English Online Dictionary. What means journey? What does journey mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English journe, jorney, from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnata (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”). Displaced native Old English fær and Old English faru.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ni
Noun
journey (plural journeys)
- A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
- (figurative) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
- (obsolete) A day.
- (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
- (obsolete) A day's work.
- The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
- (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:journey
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
journey (third-person singular simple present journeys, present participle journeying, simple past and past participle journeyed)
- To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
Synonyms
- wayfare
Translations
Further reading
- “journey”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “journey”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “journey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Middle English
Noun
journey
- Alternative form of journe