travel

See also: .travel

English

Alternative forms

travail (obsolete)
travell (obsolete)

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

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”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See travail.

Largely displaced fare, from Old English faran (“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More at fare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹævəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ævəl

Verb

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.
- 1930, Pickthall, Marmaduke (translator), The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 28, verse 29:
  Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
(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.
- 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], OCLC 606546850; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, OCLC 22906028:
  They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.
(obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- 1707, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page 646:
  Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;
- 1719, William Tilly, The Acceptable Sacrifice, page 335:
  We labour sore, and travel hard, and much Study is a Weariness to our Flesh; and of making many Books there is no End.
- 1794, “Resignation”, in A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain.Volume 10, page 144:
  Man holds in constant service bound The blustering winds and seas; Nor suns disdain to travel hard Their master, man, to please;

Conjugation

Conjugation of travel

infinitive	(to) travel
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	travel	travelled, traveled^*
2nd-person singular	travel, travellest^†, travelest^†	travelled, traveled^*, travelledst^†, traveledst^†
3rd-person singular	travels, travelleth^†, traveleth^†	travelled, traveled^*
plural	travel	travelled, traveled^*

subjunctive	travel	travelled, traveled^*

imperative	travel	—

participles	travelling, traveling^*	travelled, traveled^*

^†Archaic or obsolete. * US.

Synonyms

fare, journey, reyse

Derived terms

betravel
fortravel
retravel
travellable, travelable
travelled, traveled (adjective)
traveller, traveler
travel light

Translations

be on a journey

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: سَافَرَ‎ (ar) (sāfara), سَارَ‎ (ar) (sāra)
Egyptian Arabic: سافر‎ (sāfir)
Armenian: ճանապարհորդել (hy) (čanaparhordel)
Assamese: ফুৰ (phur)
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), пътешествам impf (pǎtešestvam)
Burmese: ကူးသန်း (my) (ku:san:)
Catalan: viatjar (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 旅遊／旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu)
Cantonese 去旅行 (heoi³ leoi⁵ hang⁴)
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 aralau), жиһан кезу (jihan kezu), саяхат жасау (saäxat jasau), саяхаттау (saäxattau)
Khmer: ធ្វើដំណើរ (tvəə dɑmnaə)
Korean: 여행(旅行)하다 (ko) (yeohaenghada)
Kyrgyz: саякаттоо (ky) (sayakattoo)
Lao: ເດີນທາງ (lo) (dœ̄n thāng)
Latin: iter facio, vio (la), itineror
Latvian: ceļot (lv)
Lithuanian: keliauti
Low German:
German Low German: reisen
Luxembourgish: reesen
Macedonian: патува impf (patuva)
Malay: melancong
Malayalam: സഞ്ചരിക്കുക (ml) (sañcarikkuka), യാത്ര ചെയ്യുക (yātra ceyyuka)
Mapudungun: amucan
Mongolian: зорчих (mn) (zorčix), аялах (mn) (ajalax)
Nepali: घुम्नु (ne) (ghumnu), भ्रमण गर्नु (bhramaṇ garnu), यात्रा गर्नु (yātrā garnu)
Norman: viagi
Northern Sami: mannat, johtit, mátkkoštit
Norwegian: reise (no) m
Nynorsk: reisa, ferdast
Occitan: viatjar (oc)
Old English: sīþian, wadan, faran, fēran
Ossetian: балц кӕнын (balc kænyn)
Papiamentu: biaha
Persian: سفر کردن‎ (fa) (safar kardan), مسافرت کردن‎ (mosâferat kardan)
Piedmontese: viagé
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: подорожува́ти impf (podorožuváty), 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

