sojourn

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sojourn

/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/ UK
/ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/ UK
/ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/ UK
/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/ US
/soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ US

Rhymes with -ɒdʒə(ɹ)n, -ɒdʒɜː(ɹ)n, -əʊdʒə(ɹ)n, -əʊdʒɜː(ɹ)n

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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”).

noun sojourns

A short stay somewhere. 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.
A temporary residence. Though long detain'd / In that obscure sojourn
Similar: peregrination

Similar: abode

verb sojourns · sojourning · sojourned

intransitive To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger. Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
Similar: stay over, stop, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stop off, stop over, tarry

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noun

Similar: abode

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noun short stay somewhere

Español	estadía, estada, estancia, estalaje, permanencia
한국어	체재 chejae, 체류 cheryu
日本語	滞在 taizai, 滞留 tairyū
中文	停留 tíngliú, 旅居 lǚjū
Português	estadia
Français	séjour
Deutsch	Aufenthalt
Italiano	soggiorno
Română	sejur
Русский	пребыва́ние prebyvánije, вре́менное пребыва́ние vrémennoje prebyvánije
العربية	إِقَامَة ʔiqāma

noun temporary residence

Español	residencia temporánea
Deutsch	Unterkunft, Obdach, Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

verb to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger

한국어	체류 cheryu
日本語	滞在する
中文	旅居 lǚjū, 寄住
Português	peregrinar, estanciar
Français	séjourner
Deutsch	sich aufhalten, verweilen, weilen, residieren
Italiano	soggiornare
Русский	временно пребывать vremenno prebyvatʹ

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@misc{sojourn_2026,
  title = {sojourn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sojourn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}