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adjournment

/əˈdʒɜːnmənt/uh-JURN-muhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/əˈdʒɝnmənt/uh-JURN-muhnt

Meaningthe act of adjourning

Common meaning: a pause or postponement of a meeting

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‘to, towards’ + ‘a day, a day’s span’ → adjournment

Journey through time

  1. Latinad- + jornee‘to, towards + a day, a day’s span’source
  2. Old Frenchajorner‘appoint a day or dawn’source
  3. Middle Englishaiornensource
  4. Englishadjourn‘pause or postpone a meeting’
  5. Englishformed in English from adjournadjournment‘a pause or postponement of a meeting’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from adjourn + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ADJOURN, p.8 · scan

Roots

  • ajorner Old French “appoint a day or dawn”
  • jornee Old French “a day, a day’s span”

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