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travelogue

/ˈtɹavə(l)lɒɡ/US/ˈtɹvvəˌlɔɡ/

travelogue noun: a description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.

Noun

travelogue (plural travelogues)

  1. A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
    • Dr. John Bowker, inventor and coiner of new words […] has what he calls an ‘illustrated travelogue’ on Hawaii.1898 December 3, “Plays Next Week ‘Phroso,’ ‘Yankee Doosle Dandy,’ ‘On the Wabash,’ ‘A Mislit Marriage’”, in Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, Mass., →OCLC, page 4, column 6
    • During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN

travelogue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

travelogue in Hindi

description of someone's travels
सफ़रनामा safarnāmā

travelogue in Tamil

பயண நூல்

travelogue in Urdu

description of someone's travels
سَفَر نامَہ safar nāma

travelogue in Kannada

ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಕಥನ, ಪ್ರವಾಸ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತ
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travelogue in Punjabi
ਸਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ safarnāmā
travelogue in Persian
سفرنامه safarnāma /safarnâme

Forms of travelogue

pluraltravelogues
alternative UStravelog

Origin of travelogue

Blend of travel + -logue, after monologue. Coined by Dr. John Bowker in 1898 (see the quotation), and popularized by the American traveler and filmmaker Burton Holmes (1870–1958) in 1903.

Words formed from travelogue

Questions about travelogue

What does travelogue mean?
Travelogue means a description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
What is travelogue in Hindi?
Travelogue in Hindi is सफ़रनामा (safarnāmā). See Travelogue meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is travelogue?
Travelogue is a noun.
How do you pronounce travelogue?
Travelogue is pronounced /ˈtɹavə(l)lɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of travelogue?
The plural of travelogue is travelogues.

Words near travelogue in the dictionary

  1. travellours
  2. travells
  3. travelog
  4. travelogic
  5. travelogs
  6. travelogue
  7. traveloguelike
  8. traveloguer
  9. traveloguers
  10. travelogues
  11. travelour

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: travelogue (page history and authors); travelogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); travelogue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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