ajournement

== French == === Etymology === From ajourner (“to adjourn”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ajournement m (plural ajournements) adjournment deferment, postponement referral failure at an exam with an option to resit it === Further reading === “ajournement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === à jour +‎ -ment, first part from French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”) + from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“sky”) and *s + and from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Last part from French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum (“instrument”), from -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂, from *-mn̥ + *-teh₂. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʃʉːɳəˈmaŋ/ Rhymes: -aŋ Hyphenation: a‧jour‧ne‧ment === Noun === ajournement n (definite singular ajournementet, indefinite plural ajournement, definite plural ajournementa or ajournementene) a delay or postponement (a period of time before an event occurs) ==== Related terms ==== ajourføre (“to make up to speed, update”) ajournere (“to postpone or adjourn”) ajourinnfattet (“framed so that the top and bottom are free (of a stone or jewelry)”) === References === “ajournement” in Store norske leksikon