ajourné
French, adjective
ajourné is spelled A-J-O-U-R-N-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajourné is a French adjective meaning “adjourned, postponed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ajourner. Without its accent, ajourne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remis à plus tard”.
What does ajourné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adjourned, postponed
verb
- 1
past participle of ajourner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Remis à plus tard. 2. Recalé lors d'un examen, invité à le repasser lors d'une prochaine session.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ajourné
- ajournée feminine
- ajournés masculine plural
- ajournées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ajourné in French?
ajourné appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).