noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹavə(l)lɒɡ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈtɹvvəˌlɔɡ/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈtɹævəˌlɑɡ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a film or illustrated lecture on traveling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: travelog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attraction
History
Etymology
Blend of travel + -logue, coined by Elias Burton Holmes.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ուղեգրություն
(uġegrutʻyun)
— description of someone's travels
Chinese Mandarin:
紀行 /纪行
(jìxíng)
— description of someone's travels
Czech:
cestopis
— description of someone's travels
Dutch:
reisverslag
— description of someone's travels
Finnish:
matkakertomus
— description of someone's travels
Finnish:
matkapäiväkirja
— description of someone's travels
Finnish:
matkakirja
— description of someone's travels
German:
Reisebericht
— description of someone's travels
Hindi:
सफ़रनामा
(safarnāmā)
— description of someone's travels
Hungarian:
útleírás
— description of someone's travels
Hungarian:
úti beszámoló
— description of someone's travels
Hungarian:
útirajz
— description of someone's travels
Hungarian:
útiélmény-beszámoló
— description of someone's travels
Irish:
cuntas taistil
— description of someone's travels
Irish:
scéal taistil
— description of someone's travels
Japanese:
旅行記
(ryokōki)
— description of someone's travels
Limburgish:
reisverslaag
— description of someone's travels
Macedonian:
па́топис
(pátopis)
— description of someone's travels
Persian:
سفرنامه
(safarnāma /safarnâme)
— description of someone's travels
Serbo-Croatian:
пу̏топӣс
— description of someone's travels
Serbo-Croatian:
pȕtopīs
— description of someone's travels
Slovak:
cestopis
— description of someone's travels
Tajik:
сафарнома
(safarnoma)
— description of someone's travels
Turkish:
gezi konferansı
— description of someone's travels
Turkish:
seyahatname
— description of someone's travels
Urdu:
سَفَر نامَہ
(safar nāma)
— description of someone's travels
