Meanings
odyssey1
nounodyssey (plural odysseys)
plural odysseys
- An extended adventurous voyage, usually in search of home.
Many have been sharing cartoons praying for a successful conclusion to the Wild Boar team's odyssey, hoping that it will end in their safe rescue.
2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 08 Jul 2018 - An intellectual or spiritual quest.
Odyssey2
Origin
odyssey · noun
- Ancient GreekὈδυσσεία“the story of Odysseus”
- Englishodyssey
From Odyssey, from Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεία (Odusseía, “the story of Odysseus”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Odyssey · proper noun
- Ancient GreekὈδύσσεια“the story of Odysseus”
- EnglishOdyssey
From Ancient Greek Ὀδύσσεια (Odússeia, “the story of Odysseus”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεία
- Ὀδυσσεία (Odusseía)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Arabic أوديسة
- أوديسةepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Bulgarian одисея
- одисея (odiseja)extended adventurous voyage
Catalan odissea, L'Odissea
- odisseaextended adventurous voyage
- L'Odisseaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Chinese Mandarin 遠航 /远航, 遠征
- 遠航 /远航 (yuǎnháng)extended adventurous voyage
- 遠征 (yuǎnzhēng)intellectual or spiritual quest
- 奧德賽 /奥德赛 (Àodésài)intellectual or spiritual quest
- 奧德賽 /奥德赛 (Àodésài)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Czech Odysea
- Odyseaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Danish Odysseen, Odysséen
- Odysseenepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
- Odysséenepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Dutch Odyssee
- Odysseeepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Esperanto odiseado, Odiseado
- odiseadoextended adventurous voyage
- Odiseadoepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Estonian Odüsseia
- Odüsseiaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Finnish odysseia, seikkailu
- odysseiaextended adventurous voyage
- seikkailuextended adventurous voyage
- harharetkiextended adventurous voyage
- Odysseiaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
French odyssée, Odyssée
- odysséeextended adventurous voyage
- Odysséeepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
German Odyssee, Odyssee
- Odysseeextended adventurous voyage
- Odysseeepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Greek οδύσσεια, Οδύσσεια
- οδύσσεια (odýsseia)extended adventurous voyage
- Οδύσσεια (Odýsseia)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Hebrew אוֹדִיסֵאָה, אוֹדִיסֵאָה
- אוֹדִיסֵאָה (odiséa)extended adventurous voyage
- אוֹדִיסֵאָה (odiséa)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Hindi ओदुस्सेआ
- ओदुस्सेआ (odusseā)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Hungarian Odüsszeia
- Odüsszeiaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Icelandic Ódysseifskviða
- Ódysseifskviðaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Indonesian kelana, kembara
- kelanaextended adventurous voyage
- kembaraextended adventurous voyage
Italian odissea, Odissea
- odisseaextended adventurous voyage
- Odisseaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Japanese オデュッセイア
- オデュッセイア (Odyusseia)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Korean 오디세이아
- 오디세이아 (Odiseia)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Latin Odyssēa
- Odyssēaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Lithuanian Odisėja
- Odisėjaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Norwegian Odysseen
- Odysseenepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Persian ادیسه
- ادیسه (odise)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Polish odyseja, odyseja
- odysejaextended adventurous voyage
- odysejaintellectual or spiritual quest
- Odysejaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Portuguese odisseia, odisseia
- odisseiaextended adventurous voyage
- odisseiaintellectual or spiritual quest
- Odisseiaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Romanian odisee, Odiseea
- odiseeextended adventurous voyage
- Odiseeaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Russian одиссе́я, одиссе́я
- одиссе́я (odisséja)extended adventurous voyage
- одиссе́я (odisséja)intellectual or spiritual quest
- Одиссе́я (Odisséja)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Spanish odisea, odisea
- odiseaextended adventurous voyage
- odiseaintellectual or spiritual quest
- Odiseaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Swedish Odysséen
- Odysséenepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Tagalog odiseya, odisea
- odiseyaextended adventurous voyage
- odiseaextended adventurous voyage
- Odiseaepic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Tamil ஒடிசி
- ஒடிசி (oṭici)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Ukrainian одіссе́я, одіссе́я
- одіссе́я (odisséja)extended adventurous voyage
- одіссе́я (odisséja)intellectual or spiritual quest
- Одіссе́я (Odisséja)epic poem describing the journey of Odysseus
Yiddish Yadegis
- Yadegisextended adventurous voyage
Cite this entry
APA
odyssey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odyssey
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“odyssey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odyssey. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odyssey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odyssey.
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