Journal

Pronunciation

enPR: jÃ»rÊ¹-nÉ™l, IPA: /ËˆdÊ’ÉœrnÉ™l/

Australia IPA: ËˆdÊ’ÉœË.nÉ™É«
US IPA: ËˆdÊ’É.nÉ™É«, ËˆdÊ’É.nÉ«Ì©

Rhymes: -ÉœË(É¹)nÉ™l
Hyphenation: jour + nal

Alternative forms

journall obsolete

Origin

From Old French journal ("daily"), from Latin diurnÄlis, from diurnus ("of the day"), from diÄ“s ("day"). Cognate with diurnal.

Full definition of journal

Adjective

journal

(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)

A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
(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

Verb

To archive or record something.
To scrapbook.----