
- Kyrgyz: сапар (sapar) — trip, a voyage
- Lao: ການເດີນທາງ (kān dœ̄n thāng) — trip, a voyage
- Latin: iter — trip, a voyage
- Latin: cursus — trip, a voyage
- Latvian: brauciens — trip, a voyage
- Latvian: ceļojums — trip, a voyage
- Lithuanian: kelionė — trip, a voyage
- Luba-Kasai: lwendo — trip, a voyage
- Luba-Katanga: lwendo — trip, a voyage
- Macedonian: пату́вање (patúvanje) — trip, a voyage
- Macedonian: патеше́ствие (patešéstvie) — trip, a voyage
- Malayalam: യാത്ര (yātra) — trip, a voyage
- Marathi: प्रवास (pravās) — trip, a voyage
- Mòcheno: roas — trip, a voyage
- Mongolian: аялал (ajalal) — trip, a voyage
- Motu: laolao — trip, a voyage
- Nepali: यात्रा (yātrā) — trip, a voyage
- Norman: viage — trip, a voyage
- Norwegian Bokmål: reise — trip, a voyage
- Old English: færeld — trip, a voyage
- Oromo: deemsa — trip, a voyage
- Pannonian Rusyn: путованє (putovanje) — trip, a voyage
- Papiamentu: biahe — trip, a voyage
- Pashto: سفر (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Pashto: سياحت (sayāhat) — trip, a voyage
- Dari: سَفَر (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Dari: سِیَاحَت (siyāhat) — trip, a voyage
- Iranian Persian: سَفَر (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Iranian Persian: سِیاحَت (siyâhat) — trip, a voyage
- Plautdietsch: Reis — trip, a voyage
- Pohnpeian: seiloak — trip, a voyage
- Polish: podróż — trip, a voyage
- Polish: wyjazd — trip, a voyage
- Polish: wypad — trip, a voyage
- Portuguese: jornada — trip, a voyage
- Portuguese: viagem — trip, a voyage
- Portuguese: percurso — trip, a voyage
- Romanian: voiaj — trip, a voyage
- Romanian: călătorie — trip, a voyage
- Russian: путеше́ствие (putešéstvije) — trip, a voyage
- Russian: пое́здка (pojézdka) — trip, a voyage
- Russian: турне́ (turnɛ́) — trip, a voyage
- Russian: воя́ж (vojáž) — trip, a voyage
- Sanskrit: यात्रा (yātrā) — trip, a voyage
- Scottish Gaelic: slighe — trip, a voyage
- Scottish Gaelic: cuairt — trip, a voyage
- Scottish Gaelic: turas — trip, a voyage
- Scottish Gaelic: taisteal — trip, a voyage
- Serbo-Croatian: путова́ње — trip, a voyage
- Serbo-Croatian: putovánje — trip, a voyage
- Slovak: cestovanie — trip, a voyage
- Slovak: cesta — trip, a voyage
- Slovak: výlet — trip, a voyage
- Slovene: potovanje — trip, a voyage
- Lower Sorbian: jězd — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: viaje — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: jornada — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: viajata — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: trayecto — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: singladura — trip, a voyage
- Spanish: asengladura — trip, a voyage
- Sranan Tongo: waka — trip, a voyage
- Swahili: safari — trip, a voyage
- Swedish: resa — trip, a voyage
- Swedish: färd — trip, a voyage
- Tajik: сафар (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Tajik: сайёҳат (sayyohat) — trip, a voyage
- Tatar: сәяхәт (säyäxät) — trip, a voyage
- Telugu: ప్రయాణము (prayāṇamu) — trip, a voyage
- Thai: การเดินทาง (gaan-dəən-taang) — trip, a voyage
- Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད ('grul bzhud) — trip, a voyage
- Tocharian B: yalñe — trip, a voyage
- Tumbuka: ulendo — trip, a voyage
- Turkish: yolculuk — trip, a voyage
- Turkish: gezi — trip, a voyage
- Turkish: seyahat — trip, a voyage
- Ottoman Turkish: سفر (sefer) — trip, a voyage
- Turkmen: syýahat — trip, a voyage
- Turkmen: sapar — trip, a voyage
- Ukrainian: пої́здка (pojízdka) — trip, a voyage
- Ukrainian: по́дорож (pódorož) — trip, a voyage
- Urdu: سَفَر (safar) — trip, a voyage
- Urdu: سِیاحَت (siyāhat) — trip, a voyage
- Uyghur: سەپەر (seper) — trip, a voyage
- Uyghur: ساياھەت (sayahet) — trip, a voyage
- Uzbek: sayohat — trip, a voyage
- Uzbek: safar — trip, a voyage
- Venetan: viàjo — trip, a voyage
- Vietnamese: cuộc hành trình — trip, a voyage
- Volapük: täv — trip, a voyage
- Welsh: taith — trip, a voyage
- Welsh: siwrnai — trip, a voyage
- Yiddish: רייַזע (rayze) — trip, a voyage
- Finnish: matka — process or progression likened to a journey
- Finnish: kulku — process or progression likened to a journey
- German: Weg — process or progression likened to a journey
- Marathi: प्रवास (pravās) — process or progression likened to a journey
- Polish: wędrówka — process or progression likened to a journey
- Spanish: singladura — process or progression likened to a journey
- Spanish: jornada — process or progression likened to a journey
- Spanish: recorrido — process or progression likened to a journey
- Spanish: periplo — process or progression likened to a journey
- Sranan Tongo: waka — process or progression likened to a journey
- Swedish: väg — process or progression likened to a journey
- Arabic: سافر (sāfir) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Basque: bidaiatu — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Bulgarian: пътувам (pǎtuvam) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅游 (lǚyóu) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Chinese Mandarin: 旅行 (lǚxíng) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Cornish: viajya — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Dutch: trekken — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Dutch: op trektocht gaan — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Dutch: rondtrekken — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Dutch: reizen — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Dutch: rondreizen — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Finnish: matkustaa — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Finnish: matkata — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Finnish: kulkea — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- French: voyager — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Georgian: მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- German: reisen — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- German: verreisen — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Greek: ταξιδεύω (taxidévo) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Ancient Greek: πορεύομαι (poreúomai) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Hindi: यात्रा करना (yātrā karnā) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Hungarian: utazik — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Hungarian: beutazik — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Hungarian: bejár — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Icelandic: ferðast — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Interlingua: viagiar — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Irish: eachtraigh — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Italian: viaggiare — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Japanese: 旅する (tabi-suru) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Latin: vio — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Latin: iter faciō — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Latvian: ceļot — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Lithuanian: keliauti — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Macedonian: па́тува (pátuva) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (sañcāraṁ) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Marathi: प्रवास करणे (pravās karṇe) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Mongolian: аялах (ajalax) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Mongolian: аян (ajan) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Norwegian: reise — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Old English: sīþian — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Pohnpeian: seiloak — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Portuguese: viajar — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Romanian: călători — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Russian: путеше́ствовать (putešéstvovatʹ) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Spanish: viajar — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Swahili: safiri — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Swedish: resa — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Telugu: ప్రయాణించు (prayāṇiñcu) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Turkish: yolculuk etmek — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Turkish: gezmek — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Ukrainian: подорожувати (podorožuvaty) — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Volapük: tävön — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
- Welsh: teithio — to travel, to make a trip or voyage
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