different between voyage vs journy

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

English

Noun

journy (plural journies)

1. Obsolete form of journey.
   • 1818, The Analectic Magazine, volume 12 (July–December 1818)

     Finding, however, that this was not likely soon to take place, he determined to pass the intermediate time in exploring Egypt and the country above the Cataracts, and was thus enabled to perform two very arduous and interesting journies into the ancient Æthiopia […]