journal
pronunciation
How to pronounce journal in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɜːnl]
How to pronounce journal in American English:
US [ˈdʒɜːrnl]
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- Noun:
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
- a record book as a physical object
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
Word Origin
- journal (n.)
- mid-14c., "book of church services," from Anglo-French jurnal "a day," from Old French jornel, "day, time; day's work," noun use of adjective meaning "daily," from Late Latin diurnalis "daily" (see diurnal). Meaning "book for inventories and daily accounts" is late 15c.; that of "personal diary" is c. 1600, from a sense found in French. Meaning "daily publication" is from 1728. Initial -d- in Latin usually remains in French, but according to Brachet, when it is followed by an -iu-, the -i- becomes consonantized as a -j- "and eventually ejects the d." He also cites jusque from de-usque.
Example
- 1. The work appears in the journal psychological science .
- 2. It even has a journal section to add notes .
- 3. The study is in the lancet medical journal .
- 4. Write down dates and short descriptions in a journal .
- 5. The study is in the journal cell metabolism .