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 voyage

nom masculin

(latin viaticum, provisions de route)

• 1.  Action de voyager, de se rendre ou d'être transporté en un autre lieu ; trajet ainsi fait : Le voyage se fera par bateau. Ressentir les fatigues du voyage.

Synonymes :

allée et venue - aller et retour - navette - va-et-vient

circuit - croisière - déplacement - excursion - pérégrinations - périple - tour - tournée

• 4.   Littéraire. Exploration, découverte, description de quelque chose qu'on suit comme un parcours : Ce livre est un voyage dans l'âme d'un condamné.
• 5.  État hallucinatoire provoqué par l'usage d'une drogue, en particulier le L.S.D.

Expressions avec voyage

Agence de voyages,, article de voyage,, faire le grand voyage,, gens du voyage,, voyage au long cours,, difficultés de voyage.

ORTHOGRAPHE

On écrit voyages au pluriel dans agent de voyages, agence de voyages  ; au singulier dans un récit de voyage, partir en voyage .

Citations avec voyage

• Charles Baudelaire (Paris 1821-Paris 1867) Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage ! Les Fleurs du Mal , le Voyage
• Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, 1873-Paris 1954) Le voyage n'est nécessaire qu'aux imaginations courtes. Belles Saisons , Galerie Charpentier
• René Descartes (La Haye, aujourd'hui Descartes, Indre-et-Loire, 1596-Stockholm 1650) Lorsqu'on emploie trop de temps à voyager on devient enfin étranger en son pays. Discours de la méthode
• René Descartes (La Haye, aujourd'hui Descartes, Indre-et-Loire, 1596-Stockholm 1650) C'est quasi le même de converser avec ceux des autres siècles que de voyager. Discours de la méthode
• Théophile Gautier (Tarbes 1811-Neuilly 1872) Le voyage est un maître aux préceptes amers […]. España
• Jean Mallard de La Varende (Le Chamblac, Eure, 1887-Paris 1959) L'enfance est un voyage oublié. Le Centaure de Dieu , Grasset
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (Bruxelles 1908-Paris 2009) Ce que d'abord vous nous montrez, voyages, c'est notre ordure lancée au visage de l'humanité. Tristes Tropiques , Plon
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (Bruxelles 1908-Paris 2009) Un voyage s'inscrit simultanément dans l'espace, dans le temps, et dans la hiérarchie sociale. Tristes Tropiques , Plon
• Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1533-château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1592) Je réponds ordinairement à ceux qui me demandent raison de mes voyages : que je sais bien ce que je fuis, mais non pas ce que je cherche. Essais , III, 9
• Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1533-château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1592) […] frotter et limer notre cervelle contre celle d'autrui * . Essais , I, 26 * en voyageant à l'étranger
• Paul Nizan (Tours 1905-Audruicq, Pas-de-Calais, 1940) Le voyage est une suite de disparitions irréparables. Aden-Arabie , Maspero

Commentaire Valery Larbaud a fait de ce vers le titre d'un de ses essais, repris dans son recueil Jaune, bleu, blanc .

• Isaac Félix, dit André Suarès (Marseille 1868-Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 1948) Le voyageur est encore ce qui importe le plus dans un voyage. Le Voyage du condottiere , Émile-Paul
• Varron en latin Marcus Terentius Varro (Reate, aujourd'hui Rieti, 116-27 avant J.-C.) Dans un voyage, le plus long est d'arriver à la porte. Économie rurale , I, 2, 2 Porta itineri longissima.

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Définition de voyage ​​​ Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge l'audio. nom masculin

Synonymes de voyage nom masculin.

excursion , circuit , périple , tour , balade ( familier ) , virée ( familier ) , [ par mer ] croisière , traversée , [ scientifique ] exploration , expédition

trajet , aller (et retour) , cheminement , itinéraire , parcours

déplacement , route , tournée

va-et-vient , allées et venues , navette

défonce ( familier ) , trip

Synonymes de être toujours en voyage

être toujours par monts et par vaux , être toujours en vadrouille ( familier )

Synonymes de organisateur de voyages

[ recommandation officielle ] tour-opérateur

Combinaisons

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Definition of voyage

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Definition of voyage  (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

transitive verb

• peregrinate

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Word History

Middle English viage, veyage , from Anglo-French veiage , from Late Latin viaticum , from Latin, traveling money, from neuter of viaticus of a journey, from via way — more at way

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Phrases Containing voyage

Dictionary entries near voyage.

vox populi vox Dei

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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voyage. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.

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Définition "voyager"

• Déplacement, trajet vers un endroit éloigné
• Aller et retour d'un point à un autre.
• Fait de se déplacer loin, vers un lieu où l'on ne réside pas habituellement; ce déplacement lui-même.
• Expérience hallucinatoire induite par la drogue
• Faire un voyage pour le plaisir
• Se déplacer vers un lieu éloigné, hors de chez soi.
• Être transporté, en parlant de marchandises.
• Subir un transport comme dans un véhicule
• Série de sondes spatiales américaines, dans le but d'explorer le système solaire (lancées depuis 1977).

