journal
n. countablen. a book or digital file where you write down your daily thoughts and experiences. It can also be a serious magazine about a specific subject like science or medicine.
n. a daily record of news and events of a personal nature; alternatively, a periodical publication containing articles in a specific subject area.
She writes in her journal every night before bed.
The researcher published her findings in a peer-reviewed medical journal to share the data with other experts.
While his public speeches were carefully polished, his private journal revealed a man deeply conflicted about the political direction of the country.
From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.
From French journal. Doublet of diurnal and the journal from Middle English.
Unknown, apparently of Scots origin. Perhaps from chirnel, from English kernel (“lump in the flesh”), owing to resemblance in shape.
Commonly used with the verbs 'keep' or 'write in' for personal records, and 'publish in' or 'submit to' for academic contexts.