travel – Wiktionary

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), borrowed from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See travail.

Displaced native Middle English faren (“to travel, fare”) (from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”)), Middle English lithen (“to go, travel”) (from Old English līþan (“to go, travel”)), Middle English feren (“to go, travel”) (from Old English fēran (“to go, travel”)), Middle English ȝewalken, iwalken (“to walk about, travel”) (from Old English ġewealcan (“to go, traverse”)), Middle English swinken (“to work, travel”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, work at”)). More at fare.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle travelling or (US) traveling, simple past and past participle travelled or (US) traveled)

(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
(intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit

Soundwaves can travel through water.

The supposedly secret news of Mary’s engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.

# (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).

I’ve travelled the world.
(transitive) To force to journey.
- 1598, Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande
  
  They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.
(obsolete) To labour; to travail.

(Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of travel

infinitive			travel
present participle			travelling
past participle			travelled
	simple		progressive		perfect		perfect progressive
present	I travel	we travel	I am travelling	we are travelling	I have travelled	we have travelled	I have been travelling	we have been travelling
	you travel	you travel	you are travelling	you are travelling	you have travelled	you have travelled	you have been travelling	you have been travelling
	he travels	they travel	he is travelling	they are travelling	he has travelled	they have travelled	he has been travelling	they have been travelling

past	I travelled	we travelled	I was travelling	we were travelling	I had travelled	we had travelled	I had been travelling	we had been travelling
	you travelled	you travelled	you were travelling	you were travelling	you had travelled	you had travelled	you had been travelling	you had been travelling
	he travelled	they travelled	he was travelling	they were travelling	he had travelled	they had travelled	he had been travelling	they had been travelling

future	I will travel	we will travel	I will be travelling	we will be travelling	I will have travelled	we will have travelled	I will have been travelling	we will have been travelling
	you will travel	you will travel	you will be travelling	you will be travelling	you will have travelled	you will have travelled	you will have been travelling	you will have been travelling
	he will travel	they will travel	he will be travelling	they will be travelling	he will have travelled	they will have travelled	he will have been travelling	they will have been travelling

conditional	I would travel	we would travel	I would be travelling	we would be travelling	I would have travelled	we would have travelled	I would have been travelling	we would have been travelling
	you would travel	you would travel	you would be travelling	you would be travelling	you would have travelled	you would have travelled	you would have been travelling	you would have been travelling
	he would travel	they would travel	he would be travelling	they would be travelling	he would have travelled	they would have travelled	he would have been travelling	they would have been travelling

imperative	travel

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

be on a journey

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: سَافَرَ‎ (sāfara), سَارَ‎ (ar) (sāra)

Egyptian Arabic: سافر‎ (sāfir)
Armenian: ճանապարհորդել (hy) (čanaparhordel)
Assamese: ফুৰা (phura)
Asturian: viaxar
Avar: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: səyahət etmək
Basque: bidaiatu (eu)
Belarusian: падаро́жнічаць impf (padaróžničacʹ), вандрава́ць impf (vandravácʹ), е́здзіць impf (jézdzicʹ)
Breton: beajiñ (br)
Bulgarian: пъту́вам (bg) impf (pǎtúvam), я́здя impf (jázdja)
Burmese: ကူးသန်း (my) (ku:san:)
Catalan: viatjar (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:

Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 旅遊 (zh), 旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu)
Cornish: viajya
Czech: cestovat (cs) impf, jezdit (cs) impf
Danish: rejse (da)
Dutch: reizen (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝi (eo)
Estonian: sõitma
Faroese: ferðast
Finnish: matkustaa (fi), matkata (fi)
French: voyager (fr)
Galician: viaxar (gl)
Georgian: მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba)
German: reisen (de)
Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wratōn)
Greek: ταξιδεύω (el) (taxidévo)

Ancient: πορεύομαι (poreúomai)
Greenlandic: angalavoq
Haitian Creole: vwayaje
Hebrew: נסע‎ (he) (nasá)
Hindi: यात्रा करना (yātrā karnā)
Hungarian: utazik (hu)
Icelandic: ferðast (is)
Interlingua: viagiar (ia)
Irish: taistil
Italian: viaggiare (it)
Japanese: 旅行する (ja) (りょこうする, ryokō suru)
Kazakh: ел аралау (el aralaw), жиһан кезу (jïhan kezw), саяхат жасау (sayaxat jasaw), саяхаттау (sayaxattaw)
Khmer: ធ្វើដំណើរ (tvəə dɑmnaə)
Korean: 여행하다 (ko) (yeohaenghada)
Kyrgyz: саякаттоо (ky) (sayakattoo)
Lao: ເດີນທາງ (lo) (dœ̄n thāng)
Latin: iter facio, vio, itineror

Latvian: ceļot (lv)
Lithuanian: keliauti
Low German:

German Low German: reisen
Luxembourgish: reesen
Macedonian: патува impf (patuva)
Mapudungun: amucan
Mongolian: зорчих (mn) (zorčih), аялах (mn) (ajalah)
Norman: viagi
Northern Sami: mannat, johtit, mátkkoštit
Norwegian: reise (no) m

Nynorsk: reisa, ferdast
Novial: voyaja
Old English: sīþian, wadan, faran, fēran
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: سفر کردن‎ (fa) (safar kardan), مسافرت کردن‎ (mosâferat kardan)
Polish: podróżować (pl) impf, jeździć (pl) impf
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Quechua: ayway
Romanian: călători (ro)
Romansch: viagiar, far viadi
Russian: путеше́ствовать (ru) impf (putešéstvovatʹ), е́здить (ru) impf (jézditʹ)
Scots: traivel
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: путовати impf

