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Webster 1913 Edition

Journal

Jour′nal

,
Adj.
[F., fr. L.
diurnalis
diurnal, fr.
diurnus
belonging to the day, fr.
dies
day. See
Diurnal
.]
Daily; diurnal.
[Obs.]
Whiles from their
journal
labors they did rest.
Spenser.

Jour′nal

,
Noun.
[F.
journal
. See
Journal
,
Adj.
]
1.
A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
Specifically:
(a)
(Bookkeeping)
A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
(b)
(Naut.)
A daily register of the ship’s course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
(c)
(Legislature)
The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
(d)
A newspaper published daily;
by extension
,
a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.; a periodical; a magazine.
2.
That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
[Obs. & R.]
B. Jonson.
3.
(Mach.)
That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of
Axle box
.
Journal box
, or
Journal bearing
(Mach.)
the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.

Webster 1828 Edition

Journal

JOURNAL

,
Noun.
jur'nal. [L. diurnum. This was originally an adjective, signifying daily, as in Spenser and Shakespeare; but the adjective is obsolete.]
1.
A diary; an account of daily transactions and events; or the book containing such account.
2.
Among merchants, a book in which every particular article or charge is fairly entered from the waste book or blotter.
3.
In navigation, a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, and other occurrences.
4.
A paper published daily, or other newspaper; also, the title of a book or pamphlet published at stated times, containing an account of inventions, discoveries and improvements in arts and sciences; as the Journal de Savans; the Journal of Science.

Definition 2024

Journal

Journal

See also: journal

German

Noun

Journal n ‎(genitive Journals, plural Journale)

  1. (magazine) journal

Declension

journal

journal

See also: Journal

English

Alternative forms

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. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
  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.

Derived terms

  • journalist
  • mirror server journal
  • scholarly journal
  • scientific journal
  • shadow server journal
  • transaction journal

Translations

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.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒuʁ.nal/

Adjective

journal m ‎(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

Derived terms

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

  • jornal
  • jornel
  • journel
  • jurnel

Adjective

journal m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular journale)

  1. daily

Descendants

Etymology

From French journal

Pronunciation

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