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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
so•journ /n. ˈsoʊdʒɜrn; v. also soʊˈdʒɜrn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a temporary stay:a week's sojourn in Paris.

v. [no object]
  1. to stay temporarily:We sojourned at the beach for a month.
See -jour-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
so•journ  (n. sō′jûrn;v. sō′jûrn, sō jûrn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a temporary stay:during his sojourn in Paris.

v.i. 
  1. to stay for a time in a place;
    live temporarily:to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.
  • Old French sojorn, derivative of the verb, verbal; see journey
  • Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, equivalent. to Latin sub- sub- + diurn(us) of a day + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun, nominal) Middle English sojurne
  • Old French sojorner to rest, stay
  • (verb, verbal) Middle English sojurnen 1200–50
so′journ•er, n. 
    2. visit, vacation, rest, stop.
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