voyage
/ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/
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British/ˈvojɪd͡ʒ/
voyage noun: a long journey, especially by ship.
Noun
voyage (plural voyages)
- A long journey, especially by ship.
- 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.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- A written account of a journey or travel.
- 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 […]1690, “The Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page v
- By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]1690, “A Relation of the Late Great Revolution in Siam, and the Driving Out of the French”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam...
- The act or practice of travelling.
- [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...
Verb
voyage (third-person singular simple present voyages, present participle voyaging, simple past and past participle voyaged)
- To go on a long journey.
- A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude
- O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 322
voyage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
voyage in Hindi
- long journey; especially by ship
- यात्रा yātrā
voyage in Tamil
- கடற்பயணம், பொதுவாக
voyage in Urdu
- سفر, سیاحت
voyage in Bengali
- দীর্ঘ সমুদ্রযাত্রা, ভ্রমণ
More languagesFewer languages
- voyage in Malayalam
- യാത്ര
- voyage in Kannada
- ಸಂಚಾರ, ಜಲಪರ್ಯಟನ, ಸಮುದ್ರಯಾನ
- voyage in Gujarati
- વહાણવટું vahāṇvaṭũ
- voyage in Arabic
- رِحْلَة riḥla
- voyage in Malay
- perjalanan
- voyage in Persian
- سفر safar
Examples of voyage in a sentence
- Now that all the ship's boilers were fired up, the voyage was well and truly underway.
- The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.
- The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
Synonyms of voyage
Forms of voyage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | voyages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | voyages |
| present participle | voyaging |
| past participle | voyaged |
| past | voyaged |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | voyagest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | voyagedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | voyageth |
Origin of voyage
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.
Words formed from voyage
- outvoyage
- voyager
- maiden voyage
- nom de voyage
- not wanted on voyage
- voyage data recorder
- voyage of the damned
- voyage planning
Phrases with voyage
Questions about voyage
- What does voyage mean?
- Voyage means a long journey, especially by ship.
- What is voyage in Hindi?
- Voyage in Hindi is यात्रा (yātrā). See Voyage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is voyage?
- Voyage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce voyage?
- Voyage is pronounced /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of voyage?
- The plural of voyage is voyages.
Words near voyage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: voyage (page history and authors); voyage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voyage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Voyage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voyage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voyage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વહાણવટું (Gujarati) (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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