voyage/vwa.jaʒ/
noun · A1 · Frequency 742
nounmasculine
Meanings
trip, journey, travel
Refers to the act or experience of moving from one place to another.
load, wagonload, truckload
Refers to the quantity of goods loaded onto a transport vehicle such as a truck or wagon.
Examples
Notre voyage en Bretagne a duré une semaine.
Our trip to Brittany lasted a week.
Le voyage en train permet d'admirer le paysage.
Traveling by train lets you admire the landscape.
Le camion a livré un voyage de sable au chantier.
The truck delivered a truckload of sand to the construction site.
Collocations
- faire un voyageto take a trip
Common mistakes
J'ai fait une voyage.
J'ai fait un voyage.
'Voyage' is masculine, so it requires the masculine indefinite article 'un', not the feminine 'une'.
Je vais au voyage.
Je vais en voyage.
The fixed expression 'en voyage' means 'on a trip' or 'going on a trip'; the preposition 'au' (= à + le) is not used with 'voyage'.
Related words
synonymtrajetroute, course, trajectory
synonympériplejourney, travel
synonymexcursionexcursion, a short trip usually lasting a day or a few hours for leisure or sightseeing
nounmasculine
Meanings
trip, journey, travel
Refers to the act or experience of moving from one place to another.
load, wagonload, truckload
Refers to the quantity of goods loaded onto a transport vehicle such as a truck or wagon.
Examples
Ses voyages en train lui ont fait découvrir plusieurs régions de France.
His train journeys allowed him to discover several regions of France.
Après plusieurs voyages, les déménageurs ont enfin vidé l'appartement.
After several trips, the movers finally emptied the apartment.
Le chantier a reçu cinq voyages de gravier avant midi.
The construction site received five truckloads of gravel before noon.
Collocations
- faire un voyageto take a trip
Common mistakes
J'ai fait une voyage.
J'ai fait un voyage.
'Voyage' is masculine, so it requires the masculine indefinite article 'un', not the feminine 'une'.
Je vais au voyage.
Je vais en voyage.
The fixed expression 'en voyage' means 'on a trip' or 'going on a trip'; the preposition 'au' (= à + le) is not used with 'voyage'.
Related words
synonymtrajetroute, course, trajectory
synonympériplejourney, travel
synonymexcursionexcursion, a short trip usually lasting a day or a few hours for leisure or sightseeing