sojourn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdʒɜːn/, /ˈsɒdʒən/, /ˈsəʊdʒɜːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊdʒɚn/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Noun

sojourn (plural sojourns)

1. A short stay somewhere.
   • 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)

     The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues […]

2. A temporary residence.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 3”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Though long detain'd / In that obscure sojourn

Synonyms

• abode

Translations

A short stay somewhere

• Catalan: estada (ca) f, sojorn m
• Czech: pobyt (cs) m
• Danish: ophold n, kort visit n
• Dutch: verblijf (nl) n
• Finnish: oleskelu (fi)
• French: séjour (fr) m
• German: Aufenthalt (de) m
• Icelandic: dvöl (is) f, viðdvöl f
• Italian: soggiorno (it) m

• Polish: pobyt (pl)
• Portuguese: estadia (pt) f
• Romanian: sejur (ro) n
• Russian: временное пребывание (vrémennoje prebyvánije) n, пребыва́ние (ru) n (prebyvánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian: boravak (sh) m
• Spanish: estadía (es) f, estada f
• Swedish: vistelse (sv)

A temporary residence

• Czech: přechodný pobyt m, dočasný pobyt m
• Danish: opholdssted n
• Finnish: oleskelu (fi)

• German: Unterkunft (de) f, Obdach (de) n, Übernachtungsmöglichkeit (de) f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh f

Verb

sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 12:30:

     Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, […] and here sojourned three days.

Synonyms

• stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn

Translations

Stay temporarily

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅居，寄住

• Danish: opholde sig
• Finnish: oleskella (fi)
• French: séjourner (fr)
• German: sich aufhalten, verweilen (de), weilen (de), residieren (de)
• Hawaiian: noho malihini
• Icelandic: dveljast um tíma, hafa viðdvöl

• Italian: soggiornare (it)
• Japanese: 滞在する (たいざい-する taizai-suru)
• Korean: 체류 (ko) (cheryu)
• Portuguese: peregrinar (pt), estanciar
• Russian: временно пребывать (vremenno prebyvatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: boraviti (sh)
• Welsh: ymdeithio (cy)

Related terms

• sojourner
• sojourney

Anagrams

• journos