ajournement
French, noun/a.ʒuʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
ajournement is spelled A-J-O-U-R-N-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajournement is a French masculine noun meaning “adjournment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’ajourner”.
What does ajournement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadjournment
- 2
masculinedeferment, postponement
- 3
masculinereferral
- 4
masculinefailure at an exam with an option to resit it
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’ajourner. 2. Assignation ou avertissement qu’on fait donner par officier public à une personne pour qu’elle se présente devant la justice à un jour désigné.
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 ajournement
- ajournements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ajournement?
- /a.ʒuʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
- \a.ʒuʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ajournement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ajournement in French?
ajournement 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).