ajournere

From French ajourner (“to postpone, adjourn, put off”), from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

• IPA^(key): /aʃʉˈɳeːrə/, /aʃʉʁˈneːrə/

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• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: a‧jour‧ne‧re

ajournere (imperative ajourner, present tense ajournerer, passive ajourneres, simple past ajournerte, past participle ajournert, present participle ajournerende, verbal noun ajournering)

1. (literary) to postpone or adjourn (to delay or put off an event, appointment etc.)

   generalforsamlingen ble ajournert

   the general meeting was adjourned

   Synonym: utsette

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

• “ajournere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).