sojourn

American  

[soh-jurn, soh-jurn, soh-jurn] / ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /

noun

1. a temporary stay.

   during his sojourn in Paris.

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verb (used without object)

1. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily.

   to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

   Synonyms:

   stop, rest, vacation, visit

sojourn British  

/ ˈsʌdʒ-, ˈsɒdʒɜːn /

noun

1. a temporary stay

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verb

1. (intr) to stay or reside temporarily

Other Word Forms

• sojourner noun

Etymology

Origin of sojourn

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English verb sojurnen, Old French sojorner “to rest, stay,” from unattested Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre “to stay for a time,” a compound of the preposition and prefix sub, sub-, here meaning “a little, for a while” and the Latin verb diurnāre “to live for a long time,” a derivative of the Latin adjective diurnus “belonging to the daytime, occurring every day”; noun derivative of the verb; journey

Example Sentences

Titian’s Roman sojourn lasted more than six months.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Yes, of course, Mrs. Tilbury. My sojourn in Colin’s room was simply to avoid impoundment in Cleveland. As you know, I have a job at the Park. I can pay you weekly for the room.”

From Literature

“And we will drill vocabulary along with sums nightly during our Southern sojourn.”

From Literature

During British rule, the naan remained a food item enjoyed by the elite, but it also travelled to the West through the sojourns of English travellers.

From BBC

A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• layover
• stopover