different between picnic vs voyage

English

Alternative forms

• picknick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?k?-n?k, IPA^(key): /?p?kn?k/
• Rhymes: -?kn?k
• Hyphenation: pic?nic

Noun

picnic (plural picnics)

1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.

2. The meal eaten at such a gathering.
3. (figuratively) An easy or pleasant task.

   Synonym: piece of cake
4. (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (pikunikku)

Translations

See also

• packed lunch

Verb

picnic (third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked)

1. To take part in a picnic.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

Noun

picnic m (invariable)

1. picnic (outdoor meal)

Romanian

Etymology

From French pique-nique

Noun

picnic n (plural picnicuri)

1. picnic

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?nik/, [?pi??.nik]

Noun

picnic m (plural picnics)

1. Misspelling of pícnic.

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): /?v??.?d?/

Noun

voyage (plural voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.
2. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• maiden voyage

Related terms

• envoy

Translations

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.

Conjugation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin vi?ticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.ja?/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [vo.ja?], [(v)w?.ja?]
• Homophones: voyagent, voyages
• Hyphenation: vo?yage
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

voyage m (plural voyages)

1. trip, travel

Verb

voyage

1. first-person singular present indicative of voyager
2. third-person singular present indicative of voyager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
5. second-person singular imperative of voyager

Related terms

• agence de voyages
• bon voyage
• gens de voyage
• voyage d'affaires
• voyage de noces
• voyageur
• voyagiste

Further reading

• “voyage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• goyave