travelogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce travelogue in British English:
UK [ˈtrævəlɒg]
How to pronounce travelogue in American English:
US [ˈtrævəˌlɔɡ, -ˌlɑɡ]
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- Noun:
- a film or illustrated lecture on traveling
Word Origin
- travelogue (n.)
- "a talk on travel," 1903, a hybrid word coined by U.S. traveler Burton Holmes (1870-1958) from travel + Greek-derived -logue, abstracted from monologue.
Example
- 1. Some of the travelogue is rather dull , especially in china , where the traveller is linguistically hobbled and confined to well-trodden tourist paths .
- 2. His new book , " the routes of man " , is presented as a travelogue , a record of the author 's journeys along six different routes around the globe .
- 3. After returning home , to write a thirty thousand word report , in the travelogue portion has four paragraphs .
- 4. And in 1804 , the score of the song appeared in the book " a travelogue from china " , written by british diplomat john bellow .