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voy⋅age
[voi-ij] 
ɪdʒ
noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place. |
| 2. | a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle. |
| 3. | a journey or expedition from one place to another by land. |
| 4. | Often, voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself: the voyages of Marco Polo. |
| 5. | Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to make or take a voyage; travel; journey. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to traverse by a voyage: to voyage the seven seas. |
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| voy·age (voi'ĭj) n.
v. intr. To make a voyage. v. tr. To sail across; traverse: voyaged the western ocean. [Middle English, from Old French veyage, from Late Latin viāticum, a journey, from Latin, provisions for a journey, from neuter of viāticus, of a journey, from via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.] voy'ag·er n. |
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Voyage
Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage, viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L. viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to E. way. See Way, n., and cf. Convey, Deviate, Devious, Envoy, Trivial, Viaduct, Viaticum.]1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country. I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J. Fletcher. So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. --Milton. All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. --Shak. 2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.] Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. --Bacon. 3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak.Voyage
Voy"age\, v. t. To travel; to pass over; to traverse. With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : voyage
Spanish:
viaje, travesía,
German:
die (See-)Reise,
Japanese:
航海
voyage (n.)
1297, from O.Fr. veiage "travel, journey," from L.L. viaticum "a journey" (in classical L. "provisions for a journey"), noun use of neut. of viaticus "of or for a journey," from via "road, journey, travel." The verb is first attested 1477.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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voyage
see maiden voyage.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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