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maiden voyage en · NOUN

Etymology

See maiden (adjective).

Meanings

1. The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.
   • For one thing, it was a maiden voyage, which always meant both passengers and staff were a little giddier, a little looser, than usual. 1998, Cynthia Bass, Maiden Voyage, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN:
   • The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.

Forms

Translations (19)

es viaje inaugural (first trip of a vessel) · es travesía primeriza (first trip of a vessel) · fr voyage inaugural (first trip of a vessel) · nn jomfrutur (first trip of a vessel) · id Perjalanan Perdana (first trip of a vessel) · sv jungfruresa (first trip of a vessel) · he הַפְלָגַת בְּכוֹרָה (first trip of a vessel) · cmn 首航 (first trip of a vessel) · cs panenská plavba (first trip of a vessel) · he הַפְלָגַת בְּתוּלִין (first trip of a vessel) · sv jungfrutur (first trip of a vessel) · fi neitsytmatka (first trip of a vessel) · sv jungfrufärd (first trip of a vessel) · nb jomfrutur (first trip of a vessel) · cmn 初航 (first trip of a vessel) · it viaggio inaugurale (first trip of a vessel) · ja 処女航海 (first trip of a vessel) · cmn 處女航 /处女航 (first trip of a vessel) · de Jungfernfahrt (first trip of a vessel)