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, 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