Kilo Lingo

journey

/ˈdʒɜːni/

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Translation

A trip from one place to another, often a long one.

Word origin

From Old French journee, meaning a day's work or a day's travel, from Latin diurnum ('of a day').

Origin
Old French
Root
journee
English cognates
journal, adjourn

Grammar

Gender
Pluraljourneys

Examples

coast three .

"Journey" means a trip from one place to another.

train.

"Journeys" is the plural, meaning more than one journey.

safe .

Here "journey" means the travel from one place to the next.

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