sojourn

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• UK: /ˈsɒd͡ʒən/
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• UK: /ˈsɒd͡ʒɜːn/
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• UK: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒɜːn/
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• US: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/
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• US: /soʊˈd͡ʒɝn/ verb alternatively
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• rhymes with -ɒdʒə(ɹ)n
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• rhymes with -ɒdʒɜː(ɹ)n
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• rhymes with -əʊdʒə(ɹ)n
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• rhymes with -əʊdʒɜː(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: S OW1 JH ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) — short stay somewhere
• Asturian: estada — short stay somewhere
• Belarusian: прабыва́нне (prabyvánnje) — short stay somewhere
• Belarusian: по́быт (póbyt) — short stay somewhere
• Bulgarian: пребива́ване (prebivávane) — short stay somewhere
• Bulgarian: престо́й (prestój) — short stay somewhere
• Bulgarian: спи́ране (spírane) — short stay somewhere
• Catalan: estada — short stay somewhere
• Catalan: sojorn — short stay somewhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 停留 (tíngliú) — short stay somewhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 旅居 (lǚjū) — short stay somewhere
• Czech: pobyt — short stay somewhere
• Danish: ophold — short stay somewhere
• Danish: kort visit — short stay somewhere
• Dutch: verblijf — short stay somewhere
• Finnish: oleskelu — short stay somewhere
• French: séjour — short stay somewhere
• German: Aufenthalt — short stay somewhere
• Hungarian: időzés — short stay somewhere
• Hungarian: tartózkodás — short stay somewhere
• Icelandic: dvöl — short stay somewhere
• Icelandic: viðdvöl — short stay somewhere
• Italian: soggiorno — short stay somewhere
• Japanese: 滞在 (taizai) — short stay somewhere
• Japanese: 滞留 (tairyū) — short stay somewhere
• Korean: 체재 (chejae) — short stay somewhere
• Korean: 체류 (cheryu) — short stay somewhere
• Kyrgyz: болуш (boluş) — short stay somewhere
• Macedonian: престој (prestoj) — short stay somewhere
• Polish: pobyt — short stay somewhere
• Portuguese: estadia — short stay somewhere
• Romanian: sejur — short stay somewhere
• Russian: пребыва́ние (prebyvánije) — short stay somewhere
• Russian: вре́менное пребыва́ние (vrémennoje prebyvánije) — short stay somewhere
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh — short stay somewhere
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̀равак — short stay somewhere
• Serbo-Croatian: bòravak — short stay somewhere
• Slovak: pobyt — short stay somewhere
• Slovene: bivanje — short stay somewhere
• Spanish: estadía — short stay somewhere
• Spanish: estada — short stay somewhere
• Spanish: estancia — short stay somewhere
• Spanish: estalaje — short stay somewhere
• Spanish: permanencia — short stay somewhere
• Swedish: sejour — short stay somewhere
• Swedish: vistelse — short stay somewhere
• Ukrainian: перебува́ння (perebuvánnja) — short stay somewhere
• Ukrainian: пробува́ння (probuvánnja) — short stay somewhere
• Ukrainian: по́бут (póbut) — short stay somewhere
• Bulgarian: временно жилище (vremenno žilište) — temporary residence
• Bulgarian: местопребива́ване (mestoprebivávane) — temporary residence
• Czech: přechodný pobyt — temporary residence
• Czech: dočasný pobyt — temporary residence
• Danish: opholdssted — temporary residence
• Finnish: oleskelu — temporary residence
• German: Unterkunft — temporary residence
• German: Obdach — temporary residence
• German: Übernachtungsmöglichkeit — temporary residence
• Hungarian: tartózkodási hely — temporary residence
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh — temporary residence
• Spanish: residencia temporánea — temporary residence
• Bulgarian: пребивавам временно (prebivavam vremenno) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Bulgarian: отся́дам (otsjádam) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Bulgarian: отсе́дна (otsédna) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Catalan: sojornar — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Chinese Mandarin: 旅居 (lǚjū) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Chinese Mandarin: 寄住 — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Czech: dočasně přebývat — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Czech: dočasně pobývat — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Czech: zdržovat se — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Danish: opholde sig — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Finnish: oleskella — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• French: séjourner — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• German: sich aufhalten — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• German: verweilen — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• German: weilen — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• German: residieren — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Hawaiian: noho malihini — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Hungarian: időzik — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Hungarian: tartózkodik — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Icelandic: dveljast um tíma — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Icelandic: hafa viðdvöl — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Italian: soggiornare — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Japanese: 滞在する — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Korean: 체류 (cheryu) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Macedonian: престојува (prestojuva) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Portuguese: peregrinar — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Portuguese: estanciar — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Russian: временно пребывать (vremenno prebyvatʹ) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Serbo-Croatian: boraviti — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Tamil: தங்கு (taṅku) — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger
• Welsh: ymdeithio — to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger