Meanings
nountime travel (uncountable)
alternative time-travel · alternative timetravel
- uncountableliteratureTravel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole.
- uncountablecomputingThe ability to access previous states of a database.
verbtime travel (third-person singular simple present time travels, present participle (US) time traveling or (UK) time travelling, simple past and past participle (US) time traveled or (UK) time travelled)
present singular third person time travels · US participle present time traveling · UK participle present time travelling · US participle past time traveled · US past time traveled · UK participle past time travelled · UK past time travelled · alternative time-travel · alternative timetravel
- alternativeAlternative form of time-travel
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пътуване във времето
- пътуване във времето (pătuvane văv vremeto)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Catalan viatge en el temps
- viatge en el tempshypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Chinese Cantonese 時間旅行 /时间旅行
- 時間旅行 /时间旅行 (si⁴ gaan³ leoi⁵ hang⁴)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Chinese Mandarin 時間旅行 /时间旅行, 時空旅行 /时空旅行
- 時間旅行 /时间旅行 (shíjiān lǚxíng)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- 時空旅行 /时空旅行 (shíkōnglǚxíng)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Czech cestování časem, cestování v čase
- cestování časemhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- cestování v časehypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Danish tidsrejse
- tidsrejsehypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Dutch tijdreis
- tijdreishypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Esperanto tempovojaĝado
- tempovojaĝadohypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Finnish aikamatkustus, aikamatkailu
- aikamatkustushypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- aikamatkailuhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
French voyage dans le temps
- voyage dans le tempshypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
German Zeitreise
- Zeitreisehypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Greek ταξίδι στον χρόνο
- ταξίδι στον χρόνο (taxídi ston chróno)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Hebrew מַסָּע בַּזְּמָן
- מַסָּע בַּזְּמָן (massá ba-z'mán)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Hindi समय यात्रा, काल यात्रा
- समय यात्रा (samay yātrā)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- काल यात्रा (kāl yātrā)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Hungarian időutazás
- időutazáshypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Icelandic tímaflakk
- tímaflakkhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Irish amthaisteal, taisteal san/trí am
- amthaistealhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- taisteal san/trí amhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Italian viaggio nel tempo
- viaggio nel tempohypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Japanese 時間旅行, タイムトラベル
- 時間旅行 (jikan ryokō)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- タイムトラベル (taimu toraberu)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- タイムスリップ (taimu surippu)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- タイムトリップ (taimu torippu)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Korean 시간여행, 타임슬립
- 시간여행 (siganyeohaeng)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- 타임슬립 (taimseullip)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Lithuanian kelionė laiku
- kelionė laikuhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Polish podróżowanie w czasie
- podróżowanie w czasiehypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Portuguese viagem no tempo
- viagem no tempohypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Romanian călătorie în timp
- călătorie în timphypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Russian путеше́ствие во вре́мени
- путеше́ствие во вре́мени (putešéstvije vo vrémeni)hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Slovak cestovanie v čase
- cestovanie v časehypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Spanish viaje en el tiempo, viaje a través del tiempo
- viaje en el tiempohypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- viaje a través del tiempohypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Swedish tidsresa
- tidsresahypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Turkish zamanda yolculuk, zaman yolculuğu
- zamanda yolculukhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- zaman yolculuğuhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Welsh teithio mewn amser, teithio drwy amser
- teithio mewn amserhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
- teithio drwy amserhypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future
Cite this entry
APA
time travel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20travel
MLA
“time travel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20travel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time travel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20travel.
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