Phrase guide

time travel

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The ability to access previous states of a database.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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3

verb

Meaning 3

Alternative form of time-travel

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

time + travel

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пътуване във времето (pǎtuvane vǎv vremeto) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Catalan: viatge en el temps — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Chinese Cantonese: 時間旅行 /时间旅行 (si4 gaan3 leoi5 hang4) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時間旅行 /时间旅行 (shíjiān lǚxíng) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時空旅行 /时空旅行 (shíkōnglǚxíng) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Czech: cestování časem — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Czech: cestování v čase — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Danish: tidsrejse — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Dutch: tijdreis — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Esperanto: tempovojaĝado — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Faroese: tíðarreikan — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Finnish: aikamatkustus — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Finnish: aikamatkailu — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • French: voyage dans le temps — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Galician: viaxe no tempo — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Georgian: დროში მოგზაურობა (droši mogzauroba) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • German: Zeitreise — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Greek: ταξίδι στον χρόνο (taxídi ston chróno) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Hebrew: מַסָּע בַּזְּמָן (massá ba-z'mán) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Hindi: समय यात्रा (samay yātrā) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Hindi: काल यात्रा (kāl yātrā) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Hungarian: időutazás — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Icelandic: tímaflakk — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Irish: amthaisteal — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Irish: taisteal san/trí am — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Italian: viaggio nel tempo — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Japanese: 時間旅行 (jikan ryokō) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Japanese: タイムトラベル (taimu toraberu) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Japanese: タイムスリップ (taimu surippu) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Japanese: タイムトリップ (taimu torippu) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Korean: 시간여행 (siganyeohaeng) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Korean: 타임슬립 (taimseullip) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Lithuanian: kelionė laiku — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Macedonian: времеплов (vremeplov) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Mongolian: цаг хугацааны аялал (cag xugacaany ajalal) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Polish: podróżowanie w czasie — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Portuguese: viagem no tempo — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Romanian: călătorie în timp — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Russian: путеше́ствие во вре́мени (putešéstvije vo vrémeni) — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Serbo-Croatian: vremeplov — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Serbo-Croatian: времеплов — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Slovak: cestovanie v čase — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Spanish: viaje en el tiempo — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Spanish: viaje a través del tiempo — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Swedish: tidsresa — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Turkish: zamanda yolculuk — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Turkish: zaman yolculuğu — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Welsh: teithio mewn amser — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
  • Welsh: teithio drwy amser — hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future