Synonyme "voyager"

allée et venue , aller et retour , anesthésie , balade , bonheur , campagne , circuit , croisière , défonce , déplacement , errance , excursion , exode , expédition , exploration , incursion , itinéraire , locomotion , navette , navigation , odyssée , passage , pèlerinage , pérégrination , périple , promenade , raid , rallye , randonnée , route , séjour , tour , tourisme , tournée , trajet , transport , traversée , trip , va-et-vient , visite

aller , aller à sa vitesse de croisière , aller et venir , bouger , bourlinguer , circuler , courir , croiser , errer , excursionner , migrer , naviguer , partir , pérégriner , rouler sa bosse , se balader , se déplacer , se promener , se transporter , vagabonder , voir , voyager tranquillement

• 1.1 Etymology
• 1.2 Pronunciation
• 1.3.1 Synonyms
• 1.3.2 Derived terms
• 1.3.3 Related terms
• 1.3.4 Translations
• 1.4.1 Conjugation
• 1.4.2 Translations
• 2.1 Etymology
• 2.2 Pronunciation
• 2.4.1 Related terms
• 2.5 Further reading
• 2.6 Anagrams

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 .

Pronunciation

• IPA ( key ) : /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/

voyage ( plural voyages )

• 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies   [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act IV, scene iii ] , page 126 , column 1: 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.
• 1621 (first performance), John Fletcher , “ The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy ”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies.   [ … ] , [ part 1 ] , London: [ … ] J [ ohn ] Macock [ and H. Hills ] , for John Martyn , Henry Herringman , and Richard Marriot , published 1679 , →OCLC , Act V, scene vi, page 467 , column 2: I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]
• 1880 , Richard Francis Burton , The Lusiads , volume I, translation of Os Lusíadas by Luís de Camões, page 23 : "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[.]"
• 1690 , “ The Preface to the Reader ”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies , London: Randal Taylor, page v: 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 [ … ]
• 1690 , “ A Relation of the Late Great Revolution in Siam, and the Driving Out of the French ”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies , London: Randal Taylor, page 1: By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years [ … ]
• 1627 (indicated as 1626 ) , Francis [Bacon] , “ New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished. ”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] William Rawley   [ … ] ; [ p ] rinted by J [ ohn ] H [ aviland ] for William Lee   [ … ] , →OCLC , page 12 : [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]
• exploration

Derived terms

• maiden voyage
• nom de voyage
• not wanted on voyage
• voyage data recorder
• voyage of the damned

Related terms

Translations.

voyage ( third-person singular simple present voyages , present participle voyaging , simple past and past participle voyaged )

• 1850 , William Wordsworth , The Prelude : A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
• 1870 , Walt Whitman , “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass   [ … ] , Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher ,   [ … ] , published 1892 , →OCLC , stanza 9, page 322 : O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?

Conjugation

† Archaic or obsolete .

Inherited from Old French voiage , viage , veiage , from Latin viāticum . Doublet of viatique .

• IPA ( key ) : /vwa.jaʒ/
• ( Louisiana ) IPA ( key ) : [vo.jaʒ] , [(v)wɒ.jaʒ]
• Homophones : voyagent , voyages
• Hyphenation: vo‧yage
• Rhymes: -ɑʒ

voyage   m ( plural voyages )

• trip , travel
• first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
• second-person singular imperative
• agence de voyages
• gens de voyage
• récit de voyage
• voyage d’affaires
• voyage dans le temps
• voyage de noces

Further reading

• “ voyage ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .

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[ voi -ij ]

Synonyms: cruise

• a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.
• a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.

the voyages of Marco Polo.

• Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking.

verb (used without object)

• to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object)

to voyage the seven seas.

/ ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /

• a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air
• obsolete. an ambitious project

we will voyage to Africa

Derived Forms

• ˈvoyager , noun

Other Words From

• voyag·er noun
• outvoyage verb (used with object) outvoyaged outvoyaging
• re·voyage noun verb revoyaged revoyaging
• un·voyag·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage 1

Idioms and Phrases

Synonym study, example sentences.

The preserve is such hardy stuff, in fact, that Christopher Columbus packed it alongside salt cod and hardtack on his transatlantic voyages.

Other data do suggest that ancient humans could have deliberately made the voyage to the Ryukyu Islands.

It is unlikely that ancient mariners would have set out on an ocean voyage with a major storm on the horizon, say paleoanthropologist Yousuke Kaifu of the University of Tokyo and colleagues.

Days after the Diamond Princess evacuation, a ship from the same company, the Grand Princess, set sail from San Francisco on another ill-fated voyage.

A statue of its namesake explorer stands in the lobby, near a chart of Cook’s voyages.

It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.

People might be surprised that during that period “Maiden Voyage,” one of your most well-loved standards, began as a TV jingle.

It has now been revealed that Princess Beatrice will not be among those who will ultimately voyage with Virgin Galactic.

The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.

The voyage is a new one, certainly for Tambor, but also for Hollywood, in many ways.

Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.

Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.

I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.

The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.

Capt. Ross sailed from Shetland, on his first voyage for the discovery of the north-west passage.

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• American English : voyage / ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /
• Brazilian Portuguese : viagem
• Chinese : 航程
• European Spanish : travesía
• French : voyage
• German : Reise
• Italian : viaggio in nave, nello spazio
• Japanese : 旅
• Korean : 긴 여행
• European Portuguese : viagem
• Spanish : travesía
• Thai : การเดินทาง

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