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voyager

/ˈvɔɪədʒə/VOY-uh-jur
/ˈvɔɪədʒɚ/VOY-uh-jur

Meaningone who voyages

Common meaning: a traveller

Journey through time

  1. Latinvia‘a road, way’
  2. Old Frenchveiagesource
  3. Middle Englishviagesource
  4. Englishvoyage‘a long journey’
  5. Englishformed in English from voyagevoyager‘a traveller’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from voyage + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VOYAGE, p.690 · scan

Roots

  • via Latin “a road, way”

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