voyage
/ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long journey, especially by ship.
Example Sentences
- "He went on a voyage to France."
- "There is a Tide in the affayres of men, / Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: / Omitted, all the voyage of their life, / Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miſeries."
- "I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]"
- ""And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]""
- "I cannot learn what his Name was, unleſs by the Inſcription of the Letters he ſent to the Pope, and to the French King in the Year 1688, mentioned in the ſecond Voyage of Father Tachard […]"
- "By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]"
Etymology
From Middle English viage, borrowed from Anglo-Norman viage and Old French voiage, from Latin viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern French voyage. Doublet of viaticum.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
voyages (plural)
voyages (present, singular)
voyaging (participle, present)
voyaged (participle, past)
voyaged (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
voyaged (first person, past)
voyagest (archaic, present)
voyaged (past, second person)
voyagedst (archaic, past)
voyageth (archaic, present)
Derived Forms
Phrases
maiden voyage
nom de voyage
not wanted on voyage
voyage data recorder
voyage of the damned
voyage planning