sojourn

[ noun soh-jurn; verb soh-jurn, soh-jurn ]

noun

1. a temporary stay:

   during his sojourn in Paris.

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

/ ˈsʌdʒ-; ˈsɒdʒɜːn /

noun

1. a temporary stay

verb

1. intr to stay or reside temporarily

Derived Forms

• ˈsojourner, noun

Other Words From

• sojourn·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sojourn¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sojourn¹

C13: from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre (unattested) to spend a day, from Latin sub- during + Late Latin diurnum day

Example Sentences

You’ll end your sojourn along the ritzy marina of Newport Beach and Balboa Island.

From Los Angeles Times

We have him to thank, then, for the series’ sojourns to the deck of 19th century pirate Zheng Yi Sao’s ship and the Trojan War.

From Salon

His last Parisian sojourn, 2014-2016, included a brief, contentious, term as the director of the Paris Opera Ballet, which he said provided some seeds for the idea of La Ville Dansée.

From New York Times

But this was no sojourn in the sun and the Allied forces knew it.

From BBC

She travels to Portugal to immerse herself in nature but her sojourn is interrupted by a young woman’s disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times