Definitions for voyage
ˈvɔɪ ɪdʒvoy·age

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ocean trip, voyage(noun)

   an act of traveling by water

2. voyage(verb)

   a journey to some distant place

3. voyage, sail, navigate(verb)

   travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

   "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. voyage(Noun)

   A long journey; especially by ship.

2. voyage(Verb)

   To go on a long journey.

Origin: viage, from viage, from voiage, from viaticum. The modern spelling is under the influence of Modern voyage.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Voyage(noun)

   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

2. Voyage(noun)

   the act or practice of traveling

3. Voyage(noun)

   course; way

4. Voyage(verb)

   to take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water

5. Voyage(verb)

   to travel; to pass over; to traverse

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Voyage

   Voyage is a 1996 hard science fiction novel by British author Stephen Baxter. The book depicts a manned mission to Mars as it might have been in another timeline, one where John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt on him in 1963. Voyage won a Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1997. It has since been made into a radio serial for BBC Radio 4.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Voyage

   voi′āj, n. passage by water: (Shak.) an enterprise.—v.i. to make a voyage, or to pass by water.—v.t. to traverse, pass over.—adj. Voy′age-able, navigable.—n. Voy′ager, one who voyages.—n.pl. Voyageurs (vwo-ya-zher′), name given in Canada to the men who in their bark canoes kept up communication between the stations, and effected transportation of men and supplies, in the North-west and Hudson's Bay territory. [Fr.,—L. viaticum, travelling-money—L. via, a way.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. voyage

   A journey by sea. It usually includes the outward and homeward trips, which are called passages.

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1. voyage

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How to pronounce voyage?

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of voyage in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of voyage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of voyage in a Sentence

1. Herman Melville:

   Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

2. Christina Baldwin:

   Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Profitez du Voyage de la Vie. Enjoy the Journey of Life.

4. Amenorhu kwaku:

   Desiring something that you cannot possess is but a fruitless voyage.

5. Arnold Toynbee:

   Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

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