Dictionary

sojourn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/ (US)
• /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ (US) verb alternatively

Etymology

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), 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”).

Meanings

1. A short stay somewhere.
   • But if, as we have seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work could have been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su. 1978, Timothy C. Wong, edited by William Schultz, Wu Ching-tzu, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:
   • Better the dark, silent, and fated waves of ocean, than the troubled waves of life. There are some whose sojourn on this earth is brief as it is bitter. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XLIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 367:
   • The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues[…] 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy, page 1168:
2. A temporary residence.
   • Though long detain'd / In that obscure sojourn 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

sojourn time

Synonyms

abode · peregrination

Translations (61)

es permanencia (short stay somewhere) · cmn 停留 (short stay somewhere) · cs dočasný pobyt (temporary residence) · ru пребыва́ние (short stay somewhere) · bg местопребива́ване (temporary residence) · uk пробува́ння (short stay somewhere) · sh бо̀равак (short stay somewhere) · sh bòravak (short stay somewhere) · sk pobyt (short stay somewhere) · pl pobyt (short stay somewhere) · es residencia temporánea (temporary residence) · gd còmhnaidh (short stay somewhere) · hu tartózkodás (short stay somewhere) · ru вре́менное пребыва́ние (short stay somewhere) · ja 滞留 (short stay somewhere) · ca estada (short stay somewhere) · uk по́бут (short stay somewhere) · nl verblijf (short stay somewhere) · cmn 旅居 (short stay somewhere) · ky болуш (short stay somewhere) · es estada (short stay somewhere) · bg пребива́ване (short stay somewhere) · sl bivanje (short stay somewhere) · da opholdssted (temporary residence) · ko 체재 (short stay somewhere) · bg спи́ране (short stay somewhere) · ko 체류 (short stay somewhere) · es estadía (short stay somewhere) · uk перебува́ння (short stay somewhere) · de Obdach (temporary residence) · fr séjour (short stay somewhere) · hu időzés (short stay somewhere) · be прабыва́нне (short stay somewhere) · sv sejour (short stay somewhere) · ast estada (short stay somewhere) · es estancia (short stay somewhere) · mk престој (short stay somewhere) · pt estadia (short stay somewhere) · be по́быт (short stay somewhere) · de Aufenthalt (short stay somewhere) · gd còmhnaidh (temporary residence) · cs přechodný pobyt (temporary residence) · cs pobyt (short stay somewhere) · it soggiorno (short stay somewhere) · ar إِقَامَة (short stay somewhere) · de Unterkunft (temporary residence) · ca sojorn (short stay somewhere) · ro sejur (short stay somewhere) · es estalaje (short stay somewhere) · fi oleskelu (temporary residence) · is viðdvöl (short stay somewhere) · fi oleskelu (short stay somewhere) · hu tartózkodási hely (temporary residence) · sv vistelse (short stay somewhere) · ja 滞在 (short stay somewhere) · da ophold (short stay somewhere) · bg временно жилище (temporary residence) · bg престо́й (short stay somewhere) · is dvöl (short stay somewhere) · da kort visit (short stay somewhere) · de Übernachtungsmöglichkeit (temporary residence)

sojourn en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/ (UK)
• /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/ (US)
• /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ (US) verb alternatively

Etymology

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), 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”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
   • Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:30:
   • The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, […] and here sojourned three days. a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

sojournment · sojourner · sojourney

Hypernyms

reside

Hyponyms

camp · billet · house-sit

Synonyms

keep · sleep over · stay over · lodge · stop over · stop off · tarry · stay · sojourn · stop · quarter

Translations (31)

sh boraviti (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · is dveljast um tíma (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · ca sojornar (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cs dočasně přebývat (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · de residieren (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · it soggiornare (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · pt peregrinar (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · haw noho malihini (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cs dočasně pobývat (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · pt estanciar (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · ko 체류 (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · bg пребивавам временно (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cs zdržovat se (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · hu időzik (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cmn 旅居 (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · bg отся́дам (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · ta தங்கு (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · bg отсе́дна (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · de weilen (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · mk престојува (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · de verweilen (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · da opholde sig (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cy ymdeithio (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · hu tartózkodik (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · fr séjourner (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · ja 滞在する (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · ru временно пребывать (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · is hafa viðdvöl (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · de sich aufhalten (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · cmn 寄住 (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger) · fi oleskella (to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger)