voyage

See also: voyagé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/

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Noun

voyage (plural voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 126, column 1:

     There is a Tide in the affayres of men, / Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: / Omitted, all the voyage of their life, / Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miſeries.

   • 1621 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene vi, page 467, column 2:

     I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]

   • 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23:

     "And as their valour, so you trow, defied
     on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore,
     so many changing skies their manhood tried,
     such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]"

2. (archaic) A written account of a journey or travel.
   • 1690, “The Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page v:

     I cannot learn what his Name was, unleſs by the Inſcription of the Letters he ſent to the Pope, and to the French King in the Year 1688, mentioned in the ſecond Voyage of Father Tachard […]

   • 1690, “A Relation of the Late Great Revolution in Siam, and the Driving Out of the French”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page 1:

     By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]

3. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], page 12, →OCLC:

     [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]

Synonyms

• adventure
• exploration
• expedition
• excursion
• journey
• tour
• vacation

Derived terms

• maiden voyage
• nom de voyage
• not wanted on voyage
• voyage data recorder
• voyage of the damned

 

Related terms

• envoy

Translations

long journey; especially by ship

• Afrikaans: reis (af) sg
• Albanian: lundrim (sq) m, fluturim (sq) m
• Arabic: رِحْلَة f (riḥla)

  Egyptian Arabic: رحلة f (reḥla)

• Armenian: ճամփորդություն (hy) (čampʿordutʿyun), ուղեւորություն (hy) (uġeworutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: səyahət (az), səfər (az)
• Bulgarian: пътеше́ствие (bg) n (pǎtešéstvie)
• Catalan: viatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: plavba (cs) f
• Dutch: reis (nl)
• Esperanto: vojaĝo (eo)
• Finnish: matka (fi)
• French: voyage (fr) m
• Georgian: მგზავრობა (mgzavroba)
• German: Reise (de) f
• Greek: ταξίδι (el) n (taxídi)

  Ancient: πλόος m (plóos), πλοῦς m (ploûs)

• Hebrew: הַפְלָגָה (he) f (haflaga)
• Hungarian: tengeri utazás, hajóút (hu)
• Ido: voyajo (io)
• 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(旅行) (ko) (yeohaeng), 항해 (ko) (hanghae)
• Latvian: ceļojums m, brauciens m, reiss m
• Macedonian: пату́вање n (patúvanje), патеше́ствие n (patešéstvie)
• Malay: perjalanan (ms)
• Maori: wharaunga, rerenga
• Mongolian: аялал (mn) (ajalal), аян (mn) (ajan), нислэг (mn) (nisleg)
• Navajo: ił ooʼoł
• Norwegian: reise (no), sjøreise
• Occitan: viatge (oc) m
• Persian: سفر (fa) (safar)
• Plautdietsch: Reis f
• Polish: rejs (pl) m
• Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
• Romanian: călătorie (ro) f
• Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n (putešéstvije), пла́вание (ru) n (plávanije), воя́ж (ru) m (vojáž), рейс (ru) m (rejs)
• Scottish Gaelic: (on sea) turas-mara m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: путовање n, путешествије n

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

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
   • 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude:

     A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

   • 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 322:

     O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?

Conjugation

Conjugation of voyage

infinitive	(to) voyage
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	voyage	voyaged
2nd-person singular	voyage, voyagest†	voyaged, voyagedst†
3rd-person singular	voyages, voyageth†	voyaged
plural	voyage
subjunctive	voyage	voyaged
imperative	voyage	—
participles	voyaging	voyaged

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

to go on a long journey

• Bulgarian: пътешествам (pǎtešestvam)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum. Doublet of viatique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.jaʒ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [vo.jaʒ], [(v)wɒ.jaʒ]
• Homophones: voyagent, voyages
• Hyphenation: vo‧yage
• Rhymes: -ɑʒ

Noun

voyage m (plural voyages)

1. trip, travel

Verb

voyage

1. inflection of voyager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• agence de voyages
• bon voyage
• gens de voyage
• récit de voyage
• voyage d’affaires
• voyage dans le temps
• voyage de noces
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Further reading

• “voyage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• goyave