journal

Alternative forms

• journall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French journal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”). Cognate with diurnal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jûrʹ-nəl, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɜɹnəl/
  • (General Australian, UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɜː.nəɫ]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɝ.nəɫ], [ˈdʒɝ.nɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
• Hyphenation: jour‧nal

Adjective

journal (comparative more journal, superlative most journal)

1. (obsolete) Daily.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:

     his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest [...].

Noun

journal (plural journals)

1. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
2. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
3. (accounting) A chronological record of payments.
4. (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
5. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Verb

journal (third-person singular simple present journals, present participle journaling or journalling, simple past and past participle journaled or journalled)

1. To archive or record something.
2. To scrapbook.
3. To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.

Etymology

From Old French journal (“daily”), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuʁ.nal/

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Adjective

journal (feminine singular journale, masculine plural journaux, feminine plural journales)

1. That is relative to each day; journal.

Noun

journal m (plural journaux)

1. diary, journal
2. newspaper
3. periodical
4. newsbreak
   • Tu as regardé le journal ?
5. (computing) log

Further reading

• “journal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• jornal
• jornel
• journel
• jurnel

Etymology

From Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”).

Adjective

journal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular journale)

1. daily

Etymology

Borrowed from French journal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

journal c

1. a journal, a magazine, a periodical

References

• journal in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)