sojourn
pronunciation
How to pronounce sojourn in British English:
UK [ˈsɒdʒən]
How to pronounce sojourn in American English:
US [ˈsoʊdʒɜːrn]
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- Noun:
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
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- Verb:
- spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
Word Origin
- sojourn
- sojourn: [13] To sojourn in a place is etymologically to ‘spend the day’ there. The word comes via Old French sojorner from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre ‘spend the day’, a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix sub ‘under’, hence ‘during’, and late Latin diurnum ‘day’ (source of English diurnal, journey, etc).=> diurnal, journey
- sojourn (v.)
- late 13c., "stay temporarily, reside for a time; visit;" also "reside permanently, dwell;" from Old French sojorner "stay or dwell for a time," from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare "to spend the day" (source also of Italian soggiornare), from Latin sub- "under, until" (see sub-) + diurnare "to last long," from diurnus "of a day," from diurnum "day" (see diurnal). Modern French séjourner formed via vowel dissimilation. Related: Sojourned; sojourning.
- sojourn (n.)
- mid-13c., "temporary stay, visit," from Anglo-French sojorn, variant of Old French sejorn, from sejorner "stay or dwell for a time" (see sojourn (v.)).
Example
- 1. A stay or sojourn as a guest .
- 2. What incredible damage did she do to america during her brief sojourn there ?
- 3. It is hard to believe that no senior official or army officer was aware of the late osama bin laden 's comfortable sojourn in abbottabad , a stone 's throw from an elite military academy .
- 4. For thus saith the lord god , my people went down aforetime into egypt to sojourn there ; and the assyrian oppressed them without cause .
- 5. And now therefore know assuredly that you will die by sword , by famine , and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go and sojourn .