Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to journal
Participle: journaled; journalled
Gerund: journaling; journalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | journal |
| you | journal |
| he;she;it | journals |
| we | journal |
| you | journal |
| they | journal |
Perfect
| I | have journaled; journalled |
| you | have journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | has journaled; journalled |
| we | have journaled; journalled |
| you | have journaled; journalled |
| they | have journaled; journalled |
Past
| I | journaled; journalled |
| you | journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | journaled; journalled |
| we | journaled; journalled |
| you | journaled; journalled |
| they | journaled; journalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had journaled; journalled |
| you | had journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | had journaled; journalled |
| we | had journaled; journalled |
| you | had journaled; journalled |
| they | had journaled; journalled |
Future
| I | will journal |
| you | will journal |
| he;she;it | will journal |
| we | will journal |
| you | will journal |
| they | will journal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have journaled; journalled |
| you | will have journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | will have journaled; journalled |
| we | will have journaled; journalled |
| you | will have journaled; journalled |
| they | will have journaled; journalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | journal |
| you | journal |
| he;she;it | journal |
| we | journal |
| you | journal |
| they | journal |
Perfect
| I | have journaled; journalled |
| you | have journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | have journaled; journalled |
| we | have journaled; journalled |
| you | have journaled; journalled |
| they | have journaled; journalled |
Imperfect
| I | journaled; journalled |
| you | journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | journaled; journalled |
| we | journaled; journalled |
| you | journaled; journalled |
| they | journaled; journalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had journaled; journalled |
| you | had journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | had journaled; journalled |
| we | had journaled; journalled |
| you | had journaled; journalled |
| they | had journaled; journalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would journal |
| you | would journal |
| he;she;it | would journal |
| we | would journal |
| you | would journal |
| they | would journal |
Perfect
| I | would have journaled; journalled |
| you | would have journaled; journalled |
| he;she;it | would have journaled; journalled |
| we | would have journaled; journalled |
| you | would have journaled; journalled |
| they | would have journaled; journalled |
Imperative
| you | journal |
| we | Let's journal |
| you | journal |
Verbs conjugated like 'journal'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'journal'
journey,
corral,
joul,
jounce,
journalise,
journalize,
moral,
mourn,
tourney,
adjourn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Sample Sentences
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Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas. [2023 February 5, Kathryn Parsons, “Boom times are back in San Francisco’s tech mecca”, in The Sunday Times, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:]