travelogue en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtɹvvəˌlɔɡ/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɹavə(l)lɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɹævəˌlɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Blend of travel + -logue, after monologue. Coined by Dr. John Bowker in 1898 (see the quotation), and popularized by the American traveler and filmmaker Burton Holmes (1870–1958) in 1903.
Meanings
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A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.
2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:Dr. John Bowker, inventor and coiner of new words […] has what he calls an ‘illustrated travelogue’ on Hawaii.
1898 December 3, “Plays Next Week ‘Phroso,’ ‘Yankee Doosle Dandy,’ ‘On the Wabash,’ ‘A Mislit Marriage’”, in Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, Mass., →OCLC, page 4, column 6:The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.
2016, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotated, MarcoPolo, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| travelog | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| travelogues | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (26)
hu úti beszámoló (description of someone's travels) · hu útirajz (description of someone's travels) · hy ուղեգրություն (description of someone's travels) · sh pȕtopīs (description of someone's travels) · fi matkakertomus (description of someone's travels) · nl reisverslag (description of someone's travels) · fi matkakirja (description of someone's travels) · cs cestopis (description of someone's travels) · sh пу̏топӣс (description of someone's travels) · mk па́топис (description of someone's travels) · hu útiélmény-beszámoló (description of someone's travels) · hi सफ़रनामा (description of someone's travels) · ja 旅行記 (description of someone's travels) · tr seyahatname (description of someone's travels) · ga scéal taistil (description of someone's travels) · hu útleírás (description of someone's travels) · cmn 紀行 /纪行 (description of someone's travels) · tr gezi konferansı (description of someone's travels) · ga cuntas taistil (description of someone's travels) · li reisverslaag (description of someone's travels) · ur سَفَر نامَہ (description of someone's travels) · fi matkapäiväkirja (description of someone's travels) · sk cestopis (description of someone's travels) · de Reisebericht (description of someone's travels) · tg сафарнома (description of someone's travels) · fa سفرنامه (description of someone's travels)