ajournement

French

Etymology

From ajourner (“to adjourn”) +‎ -ment.

Noun

ajournement m (plural ajournements)

1. adjournment
2. deferment, postponement
3. referral
4. failure at an exam with an option to resit it

Further reading

• “ajournement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

à jour +‎ -ment, first part from French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”) + from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“sky”) and *s + and from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.

Last part from French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum (“instrument”), from -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂, from *-mn̥ + *-teh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃʉːɳəˈmaŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧jour‧ne‧ment

Noun

ajournement n (definite singular ajournementet, indefinite plural ajournement, definite plural ajournementa or ajournementene)

1. a delay or postponement (a period of time before an event occurs)

Related terms

• ajourføre (“to make up to speed, update”)
• ajournere (“to postpone or adjourn”)
• ajourinnfattet (“framed so that the top and bottom are free (of a stone or jewelry)”)

References

• “ajournement” in Store norske leksikon