maiden voyage

English

Etymology

See maiden (adjective).

Noun

maiden voyage (plural maiden voyages)

1. (nautical) The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.

   The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.

   • 1998, Cynthia Bass, Maiden Voyage‎^[1], Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     For one thing, it was a maiden voyage, which always meant both passengers and staff were a little giddier, a little looser, than usual.

Translations

first trip of a vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 初航 (chūháng), 處女航 / 处女航 (zh) (chǔnǚháng), 首航 (zh) (shǒuháng)

• Czech: panenská plavba f
• Finnish: neitsytmatka (fi)
• French: voyage inaugural (fr)
• German: Jungfernfahrt (de) f
• Hebrew: הַפְלָגַת בְּכוֹרָה (he) f (haflagat bekhora), הַפְלָגַת בְּתוּלִין (he) f (haflagat betulin)
• Indonesian: Perjalanan Perdana
• Italian: viaggio inaugurale m
• Japanese: 処女航海 (ja) (shojo kōkai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jomfrutur (no) m

  Nynorsk: jomfrutur m

• Spanish: viaje inaugural m
• Swedish: jungfrufärd (sv) c, jungfruresa (sv) c, jungfrutur (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can