sojourn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *subdiurnāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dies (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdʒɜːn/, /ˈsɒdʒən/, /ˈsəʊdʒɜːn/
• 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn […]

Synonyms

• abode

Translations

A short stay somewhere

• Catalan: estada (ca) f
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xii. 30

     Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.

   • (Can we date this quote by Hayward and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: soggiornare (it)
• Japanese: 滞在する (たいざい-する taizai-suru)
• Korean: 체류 (ko) (cheryu)
• Portuguese: peregrinar (pt)
• Russian: временно пребывать (vremenno prebyvatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: boraviti (sh)
• Welsh: ymdeithio (cy)

Related terms

• sojourner

Anagrams

• journos