Meaning of voyage | Babel Free
ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒDefinitions
- A long journey, especially by ship.
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A written account of a journey or travel. archaic
- journey, trip
- To make a voyage.
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The act or practice of travelling. obsolete
- A state of hallucination or altered consciousness caused by a narcotic drug.
- To sail across; traverse: voyaged the western ocean.
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- A journey undertaken with a specific objective:expedition, pilgrimage, safari, tour, trek.
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
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a usually long journey, especially by sea. The voyage to America used to take many weeks. seereis رِحْلَه пътешествие viagem plavba die (See-)Reise rejse ταξίδιviaje, travesía (mere)reis سفر matka traverséeמסע, הפלגה यात्रा जल या विमान putovanje hajóút pelayaran (langt) ferðalag (sjóferð) viaggio 航海 먼 여행 kelionė (jūra) jūras ceļojums pelayaran reisreise podróż morska ساه ( سمندري يا هوايي viagem călătorie (pe mare) путешествие plavba potovanje, plovba put resa, färd การเดินทาง deniz/uzay yolc... usually
- to make such a journey. They voyaged for many months. op reis gaan يقومُ بِرِحْلَه пътешествам viajar plavit se reisen rejse ταξιδεύωviajar (merel) reisima سفر کردن matkustaa voyager לְהַפלִיג समुद्र से यात्रा करना putovati hajózik berlayar ferðast (sjóleiðis); sigla viaggiare 航海する 여행하다 keliauti (jūra) ceļot/braukt (pa jūru, ar lidmašīnu) belayar reizenreise płynąć statkiem سفر كول ( په سمندر كې ): سفر كول ( په الوتكه كې viajar a călători (pe mare) путешествовать plaviť sa potovati putovati r...
- an old word for a person making a voyage, or who has made several voyages. reisiger رَحّالَه пътешественик viajante cestovatel, -ka der/die Seereisende farende θαλασσοπόρος, ταξιδευτής viajero merereisija مسافر matkaaja voyageur/-euse נוסע जलयात्री putnik hajóutas pelancong ferðalangur; sæfari viaggiatore, viaggiatrice 航海者 여행자 keliautojas ceļotājs (ar kuģi, lidmašīnu) pelayar reizigersjøfarende, reisendepodróżnik مسافر ( سمندري viajante călător мореплаватель cestovateľ, -ka, moreplavec potnik...
- A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea.
- often voyages The events of a journey of exploration or discovery considered as material for a narrative.
- a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
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obsolete an ambitious project obsolete
Equivalents
Afrikaans
reis
Български
пътешествам
Bosanski
resa
Català
viatge
Čeština
plavba
Cymraeg
mordaith
Deutsch
Reise
Ελληνικά
ταξίδι
Esperanto
vojaĝo
فارسی
سفر
Suomi
matka
हिन्दी
यात्रा
Hrvatski
resa
Italiano
viaggio
ქართული
მგზავრობა
Kurdî
reîs
Te Reo Māori
wharaunga
Bahasa Melayu
perjalanan
Nederlands
reis
Polski
rejs
Português
viagem
Română
călătorie
Српски
resa
Svenska
resa
Türkçe
seyahat
Examples
“He went on a voyage to France.”
“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.”
“I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]”
“"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[.]"”
“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 […]”
“By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]”
“[...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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