Arabic: اِنْتَقَلَ‎ (intaqala), سَارَ‎ (ar) (sāra)
Bulgarian: придвижвам се (pridvižvam se)
Catalan: transitar (ca)
Dutch: reizen (nl), verplaatsen (nl)
Finnish: matkustaa (fi), kulkea (fi), liikkua (fi)
French: transmettre (fr), propager (fr)
German: sich übertragen, sich fortpflanzen
Latin: ambulo
Latvian: pārvietoties
Norwegian: reise (no)
Polish: przemieszczać się (pl)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Romanian: călători (ro)
Russian: передвига́ться (ru) impf (peredvigátʹsja), перемеща́ться (ru) impf (peremeščátʹsja), проходи́ть (ru) impf (proxodítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путовати, пренети
Roman: putovati (sh), preneti (sh)
Swedish: fara (sv), färdas (sv)

in basketball

Bulgarian: правя крачки (pravja krački)
Catalan: fer passes (ca)
Russian: вести́ (ru) (vestí)

travel throughout

Czech: procestovat
Dutch: bereizen (nl)
Finnish: vaeltaa (fi)
Galician: viaxar (gl)
German: bereisen (de)
Latin: itineror, vio (la), relego
Lithuanian: apkeliauti
Polish: przemierzać (pl)
Portuguese: viajar (pt)
Russian: объе́здить (ru) (obʺjézditʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: proputòvati (sh)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} viajar por (es) , ^{(please verify)} recorrer (es)
Swedish: resa runt, beresa

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} vojaĝi (eo)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} viagiar (ia)
Volapük: (- lü) ^{(please verify)} tävön (vo)

Noun

A caravan en route

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, two years after returning from Africa.
- 1903, Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson
  CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
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.
- 1667, John Tanner, The hidden treasures of the art of physick, page 208:
  Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel, and continue a longer time.
Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
The keys have great travel.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

(act of travelling): journey, passage, tour, trip, voyage
(activity or traffic along a route or through a given point): traffic
(working motion of a piece of machinery): stroke, movement, progression

Derived terms

active travel
air travel
antitravel
A to B travel
cybertravel
ecotravel
e-travel
hypertravel
nontravel
overtravel
pretravel
time travel
travel adapter
travel agency
travel agent
travelator
travelblog
travel book, travelbook, travel-book
travel bug
travel document
travel guide
travelholic
travelogue
travel sickness
travel system
traveltime
travelworn

Translations

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 (ĵatra)
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)
Higaonon: tagipanaw
Hindi: यात्रा (hi) f (yātrā), सफ़र (hi) m (safar)
Hungarian: út (hu), utazás (hu)
Irish: taisteal
Italian: viaggio (it) m
Japanese: 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō)
Kazakh: сапар (kk) (sapar), саяхат (kk) (saäxat)
Khmer: ដំណើរ (km) (dɑmnaə)
Korean: 여행(旅行) (ko) (yeohaeng), 려행(旅行) (ko) (ryeohaeng) (North Korea)
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:
Cyrillic: 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), gezi (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

Bulgarian: пътешествие (bg) n (pǎtešestvie)
Egyptian:

(nmtt f)
Finnish: matka (fi)
German: Reisen (de) f pl
Polish: podróże pl
Russian: путеше́ствия (ru) n pl (putešéstvija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путова́ње n
Roman: putovánje (sh) n
Swedish: resor (sv) c pl
Tibetan: འགྲུལ་བཞུད་བྱེད་ཡག ('grul bzhud byed yag)

plural: account of one's travels

Bulgarian: пътепис m (pǎtepis)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: путова́ње n
Roman: putovánje (sh) n
Swedish: reseskildringar (sv) c pl

motion of a piece of machinery

Bulgarian: ход (bg) m (hod)
Russian: ход (ru) m (xod)
Scottish Gaelic: siubhal m
Swedish: bana (sv) c, gång (sv) c, slag (sv) c, rörelse (sv) c

length of a mechanical stroke

Finnish: matka (fi)
Norwegian: slaglengde m
Swedish: slaglängd (sv) c

References

travel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
travel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

retval, varlet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective

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

busy

References

“travel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.

Adjective

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

busy

References

“travel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From traväl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtræːʋəɽ/

Noun

travel n

A jumble of tracks, footprints.

travel

English

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adjective

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Noun