voyage

[ voi-ij ]
/ ˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ /

noun

verb (used without object), voy·aged, voy·ag·ing.

to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object), voy·aged, voy·ag·ing.

to traverse by a voyage: to voyage the seven seas.

Origin of voyage

1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin viāticum travel-money; see viaticum

OTHER WORDS FROM voyage

voy·ag·er, noun out·voy·age, verb (used with object), out·voy·aged, out·voy·ag·ing. re·voy·age, noun, verb, re·voy·aged, re·voy·ag·ing. un·voy·ag·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH voyage

voyager voyageur

Example sentences from the Web for voyaging

British Dictionary definitions for voyaging

voyage
/ (ˈvɔɪɪdʒ) /

noun

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

verb

to travel over or traverse (something) we will voyage to Africa

Derived forms of voyage

voyager, noun

Word Origin for voyage

C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way

Idioms and Phrases with voyaging

voyage

see maiden voyage.