Roman: putovati (sh) impf
Slovak: cestovať (sk) impf, jazdiť impf
Slovene: potovati (sl) impf
Sorbian:

Upper Sorbian: pućować (hsb)
Spanish: viajar (es)
Swahili: safiri
Swedish: resa (sv), färdas (sv)
Tajik: сафар кардан (safar kardan), мусофират кардан (musofirat kardan), саёҳат кардан (sayohat kardan)
Thai: เดินทาง (th) (dəən-taang), ท่องเที่ยว (th) (tɔ̂ng-tîao)
Tibetan: འགྲུལ་རྒྱག (‘grul rgyag)
Turkish: yolculuk (tr) etmek (tr), yolculuk (tr) yapmak (tr), seyahat (tr) etmek (tr), seyahat (tr) yapmak (tr)
Turkmen: syýahat etmek
Tuvan: аян-чорук кылыр (ayan-çoruk kılır)
Ukrainian: подоро́жувати impf (podoróžuvaty), мандрува́ти impf (mandruváty), ї́здити (uk) impf (jízdyty)
Uzbek: sayohat qilmoq
Vietnamese: du lịch (vi)
Volapük: tävön (vo)
Welsh: teithio (cy), trafaelio (cy)
Westrobothnian: fäläs
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: youz

pass from here to there; transmit

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Noun[edit]

travel (countable and uncountable, plural travels)

The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

space travel

travel to Spain
(in the plural) A series of journeys.

I’m off on my travels around France again.
(in the plural) An account of one’s travels.

He released his travels in 1900, 2 years after returning from Africa.
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.

My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
(obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

Usage notes[edit]

Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

act of traveling

Albanian: udhëtim (sq) m
Arabic: مُسَافِرَة‎ f (musāfira), رِحْلَة‎ f (riḥla), سَفَر‎ (ar) m (safar), سَيَاحَة‎ f (sayāḥa)
Armenian: ճանապարհորդություն (hy) (čanaparhordutʿyun)
Avar: сапар (sapar)
Azerbaijani: səfər (az), səyahət (az)
Belarusian: падаро́жжа n (padaróžža), пае́здка f (pajézdka) (specific)
Bengali: যাত্রা (jatra)
Bulgarian: пъту́ване (bg) n (pǎtúvane), пътеше́ствие (bg) n (pǎtešéstvie)
Burmese: ခရီးသွားခြင်း (hka.ri:swa:hkrang:)
Catalan: viatge (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng)
Chukchi: ԓяйвыгыргын
Czech: cestování (cs) n
Danish: rejse (da) n
Dutch: reis (nl)
Esperanto: vojaĝado
Estonian: reisimine
Finnish: matkailu (fi), matkustelu (fi)
French: voyage (fr) m
Georgian: მოგზაურობა (mogzauroba)
German: Reise (de) f
Greek: ταξίδι (el) (taxídi)
Hindi: यात्रा (hi) f (yātrā), सफ़र (hi) m (safar)
Hungarian: út (hu), utazás (hu)
Italian: viaggio (it) m
Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō)
Kazakh: сапар (kk) (sapar), саяхат (kk) (sayaxat)
Korean: 여행 (ko) (yeohaeng) (旅行 (ko))
Kyrgyz: сапар (ky) (sapar), саякат (ky) (sayakat)
Lao: ການເດີນທາງ (kān dœ̄n thāng)
Latin: iter (la) n
Latvian: ceļojums m
Lithuanian: keliavimas m

Macedonian: патување n (patuvanje)
Malayalam: യാത്ര (ml) (yātra)
Mongolian: аялал (mn) (ajalal)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: reise (no) m or f
Oriya: ଯାତ୍ରା (or) (jatra)
Ossetian: балц (balc)
Persian: سفر‎ (fa) (safar), سیاحت‎ (fa) (sayâhat)
Polish: podróż (pl) f
Portuguese: viagem (pt) f
Romanian: voiaj (ro) n, călătorie (ro) f
Russian: путеше́ствие (ru) n (putešéstvije), пое́здка (ru) f (pojézdka) (specific)
Scottish Gaelic: siubhal m, taisteal m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: путова́ње n

Roman: putovánje (sh) n
Sinhalese: චාරිකාව (cārikāwa)
Slovak: cestovanie n
Slovene: potovanje (sl) n
Spanish: viaje (es) m
Swahili: safari (sw)
Swedish: resa (sv) c
Tajik: сафар (tg) (safar), саёҳат (sayohat)
Telugu: ప్రయాణము (te) (prayāṇamu), యాత్ర (te) (yātra), పర్యటన (te) (paryaṭana)
Thai: การเดินทาง (th) (gaan-dəən-taang)
Turkish: yolculuk (tr), seyahat (tr)
Turkmen: sapar, syýahat
Tuvan: аян-чорук (ayan-çoruk)
Ukrainian: по́дорож f (pódorož), пої́здка f (pojízdka) (specific)
Urdu: سفر‎ m (safar)
Uzbek: safar (uz), sayohat (uz)
Vietnamese: sự du lịch (vi), sự lữ hành (vi)
Volapük: täv (vo)

plural: series of journeys

plural: account of one’s travels

motion of a piece of machinery

length of a mechanical stroke

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective[edit]

travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlere, indefinite superlative travlest, definite superlative travleste)

busy

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective[edit]

travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlare, indefinite superlative travlast, definite superlative travlaste)

busy

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Westrobothnian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From traväl.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

travel

A jumble of tracks, footprints.