voyage
pronunciation
How to pronounce voyage in British English:
UK [ˈvɔɪɪdʒ]
How to pronounce voyage in American English:
US [ˈvɔɪɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- an act of traveling by water
- a journey to some distant place
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- Verb:
- travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means
Word Origin
- voyage
- voyage: [13] Voyage goes back ultimately to Latin via ‘way’ (source also of the English preposition via [18]). From it was derived viāticum, which originally meant ‘provisions for a journey’, but in post-classical times was used for simply ‘journey’. English acquired it via Old French veiyage and Anglo-Norman voiage.=> via
- voyage (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French voiage "travel, journey, movement, course, errand, mission, crusade" (12c., Modern French voyage), from Late Latin viaticum "a journey" (in classical Latin "provisions for a journey"), noun use of neuter of viaticus "of or for a journey," from via "road, journey, travel" (see via).
- voyage (v.)
- late 15c., from Old French voyager, from voiage (see voyage (n.)). Related: Voyaged; voyaging.
Example
- 1. The voyage of 1591 started well enough .
- 2. The voyage took four years to plan .
- 3. The entry to this restaurant is through a simulated submarine voyage .
- 4. Darwin may also have picked up h. pylori on the voyage .
- 5. It was upon hooker 's advice that scott found 1300 to purchase a balloon for the voyage .