sojourn
/ˈsəʊdʒən/SOH-jurn
/ˈsoʊdʒɚn/SOH-jurn
Meaningto spend the day
Common meaning: a short stay
- sounder, close to (worn down from Latin sub)
- journa day; dailyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 573 · scan
‘under, close to (worn down from Latin sub)’ + ‘a day’ → sojourn
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin diēs; diurnus ‘a day; daily’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry diēs, p. 573 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry JOURNEY, p. 310 · dictionary scan
Roots
- diēs; diurnus Latin “a day; daily”
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