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voyage
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)
- A long journey, especially by ship.
- (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)
- (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
- 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
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)
- trip, travel
Verb
voyage
- first-person singular present indicative of voyager
- third-person singular present indicative of voyager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of voyager
- 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
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quest
English
Etymology
From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?st/, enPR: kw?st
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
quest (plural quests)
- A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
- The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
- (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
- Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
- (obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
- (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 46"
- To 'cide this title is impanneled
A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]
- To 'cide this title is impanneled
- 1609, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 46"
Derived terms
- sidequest
Translations
Verb
quest (third-person singular simple present quests, present participle questing, simple past and past participle quested)
- To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
- To search for; to examine.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, Description of the Persian Monarchy now beinge the Orientall Indyes, Iles and other ports of the Greater Asia and Africk
- Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, Description of the Persian Monarchy now beinge the Orientall Indyes, Iles and other ports of the Greater Asia and Africk
- (entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- queste, qwest, qwhest
Etymology
Partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste, and partly from their source, Latin quaesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?st(?)/
Noun
quest (plural questes)
- (Late Middle English) A legal inquest or investigation; a session of court.
- (Late Middle English) A group or body of jurors
- (rare) A body of judges or other individuals commissioned to make a decision or verdict
- (rare) The decision or verdict reached by such a body of judges.
- (rare) A quest, mission, or search.
- (rare) The finding of prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.
- (rare, Late Middle English) The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A petition or asking.
Related terms
- conquest
- enquest
- questen
- questioun
- questor
- request
Descendants
- English: quest
- Scots: quest
References
- “quest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.
Romagnol
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum. Compare Italian questo.
Pronoun
quest (feminine singular questa)
- this one, this
- Quest l'è un mond zneno, e nost mond.
- This is a small world, our world.
- Questa l'è una cittadina bela.
- This is a beautiful city.
- Quest l'è un mond zneno, e nost mond.
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum. Compare Italian questo.
Pronoun
quest
- this
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